Major in Elementary Education (B.A.)
Elementary education is offered at NMHU as
an academic major field. Elementary education
majors study such topics as cognitive, physical, emotional, and social development; human
relations, instructional planning and implementation,
classroom management, assessment and
evaluation, and they receive training in skills and
competencies for elementary subject matter in
mathematics, reading and languages arts, social
studies, science, and other foundational fields. The
program complies with the instructional competencies
established by the State of New Mexico
Public Education Department for entry-level
elementary teachers. Before registering for the
required major courses, students must complete
the requirements for entrance to the Teacher
Preparation Program which include GnEd 201,
taken in conjunction with GnEd 251, and SpEd
214. Students must have passed the “Basic Skills”
component of the NMTA in order to be approved
for student teaching. |
