Department of Elementary and Special Education                        
Advisee Sheet (Recommended Sequence)       Name:                  
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies, Licensure Grades 4-8       Advisor:                
(Provides Highly Qualified Status in a single subject area)     Office/Phone:              
Fall 2005         See faculty advisor for course substitution recommendations              
Transfer Institution (If applicable):                          
General Studies Courses are in Blue                          
                             
Freshman Year Hr Grd   Freshman Year Hr Grd          
BIOL 1030 Topics in Biology 4     ENGL 1020 Research & Argumentative Writing 3            
ENGL 1010 Expository Writing 3     MATH 1410 Concepts/Structures Elementary Math 3            
FOED 1110 Education as a Profession   3     PSCI 1030 Topics in Physical Science 4            
Choose one: ART 1030 Orientation to Art  or   3     HLTH 1530 Health and Wellness 3            
  MUS 1030 Introduction to Music       Choose one: HIST 1110 Survey of World Civilization I or 3            
Choose one: MATH 1010 Mathematics for General Studies or 3         HIST 1120 Survey of World Civilization II              
  MATH 1710 College Algebra                          
    16           16            
          Take Praxis I:  Pre-Professional Skills Test (KUC 329)              
          or meet ACT/SAT exemption (must verify scores)              
                               
                             
Sophomore Year       Sophomore Year              
COMM 2200 Fundamentals of Communication 3     *ELED 3300 Instructional Design & Technology Elem School 3            
MATH 1420 Informal Geometry 3     GEOG 2000 Regional Geography 3            
FOED 2110 Educational Psychology  3     HIST  2030 Tennessee History 3            
Choose one: ENGL 2020 Special Themes in Lit and Culture or 3     Subject Area   3            
  ENGL 2030 Experience of Literature       SPED 3010 Survey of the Exceptional Child 3            
Choose one: HIST 2010 US History I or 3                        
  HIST 2020 US History II                          
    15           15            
Apply for Admission to Teacher Education (LRC 170)       Complete Upper Division Form (See Faculty Advisor)              
                             
                               
Junior Year         Junior Year                
*Prerequisite SOAR for ELED 3070       *READ 4035 Literacy (ELED 4010) 6            
"Selected Observations for Analysis and Reflection"       HLTH 4300 School Health Program 3            
ELED 3070 Creating Learning Environments K-8  3     *READ 4130 Corrective Reading 3            
ELED 4050 Assessment 2     Subject Area   4            
Choose one: ENGL 3800 Adolescent Literature  or 3                        
  LIBS 4160 Books, Media & Literacy for                          
  Young People                          
Subject Area   3     File Intent to Graduate (Records Office,COPE 102) 16            
Subject Area   4     Apply for Student Teaching (LRC 170)              
    15                        
                               
Senior Year         Senior Year                
Choose one: ANTH 2010 Cultural Anthropology  OR 3     *ELED 4110 Student Teaching  12            
  COMM 3560 Intercultural Communication                          
*ELED 3150 Mathematics Methods  3     Register with Placement Office (KUC 328)              
*ELED 4060 Methods of Social Studies 2     Apply for Teachers License (LRC 170)              
*ELED 4400 Middle School Instruction 3                        
Subject Area   3                        
PHED   Activity 1                        
    15     Total HRS   120            
                             
Take Praxis II:  National Teachers Exam, Principles of Learning                         
& Teaching and Elementary Specialty Area (KUC 329)                          
                             
  NOTE:  18-24 hours are required in a single subject area, see faculty advisor for approval of course selections.17-24 hours are required in a single subject area, see faculty advisor for aproval of course selections.              
Courses taken to fulfill high school deficiencies may not be used toward major requirements.              
                             
*Admission to Teacher Education is required as a prerequisite to ELED 3150, 4010, 4060, 4350, 4110 and READ 4130.              
                             
To be recommended for licensure, a student must have a minimum GPA of 2.500 .  Students seeking licensure to              
teach must successfully complete program requirements currently in effect.  Admission to Teacher Education is a               
prerequisite to enrollment in Professional Education Upper Division classes and to application/enrollment for student              
teaching.  Students should meet with their professional education faculty advisor each semester of enrollment.               
*Perquisite SOAR (see your advisor)