Education - BS, Bilingual Education EC-6
The Department of Educational Psychology offers an undergraduate degree program, Bachelor of Science in Education that includes certification in bilingual education and general elementary education, grades EC through 6. This program prepares teachers to instruct students who are served in bilingual classes at the elementary level. Students interested in certification in bilingual education should contact the EPSY undergraduate advisor in Harrington Tower.
The following curriculum leads to the Bachelor of Science degree in Education with certification in Bilingual Education, EC-6. Students are required to meet with their assigned academic advisor prior to registration each semester.
First Year | ||
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Fall | Semester Credit Hours | |
ENGL 103 or ENGL 104 | Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition or Composition and Rhetoric | 3 |
HIST 105 or HIST 106 | History of the United States or History of the United States | 3 |
MATH 140 or MATH 168 | Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences or Finite Mathematics | 3 |
POLS 206 | American National Government | 3 |
Creative arts | 3 | |
Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
ENGL 203 or ENGL 210 | Writing about Literature or Technical and Professional Writing | 3 |
HIST 226 | History of Texas | 3 |
MATH 142 | Business Calculus | 3 |
POLS 207 | State and Local Government | 3 |
Life and physical sciences | 4 | |
Select one of the following: | ||
Botany | ||
Zoology | ||
Introductory Biology I | ||
Essentials in Biology | ||
Semester Credit Hours | 16 | |
Summer | ||
MATH 365 | Structure of Mathematics I | 3 |
SPAN 311 or SPAN 312 | Hispanic Culture and Civilization to the 18th Century or Hispanic Culture and Civilization: 18th Century to Present | 3 |
Semester Credit Hours | 6 | |
Second Year | ||
Fall | ||
GEOG 202 or GEOG 301 | Geography of the Global Village or Geography of the United States | 3 |
INST 210 | Understanding Special Populations | 3 |
SPAN 302 | Advanced Grammar | 3 |
TEFB 273 | Introduction to Culture, Community, Society and Schools | 3 |
Life and physical sciences | 4 | |
Select one of the following: | ||
Molecular Science for Citizens and Molecular Science for Citizens Laboratory | ||
Fundamentals of Chemistry I | ||
Planet Earth and Planet Earth Lab | ||
College Physics | ||
College Physics | ||
Principles of Geology | ||
Semester Credit Hours | 16 | |
Spring | ||
EDCI 353 | Early Childhood through Adolescent Education | 3 |
EDCI 364 | Creativity and the Young Child | 3 |
EPFB 210 | Family Engagement and Empowerment | 3 |
EPSY 320 or EPSY 321 | Child Development or Adolescent Development | 3 |
KINE 120 | The Science of Basic Health and Fitness | 1 |
SPAN 303 | Spanish Composition | 3 |
Semester Credit Hours | 16 | |
Summer | ||
BEFB 482 | Seminar in Teachers as Effective Communicators | 1 |
MATH 366 | Structure of Mathematics II | 3 |
Semester Credit Hours | 4 | |
Third Year | ||
Fall | ||
BEFB 472 | Bilingual and Dual Language Methodologies | 3 |
BEFB 474 | Biliteracy for Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms | 3 |
RDNG 373 | Foundational Skills of Language Comprehension for Elementary Students | 3 |
SPAN 320 | Introduction to Hispanic Literature | 3 |
TEFB 371 | Dynamics and Management in Multicultural/Inclusionary Learning Environments | 3 |
Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
Spring | ||
BEFB 470 | Bilingual Assessment and Monitoring | 3 |
BEFB 476 | Content Area Instruction for Bilingual Programs | 3 |
RDNG 351 | Foundational Skills of Decoding for Elementary Students | 3 |
RDNG 473 | Assessment in Reading Instruction | 3 |
SPAN elective | 3 | |
Select one of the following: | ||
Spanish Literature to 1700 | ||
Spanish Literature from 1700 to 1936 | ||
Spanish-American Literature from 1492 to 1821 | ||
Spanish-American Literature from 1821 to 1935 | ||
Spanish Phonetics and Phonology | ||
Hispanic Film | ||
Contemporary Hispanic Society and Culture | ||
Hispanic Culture through Art | ||
Spanish Language Poetry | ||
Cervantes | ||
Contemporary Spanish and Spanish-American Literature | ||
Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
Summer | ||
EPSY 435 or STAT 303 | Educational Statistics or Statistical Methods | 3 |
Semester Credit Hours | 3 | |
Fourth Year | ||
Fall | ||
RDNG 467 | Reading and the Language Arts | 3 |
TEFB 410 | Social Studies and the Humanities in the Elementary School | 3 |
TEFB 412 | Mathematics in the Elementary School | 3 |
TEFB 413 | Science in the Elementary School | 3 |
Semester Credit Hours | 12 | |
Spring | ||
BEFB 425 | Student Teaching in Hispanic Bilingual Education | 3 |
BEFB 426 | Effective Instruction of Hispanic Students of Diverse Abilities | 3 |
Semester Credit Hours | 6 | |
Total Semester Credit Hours | 124 |