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


The minimum number of semester credit hours required for the IDS degree with grades 4-8 generalist certification is 137, 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 (57 semester credit hours)

A. 20 semester credit hours of required courses:

IDS 2083 Technology for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
or
HTH 2133 Health and Environmental Safety

IDS 2213 World Civilizations since the Fifteenth Century
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 Top

B. 31 semester credit hours of required support courses:

EDP 2113 Development in the Elementary and Middle School Child
EDU 2103 Education in American Society
GRG 1023 World Regional Geography
MAT 1153 Essential Elements of Mathematics I
MAT 1163 Essential Elements of Mathematics II
MAT 1093 Pre-Calculus
MAT 1203 Calculus Concepts and Applications
RDG 3523 Developmental Reading - Grades 4-8
RDG 3633 Literature and Other Texts Across the Content Areas - Grades 4-8

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

C. 6 semester credit hours from the following (at least one course at 3000 level):

SPN 2103 Oral and Written Expression
SPN 2513 Spanish for Special Purposes
SPN 3033 Oral Communication Skills
SPN 3063 Grammar and Composition

Certification requirements (38 semester credit hours)

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

A. 18 semester credit hours required of Grades 4-8 Bilingual Generalist courses:

BBL 2243 Bilingual Families, Communities and Schools
BBL 3053 Foundations of Bilingual Studies

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

BBL 3133 Language Development in Bilinguals
ESL 3053 Literacy in a Second Language
ESL 3063 Second Language Acquisition in Early Adolescence

B. 20 semester credit hours of Professional Education courses:

BBL 4033 Assessment, Learning and Motivation in Bilingual Classrooms
BBL 4063 Bilingual Approaches to Content-Based Learning
BBL 4073 Language Arts in a Bicultural-Bilingual Program
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

137 total semester credit hours for degree and certification. Top
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