Online Bachelor of Science in Education (BSED)
Education
Program Overview
Turn your passion for teaching into a rewarding career. Our fully online Bachelor of Science in Education prepares you to lead a classroom and make a lasting impact on young minds. Graduates will be prepared to teach in elementary settings with enhanced skills to support diverse learners and will be eligible for Tennessee teacher licensure in Elementary Education with the Special Education Interventionist dual endorsement.
Why Choose Education?
The right teacher makes all the difference, and you can be that difference for the children in your community. You’ll be prepared to help a wide array of students learn and grow into lifelong learners. Stand out with a degree from the online BS in Education program with the following:
- Dual Licensure Advantage: You graduate ready to earn both your Elementary Education license and your Special Education Interventionist endorsement.
- Support Diverse Learners: We equip you with enhanced, practical skills to support and empower every student, including those who require special education interventions.
- Clear Path to Tennessee Licensure: We align our curriculum with state standards, so you complete licensure requirements and are eligible for Tennessee teacher licensure upon graduation.
- Real-World Experience: Complete an undergraduate internship that spans general and special education settings, ensuring you meet licensure requirements while gaining the classroom experience needed to feel confident on day one.
Admission Requirements
- Minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA
- Minimum 24 transferable credit hours
- Must live in Tennessee
- Tennessee state law (TCA 49-5-5610) requires that students wishing to enter an approved higher education educator preparation program must submit to a criminal history background check. Admission to the program is dependent on clearance of any conviction(s) as referenced to a list of crimes that would prohibit a person from being licensed in Tennessee.
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Program Concentrations
Elementary Education
The Elementary Education concentration incorporates strategic special education coursework with a primary focus on elementary education preparation. Through engaging online classes and a hands-on undergraduate internship, you will learn how to build effective lesson plans, manage a classroom, and support students with varying needs.
Featured Courses
A study of selected nations, their cultures, and their educational systems, focusing on cross-cultural interpretation and the treatment of common problems and themes within diverse educational institutions.
You will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of a wide range of children’s literature and how these books can support your instructional practices. This body of high-quality literature will motivate your students to read and to want to read.
Methods, materials, instruction, and assessment procedures for teaching at the elementary school level.
Use of technology to support teaching and learning; designed to prepare teacher preparation students to integrate a variety of computer-based technologies into the PreK-12 curriculum and adapt these technologies for diverse populations including students with mild disabilities as well as ESL students. Includes the creation of a personal learning network and the strategies and techniques of integrating the Internet, digital images, multimedia slideshows, educational digital stories, web-based tools, and interactive whiteboards.
Current issues related to assessment; advanced study of evaluation models for special education; dynamic and other innovative assessment approaches; advanced study of application to educational programming; basic statistics and application in assessment.
