Elementary Education

Elementary Education is on the Education track. Students interested in Elementary Education might also enjoy further options listed below that incorporate the same key features.

   

Social Justice Lens

   

Study of Public Policy

   

Real World Experience

   

Focus on Diversity & Equity Issues

   

Curriculum Design and Instruction

   

Work with Children

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  • Anthropology is the study of people, both ancient and modern, in their cultural, biological and environmental contexts. Students of anthropology learn to appreciate biological, social, and cultural diversity throughout human history, to understand the meaning of human biological and cultural development, and learn what it is to be human.

  • The Education Minor provides a deep study into how political, cultural, social and historical dynamics shape both policy and practice in education, as well as opportunities to focus on particular areas of education as a field of study and practice.

Characteristics it possesses

  Social Justice Lens
  Study of Public Policy
    Real World Experience
  Focus on Diversity & Equity Issues
  Curriculum Design and Instruction
  Work with Children

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  • Prepares students for successful careers in K–12 music education. Courses focus on learning principles and teaching methods, field experiences in elementary and secondary schools, and opportunities for involvement and leadership in special programs and organizations.

  • The Leadership Studies Minor prepares tomorrow's leaders to ethically lead through a combination of academic coursework, self-reflection and team projects.

Characteristics it possesses

  Social Justice Lens
  Study of Public Policy
   Real World Experience
  Focus on Diversity & Equity Issues
  Curriculum Design and Instruction
  Work with Children

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  • English majors explore every major genre of English and American literature, as well as brand new fields of study. From Anglo-Saxon literature to digital media studies, from the earliest English novels to contemporary graphic novels, faculty and students work to advance an understanding of the English Language’s cultural and literary history.

  • Provides students with foundational knowledge and skills for English teaching while also incorporating the broader perspectives of culture, language use and language learning.

Characteristics it possesses

  Social Justice Lens
    Real World Experience
  Focus on Diversity & Equity Issues
  Curriculum Design and Instruction
  Work with Children

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  • The Leadership & Community Engagement major prepares ethical, skilled leaders committed to addressing complex public challenges in our nation and across the world. Through this program, students develop a deep conceptual understanding of theories of leadership, public policy and social change.

  • The Education Minor provides a deep study into how political, cultural, social and historical dynamics shape both policy and practice in education, as well as opportunities to focus on particular areas of education as a field of study and practice.

Characteristics it possesses

  Social Justice Lens
  Study of Public Policy
    Real World Experience
  Focus on Diversity & Equity Issues
  Curriculum Design and Instruction
  Work with Children

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  • The Political Science major offers instruction in the scientific study of politics and provides students with the skills necessary for a lifetime of inquiry, engagement and analysis. Courses explore various facets of the political world, including the fields of American government and politics, comparative politics, public policy, political theory, empirical theory and methodology, and international relations.

  • The Licensure Program prepares students to teach grades 7-12 by exploring instructional methods specific to their content areas, examining the social foundations of education, and learning specific strategies to meet all students’ needs in today’s classrooms.

Characteristics it possesses

  Social Justice Lens
  Study of Public Policy
    Real World Experience
  Focus on Diversity & Equity Issues
  Curriculum Design and Instruction

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  • The Sociology major focuses on the scientific study of human social behavior, specifically looking at how society influences individuals, and how individuals influence society. Students explore a large array of social topics and phenomena using the sociological imagination.

  • The certificate in Care, Health and Resilience prepares undergraduates for working in the helping professions: nursing, medicine, counseling, teaching, community services, ministry, emergency management and related fields. It emphasizes the practices and knowledge expected of paid care providers, ranging from the ability to nurture clients' physical, emotional and social well-being to helping people thrive despite life-altering circumstances. It also addresses the experiences and challenges of professional caregivers, and it advances one of the campus’s three strategic imperatives, which is to "Positively Impact Humanity."

Characteristics it possesses

  Social Justice Lens
  Study of Public Policy
    Real World Experience
  Focus on Diversity & Equity Issues
  Work with Children

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  • By examining how race and the interrelated categories of ethnicity, gender, class, indigeneity and sexuality impact the lives of people, the Department of Ethnic Studies encourages students to look at their inherited/political/social/cultural positions in society to create a new social reality in an ever-changing global society.

  • The Animals and Society certificate builds on a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field devoted to the critical examination and evaluation of the relationships between humans and nonhuman animals, whether historical or contemporary, factual, fictional, or symbolic, beneficial or detrimental.

Characteristics it possesses

  Social Justice Lens
  Study of Public Policy
  Focus on Diversity & Equity Issues