Southwest Baptist University

 

Teacher Education Program

Elementary Education Major with Certification
Grades 1 - 6Accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International

B. A. or B. S. degree    Certification Requirements
Elementary Education
Elementary Certification with Masters Degree
Elementary Ed with Masters

On the Bolivar campus, elementary education majors must complete prescribed course work in elementary education in order to receive initial certification. This includes University general education requirements, graduation requirements, and completion of supporting work of 21 or more sememster hours that will qualify the student to obtain an added certificate in one of the following areas.

Second Areas of Certification for Elementary
Teachers (Catalog PDF links)
Certification Requirements
•  Early Childhood Education, (Birth - Grade 3)(p.93)
Early Childhood
•  Grades K - 9 Art Education (p. 110) Art Education
•  Grades K - 9 Health Education (p. 97)
Health Education
•  Grades K - 9 Physical Education (p. 97)
Physical Education
•  Grades K - 9 Spanish (p. 118) Spanish
•  Middle School Education, Grades 5 - 9 (p. 93-94) *
     * Choose One area from the following:
•   Language Arts (Grades 5 - 9)
•   Mathematics (Grades 5 - 9)
•   Science (Grades 5 - 9)
•   Social Science (Grades 5 - 9)
•   Speech (Grades 5 - 9)
Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Science
Speech
Elementary - Mountain View Center (Grades 1 - 6)
At the Mountain View Center, students complete a twenty-one hour concentration in social science.