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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Early Childhood-Grade 4 Bilingual Generalist certification option)


The minimum number of semester credit hours required for the IDS degree with early childhood-grade 4 bilingual generalist certification is 134, 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 (50 semester credit hours)

A. 20 semester credit hours of required IDS courses:

14 semester credit hours of required courses:

IDS 2713 Modes of Inquiry Across the Fields of Study
IDS 3203 Physical Science
IDS 3201 Physical Science Laboratory
IDS 3213 Earth & Life Science
IDS 3211 Earth & Life Science Laboratory
IDS 3303 Studies in Exceptionality

6 semester credit hours selected from the following:

IDS 2083 Technology for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
IDS 3653 Music and Related Arts
HTH 2133 Health and Environmental Safety Top

B. 30 semester credit hours of required support courses:

COM 2123 Oral Interpretation
ECE 2103 Child Growth and Development
EDP 3133 Principles of Learning & Classroom Management EC-4
EDU 2103 Education in American Society
MAT 1153 Essential Elements in Mathematics I
MAT 1163 Essential Elements in Mathematics II
RDG 3823 Reading Comprehension-EC-4

RDG 3803 Writing Development and Processes
or
RDG 4733 Literacy Problems-EC-4

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 Top

Certification Requirements (42 semester credit hours)

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

A. 24 semester credit hours required of Early Childhood-Grade 4 Bilingual Generalist courses:

BBL 2243 Bilingual Families, Communities and Schools
BBL 3053 Foundations of Bilingual Studies
BBL 3013 Language Analysis and Bilingualism
BBL 3023 Mexican American Culture
or
BBL 3033 Mexican Americans in the Southwest

BBL 3133 Language Development in Bilinguals
BBL 3143 Children's Literature for Bilingual Learners
ESL 3023 Second Language Teaching and Learning in EC- 4
ESL 3053 Literacy in a Second Language Top

B. 18 semester credit hours of Professional Education courses:

Admission to the Teacher Certification Program is prerequisite to enrollment in C&I 4403.

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 4403 Mathematics/Science Approaches EC-4
C&I 4616 Student Teaching - EC-Grade 4

134 total semester credit hours for degree and certification

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