Notre Dame of Maryland University enables a full-time student to complete the Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees and to fulfill state certification requirements within four or five years. For the Elementary Education option, students complete the Liberal Studies Major for their baccalaureate degree and the Master of Arts in Teaching in Elementary Education in the final year. (See Liberal Studies program listings for a description of the liberal arts Major.)
For the Secondary Education option, students complete a Major in an academic discipline for their bachelor's degree and the Master of Arts in Teaching in the final year.
If a student wishes to pursue the four-year B.A./M.A.T. option, she must meet with the advisor of the School of Education at the time of entrance or before beginning the second semester of the first year to plan her Program of Study appropriately. In the five-year option, the student meets with the chair in the second semester of the sophomore year.
Course Matrix for Traditional Undergraduate Elementary Education BA/MAT Degrees
Required Professional Courses | Bachelor of Arts Degrees - Elementary Education | |||||
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| *Notes - Some 100, 200, 300, and 400 level classes may be taken as an undergraduate student | Elem. Educ. | Elem. & Special Educ. | Elem. & ECE | Elem. & TESOL | Elem, ECE, & Special | Elem, ECE, Special, & TESOL |
| EDU-300 or EDU-556 Technology for Instruction and Management | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| EDU-303 or EDU-510 Elementary Reading Materials | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| EDU-357 or EDU-509 Processes & Acquisition of Reading | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| EDU-319 or EDU-519 Human Development and Learning | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| EDU-313 or EDU-513 Science and Social Studies in Elementary School | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| EDU-308 or EDU-508 Issues in ESOL | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | ||||
| EDU-309 or EDU-542 Instruction in Reading | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| EDU-310 or EDU-592 Mathematics in the Elementary School | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| EDU-312 Science in the Elementary School or EDU-313 | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| EDU-315 Curriculum Methods/Mat. for the Young Child | (3 credit) | |||||
| EDU-346 or EDU-546 Methods and Materials ESOL | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | ||||
| EDU-347 or EDU-547 Assessing Second Language | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | ||||
| EDU-360 or EDU-586 Techniques of Teaching Reading & Writing to Students with Limited English Proficiency | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | ||||
| EDU-402 American Education in Historical Perspective | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| EDU-440 or EDU-596 English Grammar for ESOL Teachers | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | ||||
| EDU-460 or EDU-511 Assessment of Reading | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| EDU-602 Internship in the Elementary School | (6 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| EDU-603 Internship in Early Childhood Education | (3 credit) | |||||
| EDU-604 Analytic/Reflection/Research Seminar | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | |
| EDU-611 Internship in TESOL Education | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | ||||
| EDU-400 or EDU-600 edTAP for Education |
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| SPE-326 or SPE-526 Special Education for the Classroom Teacher | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) |
| SPE-337 or SPE-576 Communication Skills for the Special Educator | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | |||
| SPE-321 or SPE-546 Methods of Teaching Students with Special Needs | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | |||
| SPE-344 or SPE-544 Assessment in Special Education | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | |||
| SPE-421 or SPE-570 Elementary Curriculum Design and Adaptation | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | |||
| SPE-475 or SPE-601 Internship in Special Education | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | (3 credit) | |||
| TOTAL | 45 credit | 57 credit | 48 credit | 57 credit | 57 credit | 75 credit |
ECE = Early Childhood Education TESOL = Teachers of English for Speakers of Other Languages
Some Programs of Study may require coursework during the summer and/or winterim. These six certification pathways do not cover the full range of possibilities.