COLLEGES


LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS FOR
PROTEACH ELEMENTARY AND SPECIAL
EDUCATION MAJORS
 In the first two years at UF, students are
expected to complete the university's General
Education requirements which include most of
the college's preprofessional requirements. The
remainder will be completed as early as possible
upon admission to the college.
 Community college students are reminded
that they are limited to 64 semester hours of
transferable credit. Lower division students are
expected to earn 64 semester credits in a widely-
distributed range of courses in 7 areas.
 For course options consult the schedule of
courses. Since courses may be chosen from the
1000 to 4000 level for the General Education
program, students are reminded to check cours-
es at the advanced level for prerequisites.

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Courses: Minimum Credits
Com position ...................................... ...... 6
Literature and the Arts......................... ..............6
Historical and Philosophical Studies ...................6
International Studies and Diversity .....................6
Social and Behavioral Sciences .............................6
M athematical Sciences ........................................... 6
Physical and Biological Sciences...... ...........9

Elementary Education (Grades 1-6)

 Freshman and sophomore students planning
to seek admission to the PROTEACH Elemen-
tary Education program should refer to the out-
line provided under the previous heading,
General Education Requirements and note the
Preprofessional Requirements:

Preprofessional Requirements
* MAE 3811, Mathematics for Elementary
 Teachers
 HUM 2510, Design for Understanding the
 Visual and Performing Arts (Students who
 complete their first two years of study at
 another institution may substitute a compar-
 able fine arts course from that institution.)
** A literature course
** A history course
** A statistics course
** A sociology course
** An economics course or a political science
 course or a cultural geography course
 A biological science course with a laboratory
 A physical science course with a laboratory
 Science: 9 hours
 Speech requirement: ORI 2000 or SPC 2600 or
 screening test.

 The requirement for MAE 3811 will be
 waived for students who have completed
 two or more courses in college algebra and
 in geometry or calculus with grades of B or
 better.
 ** These courses may be used to meet Gener-
 al Education requirements.


 Note I-No more than 4 semester hours
 from music performance courses and no
 more than 4 semester hours from military
 science courses may be counted toward
 degree requirements.
 Note 2-Education courses: EDF 3210 and
 EDF 3514, EDF 3604, and EDF 4810 may be
 used to meet General Education require-
 ments. They cannot be substituted for
 required courses in the major. EDF 3609 is
 required after admission to the college.
 EEX 3010 may be used as an elective. It
 will not be substituted for EEX 3070.

 The Elementary Education program includes
six or more semesters of study. The components
of the program include professional methods
classes, clinical experience in classes and in the
public school, and two areas of specialization,
one of 12 semester hours in classes outside the
college and the other of 12 semester hours either
within or outside the college. In addition, an
assortment of content and teaching methods
classes taught in departments outside the col-
lege is required.
 Specialization I consists of 12 semester hours
of a discipline, such as mathematics, biology or
other science, English, Spanish, history or other
social science, physical education, health, or fine
arts.
 Students may take courses toward the spe-
cialization before admission to this program.
Counseling is available in 2215 Norman Hall to
assist students in their selections.
 Specialization II consists of an additional 12
semester hours taken in a discipline as men-
tioned in the paragraph above describing Spe-
cialization I, or the student may choose a
specialty in the college such as Early Childhood,
Middle Grades, Bilingual, Reading, Special Edu-
cation, or Instructional Computing. The six-
semester program for Elementary Education
includes:

 FIRST SEMESTER
 EDE 3801 Professional Studies....................2
 RED 3312 Reading I.......................................... 3
 EDE 3481 Research in Elementary
 Education ................ .............. ......
 EDG 4930 Media in Elementary
 Education ................................... ............ .
 EDF 3115 Child Development and
 Education........................... .......... ............. 3
 EDF 3609 Social and Historical
 Foundations of Education .........................4.

 SECOND SEMESTER
 EDE 4930 Clinical Seminar in
 Elementary Ed.........................................4
 **ARE 4314 Education Methods .....................3.
 **LAE 4314 Language Arts Education
 M ethods .................................... ............. 3
 **MAE 4310 Mathematics Education
 M ethods .................................... ............... 3
 EDF 3214 Cognition and Learning.................2
 EME 3402 Introduction to Educational
 Com puting............................ .............. 2


 THIRD SEMESTER
 EDE 4930 Clinical Seminar in Elementary
 Education.................................... ............. 4
 ** SSE 4312 Social Studies ....................................3
 ** SCE 4310 Science..............................................3
 Specialization II (in or outside college) .........6

 FOURTH SEMESTER
 EDF 3433 Educational Measurement and
 Evaluation.................................. .......2
 or 4430 Measurement and Evaluation in
 Education .................................... ............. 3
 EEX 3070 Exceptional Child in
 Mainstream of Education ................. 2
 MUE 3210 Music for the Elementary
 Child ................................... ............ 4
 Specialization I (outside college) ....................3
 Specialization II (in or outside college) .........3
 PET 3720 Physical Education in the
 Elementary School....................... ..............2
 or HSC 3301 Elementary School Health
 Program............. .................................3
 Must be taken during the assigned term
 ** Must be taken with EDE 4930 except in the
 summer
 NOTE: EDE 4930 Clinical Seminar is not
 offered in the summer.
 Upon satisfactory completion of a minimum
of 125 semester hours and the program shown
above, a Bachelor of Arts in Education will be
awarded. Initial elementary education certifica-
tion is not awarded until students have com-
pleted a fifth year as shown below.
 During the fifth year of the Elementary PRO-
TEACH Program, students have two choices.
Those who wish to complete a master's degree
and who meet the requirements for admission
to graduate school may follow that plan. Others
may decide to follow the non-degree route.
Either plan successfully completes the Elemen-
tary PROTEACH Program, a program approved
by the State of Florida and by the National
Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Educa-
tion (NCATE).

 MASTER OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM
 EDE 6225 Practices in Childhood
 Education.................................... ............. 3
 EDG 6427 Parenting and Interpersonal
 Relationships.................................................. 3
 EDE 6948 Internship in Elementary
 School ..................................... ..... 12
 EDE 7935 Master's Seminar.............................3
 LAE 6714 Children's Literature in
 Childhood Curriculum .............................
 RED 6346 Classroom Reading II..................3
 Specialization I (outside college) .................6
 Specialization II (in or outside college) .........3
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 Must be taken during the same semester.
 NOTE: EDE 6948 Internship is not offered in
 the summer.

 NON-DEGREE FIFTH YEAR COURSES
 EDE 6225 Practices in Childhood
 Education................................... .......3
 EDE 6948 Internship in Elementary
 School ................................................ ....12