Beacon Elementary Education (1-6) Certification

General Education (38-41 sem. hrs)

The general education component is to be completed according to Columbia College degree requirements. In order to complete the requirements set forth by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the following courses must be included in your general education coursework. (Please refer to your entrance year catalog for specific degree requirements.)

Basic Studies and Mathematics

• MATH 102 - Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher 3 hours
• MATH 150 - College Algebra 3 hours

Arts and Humanities

• MUSI 122 - Music Appreciation 3 hours or
• ARTS 105 - Art Appreciation 3 hours or
• ARTS 111 - Art and Ideas I 3 hours or
• ARTS 112 - Art and Ideas II 3 hours

Social and Behavioral Sciences

• PSYC 101 - General Psychology 3 hours

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• ECON 293 - Macroeconomics 3 hours or
• ECON 294 - Microeconomics 3 hours

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• GEOG 101 - Introduction to Geography 3 hours or
• ANTH 101 - Introduction to Geography 3 hours

Liberal Arts and Science Degree (39-63 sem. hrs)

Students seeking certification in Elementary Education may choose from the following recommended degree areas:

• BA - American Studies
• BA - Art
• BS - Art
• BA - English
• BS - Environmental Science
• BA - History
• BS - Mathematics
• BA - Psychology
• BA - Sociology

Students must complete the degree requirements as set forth by Columbia College. Hours required for completion will vary depending on area chosen. (Please refer to your entrance year catalog for specific degree requirements.)

Please note: certification will be Elementary Education, not content area certification.

Elementary Education Certification Minor (68 sem. hrs)

Sixty-five semester hours of courses with an EDUC field code plus SOCI 270 . Minor is restricted to the following specific 68 hours of coursework. Students must complete at least half of the education coursework through Columbia College and maintain a 2.8 GPA with no grade less than C.

• SOCI 270 - Minority Cultures and Relations 3 hours or
• ANTH 270 - Minority Cultures and Relations 3 hours

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• EDUC 100 - Introduction to Education 3 hours ^{1, 2}
• EDUC 105 - Human Health 3 hours
• EDUC 198 - Field Experience I 1 hour ¹
• EDUC 298 - Field Experience II 1 hour ¹
• EDUC 200 - Law, Ethics and Education 3 hours ³

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• EDUC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours or
• PSYC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours

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• EDUC 270 - Literature for Children and Adolescents 3 hours
• EDUC 300 - Techniques of Teaching 3 hours ¹
• EDUC 302 - Teaching Skills 3 hours
• EDUC 311 - Classroom and Behavior Management Techniques 3 hours ¹
• EDUC 322 - Educational Measurement and Assessment 3 hours ⁴
• EDUC 331 - Teaching of Reading 3 hours ¹
• EDUC 336 - Creative and Language Arts in the Elementary and Middle Schools 3 hours
• EDUC 338 - Teaching Reading in the Content Area 3 hours ^{1, 2}
• EDUC 358 - Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School 3 hours ¹
• EDUC 380 - Diagnostic and Corrective Reading 3 hours
• EDUC 390 - Education and Psychology of the Exceptional Child 3 hours

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• EDUC 391 - Child Psychology 3 hours or
• PSYC 391 - Child Psychology 3 hours

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• EDUC 400 - Senior Seminar 3 hours (Take course in the semester prior to student teaching)
• EDUC 420 - Student Teaching in the Elementary School 12 hours ³ (16 weeks)

Note(s):

¹ Includes Field Experience: Students must complete the application form(s) for courses that include a field experience component by the semester BEFORE desired enrollment. See the Education Office for deadline information.
² Must be taken within first 9 hrs of EDUC classes
³ Meets college Ethics requirement
⁴ EDUC 322 /EDUC 580 and EDUC 338 /EDUC 516 are required for those who began Elementary certification August 2009 and after.