Birth – Kindergarten Minor

The program of study for the Birth-Kindergarten Education minor consists of a minimum of 21 semester hours. This program does not qualify the student for initial teacher licensure in North Carolina. Hours completed, however, may be used to satisfy requirements in an approved program. Consult your advisor.

Required courses for the minor to be taken in the following order:

BKE 2320 Child Develpement

BKE 2321 Foundations in Early Childhood Education

BKE 2322 Cultural and Individual Variations in Children and Families

BKE 3329 Early Language and Literacy II

BKE 3343 Working with Families/Teaming with Systems

BKE 3339 Child and Family Asssment

BKE 3344 /BKE 4344 Curriculum Planning for the Preschool Classroom

This new track represents an articulation agreement between Piedmont International University (PIU) and Winston-Salem State University (WSSU). This articulation agreement will allow students from PIU to seamlessly transfer into the Elementary Education program.

While at PIU, students are required to take the following courses:	Credit Hours
ED 201 Foundations of Education	3
ED 203 Diverse Learner	3
ED 302 Human Growth and Development	3
ED 303 Educational Assessments	3
ED 305 Educational Technology	3
ED 304 Methods & Materials of Elementary PE & Health	3
ED 307 Teaching Science in the Elementary School	3
ED 309 Teaching Reading & Lang Arts	3
EE 405 Teaching Elementary Fine Arts	3
Sub-total	27

Courses Taken at WSSU	Credit Hours
EDU 2322 Promoting Social Justice	3
EDU 3338 Psychological Foundations of Education	3
ELE 4334 Methods and Assessment of Teaching Language Arts	3
ELE 4335 Concepts and Assessment in Teaching Math	3
ELE 4336 Classroom Management and Instruction	3
ELE 4338 Methods and Assessment of Teaching Social Studies	3
RED 4312 Reading, Assessment and Remediation	3
EDU 4333 Student Teaching Seminar	3
EDU 4981 Observation, Student Teaching and Practicum	9
Sub-total	33
Total	120