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Mar 03, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Urban Stem Education Elementary, BS
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Bachelor of Science • UE STEMEL BS
The BS Urban STEM Education Elementary program focuses on training students to become teachers who provide equitable high-quality STEM education in the K-8 setting. The focus is on promoting the teaching methods that support active STEM engagement and teacher self-efficacy in urban settings. By embedding service-learning teaching experiences into the curriculum throughout each of the four program years, students will gain extensive practice in implementing culturally responsive teaching strategies proven to positively impact urban students’ outcomes in STEM. Students in the Elementary major will acquire a broad base of STEM knowledge for application in most classrooms. Additionally, they can complete the Integrated Science Concentration for deeper knowledge of STEM areas.
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Learning Outcomes
- Understand how to design and manage a student-centered classroom that leads to an equitable education, student empowerment/ownership, and active engagement in exploration and learning.
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Demonstrate the ability to adapt and design standard-aligned instruction to meet student needs, assets and interests, connecting student language, culture and experiences to learning. -
Reflect on how their teaching practices impact the education of all students with particular attention to students from historically underserved communities and social identity groups through culturally responsive curriculum instruction and advocacy. -
Design and analyze formative and summative assessments to inform instruction based on student progress. -
Integrate instructional technology to empower learners to be creative and analytical thinkers, collaborators, and good digital citizens. -
Engage in intentional community partnerships and service learning beyond the school setting that support learners’ interests, provides learning opportunities and skills not offered in the classroom, and scaffolds college and career readiness which develops pipelines to the workforce. -
Possess a deep knowledge of core content in their respective STEM discipline specific concentrations that enables them to teach diverse learners. -
Apply discipline-specific training, current research on how children learn science, and strategies for teaching in the various STEM disciplines culturally responsively with an emphasis on urban contexts. -
Engage in practical STEM teaching experience through observed and mentored service learning that supports the development of self-efficacy resulting in culturally-competent teachers who positively impact student outcomes. -
Engage in observed and mentored practical STEM teaching experiences that support increased teacher retention rates. Foundations of Excellence - 44 Credits
Undergraduate Urban Education Core - 22 Credits
Major - Elementary Education Methods - 37-52 Credits
Specialties/Electives - 17 Credits
Choose 1 of the 2 options below:
• Option A: Major Specialties (Credits included with Major)
Complete the following specialty plus 2 credits of open electives.
• Option B: Open Electives
Complete 17 credits of open electives.
Note: if choosing Open Electives, MATH 260 - College Geometry is required. Total Credits: 120 Credits
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