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2012-2013 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2012-2013 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Elementary Education/Special Education (Dual Licensure), B.S.


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Degree Plan (ELESPELBS)


General Education Curriculum


GEC 01. Written Communication (6 hours)


GEC 02. Basic Science and Mathematics (11 hours minimum)


Science Requirement (8 hours minimum)

Select 2 courses with labs:

Mathematics Requirement (3 hours)

GEC 03. Global History and Culture (12 hours)


Social Sciences Requirement (3 hours)

Select 1 course:

Humanities Requirement (9 hours)

GEC 05. Decision-Making and Responsibility (3 hours)


Select 1 course:

GEC 06. Computer Competency Requirement*


  • Successful completion of the BTLE or IC3 certification

GEC 07. Writing-Intensive Requirement* (Major Area)


GEC 08. Oral Communication Requirement* (3 hours)


GEC 09. Capstone Requirement* (Major Area)


Note:


*This particular GEC course is required for this major.

◊ GEC restrictions apply; see here .

For full description of the GEC, see here .

Program Curriculum


Teacher Education Requirements

Students must be admitted to Professional Education programs. Specific requirements and processes are found here .

K-6 Highly-qualified Endorsements

English (9 additional hours); Social Studies (9 additional hours)
Foreign Language (21 additional hours);
Mathematics (9 additional hours); Science (10 additional hours)

MDE Supplemental Endorsements

Special Education K-6 or 7-12 (18 additional hours)

Note: The program is designed such that all teacher candidates will have a supplemental Reading Endorsement.

Select 1 course:

DEG 05. Student Teaching (12 hours)


All courses must be completed before student teaching.

Hours to Degree


133 hours are needed to graduate with a BS in Elementary Education/Special Education (Dual Licensure). At least 50 percent of the hours applied to a degree at The University of Southern Mississippi must be earned from a senior college, and 45 of these hours must be in courses numbered 300 or above. The last 25 percent of course work must be earned from Southern Miss. The student must earn at least 12 hours in the major area of study from Southern Miss.

Semester-by-semester guide


Freshmen


Sophomore


Junior


Senior


Note:


(1). Students should complete the BTLE or IC3 Certification prior to enrolling in IT 365 .

(2). Praxis II and PLT tests scores must be reported to Southern Miss PRIOR to graduation.

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