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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Grades 4-8 generalist certification option)

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for the IDS degree with grades 4-8 generalist certification is 131, 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 9-13 of this catalog. Top

Degree Requirements (66 Semester credit hours):

A. 29 semester credit hours of required courses:

BBL 3403 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in a Pluralistic Society
IDS 2083 Technology for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
HTH 2133 Health and Environmental Safety
IDS 2713 Modes of Inquiry Across Fields of Study
IDS 3203 Physical Science
IDS 3201 Physical Science Laboratory
IDS 3213 Earth and Life Science
IDS 3211 Earth and Life Science Laboratory
IDS 3303 Studies in Exceptionality
IDS 2103 Individual, Family and Community
IDS 2213 World Civilizations since the Fifteenth Century Top

B. 37 semester credit hours of required support courses:

COM 2123 Oral Interpretation
ESL 3063 Second Language Acquisition in Early Adolescence
GRG 1023 World Regional Geography
MAT 1093 Pre-Calculus
MAT 1153 Essential Elements of Mathematics I
MAT 1163 Essential Elements of Mathematics II
MAT 1203 Calculus Concepts and Applications
RDG 3523 Developmental Reading 4-8
RDG 3533 Content Area Reading 4-8
RDG 3633 Literature and Other Texts Across the Content Areas
RDG 3803 Writing Development and Processes

Additional 3 semester credit hours in Level I or II Science course in a different discipline from science courses taken for core requirement. One science ourse must include a wet laboratory that can be met in core requirement: 1 semester credit hour. Top

Certification requirements (23 semester credit hours):

TASP requirements must be satisfied before enrollment in Certification, Professional Education, and Student Teaching coursework.

C&I 4503 Approaches to Teaching Language Arts, Reading & Social Studies (4-8)
C&I 4603 Approaches to Teaching Mathematics and Science (4-8)
C&I 4502 Mathematics and Science Integrated Laboratory
C&I 4626 Student Teaching 4-8 Generalists
EDP 2113 Development in the Elementary and Middle School Child
EDP 3303 Principles of Learning and Classroom Management
EDU 2103 Education in American Society
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