Year by Year Guide

YEAR 1

• Approved liberal learning courses
• Change of Major form
• Language Proficiency Test 
• Field Placement: Intro to Urban Ed/ELE 203 (Spring only)

YEAR 2

• MAT 105, MAT 106*, BIO 104, PHY 103 
• Field Placement: RAL 221/ELE 201, MTT 202/MST 202
• *Psychology and Sociology majors are exempt from MAT 106
• Consider taking one 5 unit semester, a summer course or J-mester

YEAR 3

• Classes:
  • DO NOT REGISTER FOR ACB
  • Register for SOM through ELE/ECE office (Spring only)
• Begin thinking about Praxis testing
• Field placement: SOM 203
• Consider taking one 5 unit semester, a summer course or J-mester

YEAR 4

• Apply for graduation
• Apply for Year 5/Graduate application – no fees, essays, or letters needed
• Classes: 
  • Introduction to Teacher Research/ELE 302 (Fall only)
  • Complete elementary education requirements for student teaching application for 5th year (global, middle school)
  • Fall – ESLM 577 or ESLM 578
  • Spring – ESLM 545 or ESLM 587
  • You must reach 32 units (128 credits for your Bachelor’s degree)
  • Graduate courses count toward Graduate degree
  • Decide about summer courses in Mallorca
• See advisor to plan courses for 5th year!
• Global Student Teaching

SUMMER

• Mallorca classes are optional
  
• Classes:
  • Maymester course (SPED 525)
  • If no Mallorca courses, then take EDUC 614
• Mallorca information

YEAR 5

• Classes:
  • Internship 1 – EDUC 694 (Fall only)
  • Internship 2 – EDUC 695 & ELEM 690 (Spring only)
  • ESLM 577, ESLM 578, ESLM 579 (Fall only)
  • ESLM 587, ESLM 545, ESLM 525 (Spring only)
  • Distribution requirement: choose 1 — (SPED 525 (May), ELEM 515 (Spring), EDUC 614 (all semesters)
• ACTFL
• ELSM 700 Comprehensive Test
• Field Placement Tests: Internship 1 and Internship 2