Bluffton University

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The elementary education license prepares you to teach both typically developing children and children with mild-moderate disabilities, with a particular focus on teaching reading to young children.

 

REQUIRED COURSES:

There are 75 semester hours of required courses for the elementary education major, including field experience in a classroom in your first year.

With an additional 21 semester hours, you may add an endorsement for pre-kindergarten special needs.

The intervention specialist (K-12) major may be completed with the elementary education major in four years.

• Elementary education course requirements
• Pre-K special needs endorsement requirements
• Guideline to complete the elementary education major in four years, for students beginning fall 2019 and after.