11.10 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROGRAM

11.10.1 OVERVIEW OF THE FOUR-YEAR ELEMENTARY BED PROGRAM

The 4-Year (8-semester) BEd Elementary Program requires 120 credit hours. The program consists of both academic courses taken outside the Faculty of Education as well as professional courses taken within.

Course requirements for the 4-Year BEd Program are listed below by semester. While some flexibility exists in the placement of courses by semester, in certain semesters there is little or no flexibility. Students expecting to take the program on a part-time basis will need to plan their program carefully in consultation with an advisor.

Courses in semesters one and two may be taken in either semester.  Courses in semesters five and six will be timetabled for each section of students; students are expected to be in full-time attendance for these pre-internship semesters. Students are strongly encouraged to plan for internship in semester seven (fall) and to return for a full semester of courses as a post-internship semester.

The Elementary Education Program includes extensive field experiences. Classroom-based field experiences occur with ECS 100 in year one, as components in the pre-internship semesters (semesters five and six), and the sixteen-week internship in the final year. In addition, students will engage in professional learning as community experience (PLACE) which is scheduled in the first pre-internship semester. Most classroom-based field experiences occur in schools in or near Regina. Placements for internship may be at various locations in southern Saskatchewan.