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BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND ESL TEACHER CERTIFICATION OPTIONS

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 Interdisciplinary Studies (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 in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements

Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements

Rhetoric (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

Domain I: Mathematics and Science

Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
MTC 1023 College Algebra with Applications
Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain II: Society and Culture

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 Studies (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 plus 3 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.

Domain III: Literature and the 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

Domain IV: World Society and Issues

(3 semester credit hours)
IDS 2213 World Civilization Since the Fifteenth Century

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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 3201 Physical Science Laboratory
IDS 3203 Physical Science
IDS 3211 Earth & Life Science Laboratory
IDS 3213 Earth & Life Science
IDS 3303 Studies in Exceptionality

6 semester credit hours selected from the following:

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

B. 30 semester credit hours of required support courses:

COM 2123 Oral Interpretation
ECE 2103 Child Growth and Development
EDP 3133 Principles of Learning and Classroom Management EC–4
EDU 2103 Education in U.S. 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

Certification Requirements (42 semester credit hours)

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Texas Success Initiative (TSI) 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 3013 Language Analysis and Bilingualism
BBL 3023 Mexican American Culture
or
BBL 3033 The Mexican American in the Southwest
BBL 3133 Language Development in Bilinguals
BBL 3143 Children's Literature for Bilingual Learners
BBL 3053 Foundations of Bilingual Studies
ESL 3023 Second Language Teaching and Learning in EC–4
ESL 3053 Literacy in a Second Language

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 Bicultural–Bilingual Classrooms
BBL 4063 Bilingual Approaches to Content-Based Learning
BBL 4073 Language Arts in a Bicultural-Bilingual Program
C&I 4403 Approaches to Teaching Mathematics and Science EC–4
C&I 4616 Student Teaching – EC–Grade 4

134 total semester credit hours for degree and certification.

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