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Undergraduate Programs
The Office of Admissions and Advising contains information for 
undergraduate students.
Elementary Education
A. Students must select one of the two options:
- Elementary Professional Education (resulting in Michigan K-8 certification) Elementary Professional Education Program (not early childhood)
- Early Childhood Professional Education (resulting in Michigan K-8 certification and the ZA endorsement which gives recognition as an Early Childhood Education specialist) Early Childhood Professional Education Program
B. All Elementary/Early Education students complete concentrations in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. In addition, students must minor in at least two of these subjects by completing additional coursework (usually two courses). The links below list the courses in each concentration (the initial list of courses) followed by the courses needed to complete the minor.
- Elementary Integrated Science Minor -
Elementary/Middle Mathematics or Elementary Integrated Science Minor (MHEN) - Elementary Language Arts Minor -
Elementary Language Arts or Elementary Social Studies Minor - Elementary Mathematics Minor -
Elementary/Middle Mathematics or Elementary Integrated Science Minor (MHEN) - Elementary Social Studies Minor -
Elementary Language Arts or Elementary Social Studies Minor
C. Students who want to major in PE, Art, Music, or Speech Pathology should contact those departments for information on the majors and options within each major. One option is the elementary education minor with classes taken in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Educational Studies:
- Elementary Education Minor with Major of Physical Education or Art or Music
- Elementary Education Minor with Major of Speech Pathology and Audiology
Secondary Education
Secondary Education offers a variety of majors:
- Art
- Biology Major and Minor
- Chemistry Major and Minor
- Communications Minor
- Earth Science Major and Minor
- English Major | English Minor
- Environmental Studies Minor
- Family and Consumer Sciences
- French Major and Minor
- Geography Major | Geography Minor
- German Major and Minor
- Health Education Minor
- Health/School
- History Major and Minor
- Industrial Education Voc.
- Industrial Education - Non-Voc.
- Industrial Technology Minor
- Latin Major and Minor
- Mathematics Major | Mathematics Minor
- Music
- Physical Education/Teacher-Coach
- Physics Major | Physics Minor
- Political Science Major and Minor
- Secondary Education in Business Major and Group Major (SUSJ)
- Secondary Education guide for students with majors in the College of Arts and Sciences
- Secondary Education for students in HPER and FCS will follow the curricular requirements on their major curriculum guide
- Spanish Major and Minor
- Technology & Design
- Congratulations to Paul Vellom co-author of a project titled: Integrated Apprenticeship in the Teaching of Elementary Science (IATES). The National Science Foundation's CCLI program has awarded $200,000 to the proof-of-concept grant for the three-year project.
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