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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Grades 4–8 Bilingual Generalist Certification Concentration)

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for the Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) degree with grades 4–8 bilingual generalist certification is 139, at least 39 of which must be at the upper-division level.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with teacher certification must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 5–9 of this catalog.

Core Curriculum Component Area Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Communications English Rhetoric/Composition (6 semester credit hours)
All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II
Mathematics Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
MAT 1023 College Algebra with Applications
Natural Sciences Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.
Recommended: BIO 1113 Biology I, and GEO 1103 Introduction to Earth Systems
Social and Behavioral Sciences United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Science (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 Introduction to American Politics, plus three additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
IDS 2113 Society and Social Issues (recommended)
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
(ECO 2003 Introduction to Political Economy, recommended)
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed below will satisfy this core requirement:
IDS 2303 World Literature I: Through the Sixteenth Century
IDS 2313 World Literature II: Since the Sixteenth Century
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
BBL 2023 Latino Cultural Expressions (recommended)
World Society and Issues (3 semester credit hours)
IDS 2213 World Civilization since the Fifteenth Century
(recommended)

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Degree Requirements (55 semester credit hours)

  1. 22 semester credit hours of required courses:

    HTH 2133 School Health
    IDS 2013 Introduction to Learning and Teaching in a Culturally Diverse Society
    IDS 2403 Physical Science
    IDS 2413 Earth Systems Science

    IDS 3201 Advanced Physical Science Laboratory
    or
    IDS 3211 Advanced Earth Systems Science Laboratory

    IDS 3713 Interdisciplinary Inquiry
    SPE 3603 Introduction to Exceptionality

    Additional 3 semester credit hours from Level I or Level II Science courses in a different discipline from science courses taken for core curriculum requirement.

  2. 27 semester credit hours of required support courses:

    EDP 2113 Development in the Elementary and Middle School Child
    EDU 2103 Social Foundations for the Education of Diverse Populations
    GRG 1023 World Regional Geography
    MAT 1093 Precalculus
    MAT 1153 Essential Elements in Mathematics I
    MAT 1163 Essential Elements in Mathematics II
    MAT 1203 Calculus Concepts and Applications
    RDG 3523 Reading for Teachers–Grades 4–8
    RDG 3633 Literature and Other Texts Across the Content Areas–Grades 4–8

  3. 6 semester credit hours from the following: *

    SPN 3063 Grammar and Composition

    AND one of the following:

    SPN 2513 Spanish for Special Purposes
    SPN 3003 Oral and Written Expression
    SPN 3033 Oral Communication Skills

    *Students must complete two of the listed courses with a grade of “C” or higher. Grades of “CR” received from a Challenge Examination of a UTSA course or College Level Examination Program (CLEP) will not be accepted.

Certification Requirements (42 semester credit hours)

Texas Success Initiative (TSI) requirements must be satisfied before enrollment in Certification, Professional Education, and Student Teaching coursework.

  1. 18 semester credit hours of required Grades 4–8 Bilingual Generalist courses:

    BBL 2243 Bilingual Families, Communities, and Schools

    BBL 3023 Mexican American Culture
    or
    BBL 3033 The Mexican American in the Southwest

    BBL 3053 Foundations of Bilingual Studies
    BBL 3133 Language Development in Bilinguals
    ESL 3053 Literacy in a Second Language
    ESL 3063 Second Language Acquisition in Early Adolescence

  2. 24 semester credit hours of Professional Education courses:

    BBL 4033 (*) Assessment, Learning, and Motivation in Bicultural-Bilingual Classrooms
    BBL 4063 (*) Bilingual Approaches to Content-Based Learning
    BBL 4073 (*) Language Arts in a Bicultural-Bilingual Program
    BBL 4603 (*) Mathematics and Science Approaches and Classroom Management Strategies–Grades 4–8

    BBL 4433 (*) Approaches to Teaching Science–Grades 4–8
    or
    BBL 4443 (*) Approaches to Teaching Mathematics–Grades 4–8

    C&I 4626 Student Teaching: Grades 4–8 Generalists
    EDP 3303 Learning in the Middle School Context (Grades 4–8)
    (* concurrent enrollment)

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