Program of Study
Elementary Education - Bachelor of Arts
Elementary Education | College of Education

The Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education program at Roosevelt University is a comprehensive initial certification program that seeks to develop teachers who are well equipped to meet the diverse educational needs of the wide spectrum of students from kindergarten through ninth grade. 

The Program

The Elementary Education initial certification program provides:

• Outstanding faculty, personal advising, and small class size
• Supervised field experiences in actual classrooms that bridge theory and practice and result in teachers who are prepared practically as well as philosophically
• Convenient daytime classes at both the Chicago and Schaumburg campuses

The undergraduate program of study in elementary education is a 51 semester hour initial certification program, and the professional course work meets Illinois State Board of Education requirements for Type 03 teacher certification (K-9).  It is approved through the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

Core Courses

Several foundation classes are required of students which give them an opportunity to examine educational issues from a Pre-K through high school perspective.  These classes include:

• EDUC 200 American Education
• EDUC 210 Child Development for Educators
• SPED 319 Exceptional Children and Youth
• EDUC 385 Technology in the Classroom

Methods Courses

In addition, elementary education majors enroll in a series of courses that address methods of teaching including:

• EDUC 303 Health for Educators
• EDUC 321 Creative Arts in Education
• ELED 321 Methods of Teaching Mathematics (6 s.h.)
• ELED 325 Teaching Science in the Elementary School
• ELED 327 Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School
• READ 320 Teaching Reading in the Elementary School (6 s.h.)
• READ 323 Teaching Language Arts and Children’s Literature in the Elementary School

Field Experience Courses

Although field experiences are integrated throughout the program, two courses in the undergraduate program are held on site at elementary schools and require a full day of supervised observation/participation.  They are:

• ELED 261 Field Experience and Seminar in Elementary Education
• ELED 361 Pre-student Teaching Field Experience

Student Teaching

• ELED 366 Student Teaching and Seminar

Student teaching is a fifteen-week, full time placement.  Arrangements for student teaching are made one full year in advance.  Prior to student teaching, all other certification requirements, including State of Illinois general education requirements and the professional sequence of courses listed above must be completed.

General Education Requirements

In order to be a successful teacher in the elementary school, individuals must have a well-rounded liberal arts education.  Most of the general education requirements are also Roosevelt graduation requirements.  Eligibility for certification requires the following competencies:

• Written communication (6 s.h.)
• Mathematics (6 s.h. MATH 105 and MATH 115)
• Biological and physical sciences including one laboratory course (7 s.h.)
• Humanities (9 s.h. including 3 s.h. in US history)
• Social Sciences (9 s.h. including 3 s.h. American government)
• Nonwestern Cultures (3 s.h. in a humanities or social science course focusing on Africa, the Far East, Latin America, or Native America)
• No grade below C accepted in general education or area of concentration coursework.
• No grade below B accepted in professional education coursework.
• An academic concentration in one teachable content area (18 s.h. with 9 s.h. at the 300 level or above.)

Faculty

Courses are taught by experienced educators both full time university faculty and part time practitioners with outstanding records of service and instruction.  Full-time faculty serve as personal advisors to each student in the program.

For more information please contact us at:

Chicago Campus
430 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
312-341-3515
312-341-4316 FAX

Robin Campus of Schaumburg
1400 North Roosevelt Boulevard
Schaumburg, IL 60173
847-619-8600
847-619-8636 FAX