Elementary Science Education (K-8)

I. Core (9 semester hours)

Research (6 semester hours)

required

EPY 702 Research Methods (prerequisite to EPY 718 or EPY 721)

select one

EPY 718 Qualitative Research Methodologies

EPY 721 Descriptive & Inferential Statistics: An Introduction

Foundations (select one: 3 semester hours)

CIG 703 Urban Education

CIG 750 Multicultural Education

EPY 707 Adolescent Development

EPY 711 Human Growth and Development

EPY 712 Foundations of Learning and Cognition

II. Concentration: Elementary Science Education (18 semester hours)

select one (3 semester hours)

CIE 735 Instructional Methods in Elementary School Science

CIG 700 C&I: Instructional Methods Middle School Science (CIS 732)

required (9 semester hours)

CIE 730 Topics in Elementary School Science: subtitle varies

CIE 737 Technology in K-8 Science

CIE 739 Curriculum Development in Elementary School Science

Science Content (6 semester hours)

Choose two 600 or 700-level science courses from the College of Sciences or SCI courses via RPDP

III. Cognate (6 semester hours)

Select with advisor approval

IV. Culminating Experience (9 semester hours)

CIG 717 Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction: Science Education (3 semester hours; to be taken prior to CIG 717)

CIG 719 Thesis (6 semester hours total)

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