Education, Elementary Education Major (leads to Primary License, Grades PK-5)

Assistant Professors Kaka, Nobel, Kang

Instructor Hall

OWU’s teacher preparation program in Elementary Education is committed to helping you become a knowledgeable, caring, competent professional who is dedicated to nurturing the intellectual, social, and aesthetic growth of children. Your knowledge will be deepened by many opportunities to work directly with children in a wide variety of field and student teaching experiences.

Ohio Wesleyan offers programs preparing students for teacher licensure at the elementary school, middle school, and high school levels. Candidates working toward the Elementary Education, Inclusive Elementary Education, Middle Childhood Education, Special Education, Integrated Science, or the secondary content areas will pursue an OWU major in Education. Candidates pursuing Music Education will complete the Multi-age Education minor.

Major Requirements

In addition to courses in education, students must complete a course with the OWU quantitative (Q) designation (this course may also count towards distribution requirements), and the University degree requirements with the distribution requirements as listed below instead of those in the Requirements for All Degrees section of the Catalog.

The following courses in education are required:

Group I (Social Studies)

Three courses including GEOG 110 , and one American history or American government course

Group II (Natural Sciences)

Three courses including: one physical and one biological science course

Group Ill (Humanities/Literature)

Two courses including: ENG 250 and one English or literature course

Group IV (Arts)

ART 301 - Integrating Art for Elementary Teachers
MUS 363 - Integrating Music for Elementary Teachers
THEA 259 - Developmental Drama
and any full-unit Group IV distribution course.

Note(s):

Diversity: Students seeking a teaching license must complete two unit courses with the OWU diversity designation.