Program Overview

Elementary Education Program

The Elementary Education program at the University of La Verne is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in the field of elementary education. The program offers a range of courses that cover various aspects of elementary education, including teaching methods, curriculum design, and child development.

Course Descriptions

The program includes the following courses:

• ELEM 306: Writing With Purpose: This course helps students develop writing skills and learn metacognitive strategies for crafting purposeful written communication in a professional context.
• ELEM 310: Schools in Society: This course examines the historical, philosophical, sociological, political, economic, and legal foundations of the American public education system.
• ELEM 325: Children's Literature: This course explores contemporary children's literature and its relationship to social value and aesthetic standards.
• ELEM 385: History, Culture, & Society: This course introduces concepts, theories, and perspectives vital to understanding history, culture, and society.
• ELEM 407: Technology & Digital Literacy: This course enhances students' understanding of informatics-based techniques and computational thinking essential to digital literacy.
• ELEM 412: Principles of Physical Education: This course exposes students to the field of physical education using sound developmental theory.
• ELEM 414: Visual and Performing Arts: This course covers the fundamental and formal elements, functions, and processes of the visual and performing arts.
• ELEM 416: Mathematics in the 21st Century: This course addresses theories and applications of STEM by integrating the study of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
• ELEM 418: Science Literacy for All in the 21st Century: This course examines science concepts in the 21st century, focusing on key concepts from life, physical, and earth sciences.
• ELEM 499D: Senior Seminar for Elementary Education: This course integrates content and processes from the disciplines with selected issues/themes relevant to elementary education.
• ELEM 499I: Senior Seminar for the Integrated Teacher Preparation Program: This course provides students with opportunities to reflect upon issues related to culturally responsive pedagogy and teaching within the context of diversity.

Program Requirements

The program requires students to complete a series of courses, including:

• Completion of Written Communication A and B
• Completion of specific courses with a minimum grade of C-
• Fieldwork requirements for certain courses
• Senior standing for certain courses

Grade Mode

Courses in the program are offered in various grade modes, including:

• Letter grade
• Credit/No Credit
• Audit

Semester Hours

Each course in the program is assigned a specific number of semester hours, ranging from 4 to 4 hours per course.