Oregon State University boasts a diverse pre-education program, which has been carefully designed to prepare students for admission into a post-graduate teacher licensing program. Although teacher licensing programs accept students from a variety of majors, including Art, English, Ethnic Studies, History, Psychology, Sociology, Spanish, or Speech Communication, elementary classroom teachers need to be generalists with a broad knowledge of subject matter. Therefore, for those students interested in pursuing a career in elementary education, an interdisciplinary degree in Liberal Studies is strongly recommended.
Students in the Liberal Studies Pre-Education Major have their choice of six different areas in which to focus their studies:
| PSY | Psy 201 and Psy 202 |
6 credits |
| PSY | Upper division coursework | 16 credits |
| SOC 204 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 credits |
| SOC 205 OR SOC 206 | Institutions and Social Change Social Problems and Issues |
3 credits |
| SOC 312 | Sociology of the Family | 4 credits |
| SOC | Upper division coursework | 12 credits |
| Choose at Least One of the Following WIC Courses: | ||
| PSY 440 | Cognition Research | 4 credits |
| PSY 460 | Advanced Social Research Methods | 4 credits |
| PSY 470 | Psychometrics and Psychological Testing | 4 credits |
| PSY 480 | Case Study Methods | 4 credits |
| ANTH 370 | Family, Gender, and Generation | 3 credits |
| LS 428 |
Intersections | 3 credits |
| Total Credits: 45 | ||
| ENG | Any 3 courses from the pre-education core | 9 credits |
| ENG | Upper division coursework | 9 credits |
| ANTH 350 | Language, Culture, and Society | 3 credits |
| WR 224 | Introduction to Fiction Writing | 3 credits |
| WR 324 | Short Story Writing | 3 credits |
| COMM | Upper division coursework | 6 credits |
| TA 121 or 147 |
Oral Interpretation I Intoduction to the Theatre |
3 credits |
| TA 248 | Fundamentals of Acting | 3 credits |
| TA 321 OR 360 | Advanced Oral Interpretation
Multicultural American Theatre |
3 credits each |
| Choose at Least One of the Following WIC Courses: | ||
| ENG 407 | Seminar | 1-16 credits |
| ENG 445 | Studies in Non-Fiction | 3 credits |
| ENG 452 | Studies in Film | 3 credits |
| ENG 470 | Studies in Poetry | 3 credits |
| WR 411 | The Teaching of Writing |
3 credits |
| WR 493 | The Rhetorical Tradition and the Teaching of Writing | 3 credits |
| WR 495 | Introduction to Literacy Studies | 3 credits |
| Total Credits: 45 | ||
| ENG 253, 254, 255 |
Survey of American Literature: Colonial to Romantic Survey of American Literature: Romantic to 1914 Survey of American Literature: World War I to Present |
9 credits |
| ENG 201, 202, OR 203 |
Shakespeare | 3 credits |
| ENG 210, 211, 212, 213 |
Literatures of the World: Asia Literatures of the World: Africa Literatures of the World: MESO/South America/Caribbean Literatures of the World: Middle East |
6 credits |
| ENG | Upper division coursework | 6 credits |
| ENG 488 | Literature and Pedagogy | 3 credits |
| TA 121 OR 147 |
Oral Interpretation I Intoduction to the Theatre |
3 credits |
| WR 224 | Introduction to Fiction Writing | 3 credits |
| WR 324 | Short Story Writing | 3 credits |
| TA | Upper division coursework |
3 credits |
| WR 416 | Advanced Composition |
3 credits |
| WIC Course: | ||
| WR 411 |
The Teaching of Writing | 3 credits |
| Total Credits: 48 | ||
| ANTH 380 | Cultures in Conflict | 3 credits |
| ECON 201 OR 202 | Introduction to Microeconomics Introduction to Macroeconomics |
4 credits each |
| ECON 319, 340, OR 383 |
Economic History and Development of the U.S. International Economics The Economics of Discrimination |
4 credits each |
| PS 201 | Introduction to U.S. Government and Politics | 4 credits |
| PS 331 | State and Local Government and Politics | 4 credits |
| HST 201, 202, 203 |
Any 2 courses from the pre-education core | 8 credits |
| HST | Upper division coursework | 16 credits |
| ANTH 370 OR HST 407 | Family, Gender, and Generation Seminar |
3-4 credits |
| Total Credits: 46-47 | ||
| Choose at Least 18 Credits of the Following Courses: |
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| ANTH 251 |
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| ANTH 313 | Peoples of the World: Latin America | |
| ENG 212 | ||
| ES 212, 213, 214, 216 311, 314, 351 |
Survey of Chicano/A-Latino/A Studies | |
| GEO 328 | Geography of Latin America | |
| HST 350, 351, 456 |
Modern Latin America | |
| PHL 316 | Intellectual Issues of Mexico and Mexican Americans |
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| PS 344, 345 |
Latin American Politics | 18 credits |
| Internship in Mexico may be used for 6 Credits of the above coursework. |
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| SPAN 311, 312, 313 OR 314, 315, 316 |
Third-Year Spanish | 9 credits |
| SPAN 317, 318, 327, 445 |
Directed Reading in Spanish | choose 2 for a total of 6 credits |
| SPAN 336, 337, 339 | Latin American Culture | choose 2 for a total of 6 credits |
| SPAN 350 OR 351 |
Phonetics and Pronunciation Hispanic Linguistics |
3 credits |
| WIC (SPAN 438 OR 439, OR ES 354 |
Selected Topics in Luso-Hispanic Culture | 3 credits |
| Total Credits: 45 | ||