College of Education and Human Development
Division of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies

Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies

Early Childhood-Grade 4 Bilingual Generalist certification option

 

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for the IDS degree with early childhood-grade 4 bilingual generalist certification is 134, at least 39 of which must be at the upper-division level.
Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with teacher certification must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 9-13 of this catalog.

 

Courses

 

Core Curriculum Requirements

Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements

Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)

All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:

  • ENG 1013 Freshman Composition
  • ENG 1023 Discourse across the Disciplines

Domain I: Mathematics and Science

Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)

  • MAT 1023 College Algebra or higher.

Science (6 semester credit hours)

  • Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain II: Society and Culture

United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)

  • Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Political Studies (6 semester credit hours)

  • POL 1013
  • 3 additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)

  • IDS 2113 Society and Social Issues (recommended)

Economics (3 semester credit hours)

  • Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain III: Literature and the Arts

Literature (3 semester credit hours)

  • Any three hours listed below will satisfy this core requirement:
    IDS 2303 World Literature I: Through the Sixteenth Century
    IDS 2313 World Literature II: Since the Sixteenth Century

The Arts (3 semester credit hours)

  • BBL 2023 Latino Cultural Expressions

Domain IV: Interdisciplinary Studies

(3 semester credit hours)

  • IDS 2213 World Civilization Since the Fifteenth Century

 

Degree Requirements (50 semester credit hours)

A. 20 semester credit hours of required IDS courses:

14 semester credit hours of required courses:

  • IDS 2713 Modes of Inquiry Across the Fields of Study
  • IDS 3203 Physical Science
  • IDS 3201 Physical Science Laboratory
  • IDS 3213 Earth & Life Science
  • IDS 3211 Earth & Life Science Laboratory
  • IDS 3303 Studies in Exceptionality

6 semester credit hours selected from the following:

  • IDS 2083 Technology for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • IDS 3653 Music and Related Arts
  • HTH 2133 Health and Environmental Safety

B. 30 semester credit hours of required support courses:

  • COM 2123 Oral Interpretation
  • ECE 2103 Child Growth and Development
  • EDP 3133 Principles of Learning & Classroom Management EC-4
  • EDU 2103 Education in American Society
  • MAT 1153 Essential Elements in Mathematics I
  • MAT 1163 Essential Elements in Mathematics II
  • RDG 3823 Reading Comprehension-EC-4
  • RDG 3803 Writing Development and Processes
    or
    RDG 4733 Literacy Problems-EC-4

6 semester credit hours from the following (at least one course at 3000 level)

  • SPN 2103 Oral and Written Expression
  • SPN 2513 Spanish for Special Purposes
  • SPN 3033 Oral Communication Skills
  • SPN 3063 Grammar and Composition

Certification Requirements (42 semester credit hours)

TASP requirements must be satisfied before enrollment in Certification, Professional Education, and Student Teaching coursework.

A. 24 semester credit hours required of Early Childhood-Grade 4 Bilingual Generalist courses:

  • BBL 2243 Bilingual Families, Communities and Schools
  • BBL 3053 Foundations of Bilingual Studies
  • BBL 3013 Language Analysis and Bilingualism
  • BBL 3023 Mexican American Culture
    or
    BBL 3033 Mexican Americans in the Southwest
  • BBL 3133 Language Development in Bilinguals
  • BBL 3143 Children's Literature for Bilingual Learners
  • ESL 3023 Second Language Teaching and Learning in EC- 4
  • ESL 3053 Literacy in a Second Language

B. 18 semester credit hours of Professional Education courses:

Admission to the Teacher Certification Program is prerequisite to enrollment in C&I 4403.

  • BBL 4033 Assessment, Learning and Motivation in Bilingual Classrooms
  • BBL 4063 Bilingual Approaches to Content-Based Learning
  • BBL 4073 Language Arts in a Bicultural-Bilingual Program
  • C&I 4403 Mathematics/Science Approaches EC-4
  • C&I 4616 Student Teaching - EC-Grade 4

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