2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

STEM

CIP Code

26.0101

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 Five-Year MAT Program in the Isabelle Farrington College of Education & Human Development (FCEHD) where they will receive Elementary Education Certification and a Master's of Arts in Teaching.

Students should seek course selection advisement from their Major Advisor.

General and course requirements, as well as FCEHD policies and interpretations of state certification regulations, are subject to change.

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.

STEM Program Requirements

 

Professional Education Sequence for the STEM Major

The Professional Education Sequence for the STEM Major consists of the following 42 Credits:

 

ED 404 - Creating Positive Classroom Elementary Environments - 3cr

ED 311 - Junior Clinic and Seminar I - 3cr

ED 343 - Introduction to Language and Literacy - 3cr

ED 314 - Methods/Practice Teaching SS/Humanities - 3cr

ED 411 - Junior Clinic and Seminar II - 3cr

ED 440 - Assessment - 3 cr

ED 344 - Methods/Practice in Foundational Literacy - 3cr

ED 410 - Methods/Practice in Teaching Science - 3cr

ED 420 - Methods/Practice in Teaching Mathematics - 3cr

ED 412 - Senior Seminar and Clinic - 3cr

ED 490 - Student Teaching Seminar - 3cr

ED 491 - Student Teaching - 9cr

Required Core Courses

BI 109 - Biology for Elementary Teachers with Lab - 3cr

CH 101 - The Physical World Lecture with Lab - 3cr

PY 101 - Earth and Space Science Lecture with Lab - 3cr

MA 107 - Numbers & Operations for Elementary Teachers - 3cr

MA 131 - Elementary Statistics - 3cr OR MA 111 - Algebra & Data for Elementary Teachers - 3cr

MA 211 - Geometry for Educators - 3cr

CS 104 - Digital Animation and Gaming for non-majors - 3cr

CS 111 - Introduction to Structured Programming - 3cr

CS 125 - Computing Explorations - 1cr

CSE 125 - Computer Science and Engineering Explorations - 1cr

BI 391 - STEM Capstone - 2cr

ENGR 125 - Engineering Explorations - 1cr

Students must take three additional courses, comprising at least one course from Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.

 

Additional Courses are required for the STEM Major.

Students should seek course selection advisement from their Major Advisor.