All students are required to meet the general university admission requirements.

The elementary education bachelor’s degree will prepare you to become an elementary teacher eligible to teach students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.

KBOR Systemwide Elementary Education Requirement (PK-6)

Elementary CORE: (34 credits)

• English Discipline Area (6 credits)
  ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I (3 credits)
  ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II (3 credits)
• Communications Discipline Area (3 credits)
  COMM 106 - Public Speaking I (3 credits)
• Mathematics and Statistics Discipline Area (3 credits)
  MATH 160 - Contemporary Math (3 credits)
• Natural and Physical Sciences Discipline Area (4 credits)
  BIOL 101 - Concepts of Biology (4 credits)
• Social and Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area (6 credits)
  Choose two courses from two of the following areas (100-200 level courses)
  Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
• Art and Humanities Discipline Area (6 credits)
  HIST 151 - History of the United States to 1877 (3 credits) OR
  HIST 152 - History of the United States Since 1877(3 credits)
  Open Elective from Fine Art (ART, MUSIC, THTRE, ENGL) (3 credits)
• Elementary Designated Area (6 credits)

  _{As part of the Systemwide (PK-6) Elementary Universal Transfer Pathway, this is a deviation from Bucket #7 Institutionally
  Designated Plan. The course cannot have been used in another bucket.}

  AMETH 160 - Introduction to American Ethnic Studies (3 credits) OR
  POLSC 115 - US Politics (3 credits)
  One Free Elective (100-200 level course) (3 credits)

Unrestricted Electives (6 credits)

Teacher Education Preparation Requirements (29 credits)

• EDCI 110 - Foundations of Education (3 credits)
• EDCI 200 - Teaching as a Career (1 credit)
• EDCI 230 - Early Field Experience (1 credit)
• EDCI 318 - Education Technology for Teaching and Learning (1 credit)
• EDCI 400 - New Literacies in Contemporary Classrooms (3 credits)
• EDSP 224 - Exceptional Child in the Regular Classroom (3 credits)
• ENGL 355 - Literature for Children (3 credits)
• HDFS 110 - Introduction to Human Development (3 credits)
• Choose one additional Natural and Physical Sciences (100-299 course level): PHYS, CHM, or GEOL (3 credits)
• Creative Expressions (8 credits)
  EDEL 250 - Health and Movement Education in Elementary Classrooms (2 credits)
  EDEL 270 - Arts for Elementary Schools (3 credits)
  MUSIC 205 - Music for Elementary Teachers (3 credits)

Professional Component (51 credits)

• EDEL 413 - Classroom Assessment: K-6 (1 credit)
• EDEL 464 - Classroom Management and Discipline: K-6 (1 credit)
• Block A: (12 credits)
  EDCI 315 - Educational Psychology (3 credits)
  EDCI 320 - Core Teaching Skills and Lab (3 credits)
  EDEL 412 - Teaching Science: K-6 (3 credits)
  EDEL 414 - Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners (3 credits)
• Block B (11 credits)
  EDEL 410 - Block B Practicum: K-6 (2 credits)
  EDEL 411 - Science of Reading I (3 credits)
  EDEL 415 - Teaching Methods for Mathematics: PK-2 (3 credits)
  EDEL 467 - Teaching Methods for STEAM: PK-6 (3 credits)

Professional Year: A 3.000 or higher GPA in all Teacher Education courses and Practica is needed before the Professional Semester.

• Fall Semester (15 credits)
  EDEL 460 - Block C Practicium: K-6 (2 credits)
  EDEL 461 - Science of Reading II (3 credits)
  EDEL 465 - Teaching Methods for Mathematics: Grades 3-6 (3 credits)
  EDEL 585 - Teaching Internship in Elementary School (6 credits)
• Spring Semester (12 credits)
  EDEL 462 - Teaching Social Studies: K-6 (3 credits)
  EDEL 466 - Supporting Elem Learners in Reading and Math: Grades PK-6 (3 credits)
  EDEL 585 - Teaching Internship in Elementary School (6 credits)

After successful completion of this program, you will be eligible to apply for an Initial Teaching License for teaching PK-6 in the state of Kansas. This program is also open to students outside of Kansas. The license will transfer to other states, but completion of additional tests may be required.

The Professional Education Unit at Kansas State University is accredited by the CAEP and the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE).

Once admitted and enrolled in the elementary education bachelor’s degree, you will be considered a pre-professional education major. You will have to complete additional requirements to be admitted into the full program, known as the professional education major.

Learn more about the additional requirements and steps to apply to the professional education program.

K-State offers online tools that allow you to see how previous coursework taken at another accredited institution will transfer to K-State. You can search by course or by program curriculum.

Learn how your courses will transfer