Minors
In order to provide students with additional opportunities to broaden and enrich their educations, the University offers several minors. A minor is a program of study that is distinct from and supplements a student's major. A minor may be taken as a way to give a coherent pattern to elective hours, to expand career options, to prepare for graduate study, or simply to explore in greater depth an area different from one's major.
Child Learning and Development Minor (24 credits):
- PSY 104 Child & Adolescent Development (3 credits)*
- Choose 12 credits from the following, including one field-based course:
- ART 201 Art Skills for the Classroom Educator (3 credits)
- EDU 200 Introduction to Education (Elementary and Secondary) and Field Experience (1 credit)*
- EDU 203 Child and Adolescent Literature (3 credits)
- EDU 215 Educational Psychology (3 credits)
- EDU 250 Foundations of American Education (2 credits)
- EDU 270 Principles of Education (Preschool, Elementary, and Secondary) (2 credits)*
- ERE 231 Techniques & Strategies for Corrective Reading (3 credits)
- MAT 123 Math for Educators (3 credits)
- MUS 225 Musical Skills for the Classroom Teacher (2 credits)
- PED 205 Physical Education for the Elementary Teacher (2 credits)
- PED 230 Health Education for the Elementary Teacher (2 credits)
- PHI 205 Philosophy and Children (3 credits)
- *Field-based course
- Choose 9 credits from the following: EDU 300 or another 300 level course as approved by the faculty advisor and the Education Division chair
- EMS 325 Behavior Management in the Classroom (3 credits)
- ESE 229 Survey of Exceptional Students (3 credits)
- SOC 312 Child, Family, and Society (3 credits)
Students must earn a minimum grade of "C-" in PSY 104 and a 2.00 cumulative grade point average in the courses required for the minor.