STEM
The goal of the STEM major is to prepare future elementary school teachers so that they may use scientific principles from a multitude of scientific fields, mathematics, and computing in real world applications. Through a problem-based learning instructional approach in a collaborative environment, this major will allow students to explore content through real-world interactions and help as they guide K-5 students to develop the knowledge to become civic-minded, responsible and ethical problem solvers in a global society. This cutting-edge STEM major will provide future teachers with an understanding of the process of science and provides the foundation for teaching the “big ideas”, the beauty, and logic of the natural world. The program provides key courses within the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Computer Science and Engineering as well as thematic courses on the processes of scientific literacy and the teaching of scientific knowledge. This major focuses on the interdisciplinary nature of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines by exposing students to core, breadth, and focus area courses in STEM while also providing a strong foundation in the Liberal Arts and Education. The STEM major will provide undergraduates with the necessary content to teach at the K-5 level and provides a seamless path into the 5th year MAT Program in the Isabelle Farrington College of Education and Human Development (FCEHD) where they will receive Elementary Education Certification and a Master’s of Arts in Teaching.
This program is offered jointly by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Farrington College of Education and Human Development. The degree is conferred through the College of Arts and Sciences.
Program Requirements
Requirements List
| BI 109 | Biology for Elementary Teachers | 3 |
| BI Elective | Biology Elective | 3 |
| CH 101 | Physical Science for Elementary Teachers | 3 |
| CH Elective | Chemistry Elective | |
| PY 101 | Earth & Space Science for Elementary Teachers | 3 |
| PY Elective | Physics Elective | 3 |
| MA 107 | Numbers & Operations for Elementary Teachers | 4 |
| MA 108 | Geometry for Elementary Teachers | 3 |
| CS 104 | Digital Animation and Gaming for non-majors | 3 |
| CS 111 | Introduction to Structured Programming | 3 |
| CS 125 | Computer Science Explorations | 1 |
| CSE 125 | CSE Explorations | 1 |
| ENGR 125 | Engineering Explorations | 1 |
| BI 391 | Stem Capstone | 2 |
Additional Required Supporting Courses for the STEM Major
| ENG 224 | Seventeenth-Century British Literature | 3 |
| ENG 245 | American Literature for Elementary Educators | 3 |
| GS 150 | Human Geography | 3 |
| HI 222 | United States History to 1865 | 3 |
| | or | |
| HI 223 | United States History Since 1865 | 3 |
| PO 121 | American Government and Politics | 3 |
| PS 110 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| PS 273 | Adolescent Development | 3 |
| MA 111 | Algebra and Data for Elementary Teachers | 3 |
| | or | |
| MA 131 | Elementary Statistics | 3 |
Professional Education Sequence for the STEM Major
(42 Credits):
| ED 300 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| ED 311 | Junior Seminar and Clinic I | 3 |
| ED 314 | Methods and Practice in Teaching SS/Humanities | 3 |
| ED 343 | Introduction to Language and Literacy | 3 |
| ED 344 | Method & Practice Foundational Literacy | 3 |
| ED 404 | Creating Positive Classroom Elem Environments | 3 |
| ED 410 | Methods and Practice in Teaching Science | 3 |
| ED 411 | Junior Seminar and Clinic II | 3 |
| ED 412 | Senior Seminar and Clinic: Elementary | 3 |
| ED 420 | Method and Practice in Teaching Math | 3 |
| ED 490 | Student Teaching Seminar Elementary | 3 |
| ED 491 | Student Teaching Elementary | 9 |