GENERAL EDUCATION OPTIONS
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION Major
2015 - 2016 ISU Catalog
Iowa State University – College of Human Sciences – School of Education
I. COMMUNICATIONS OPTION (3 credits)
COMST 102 (3) – Intro to Interpersonal
Communication
COMST 218 (3) – Conflict Management
COMST 317 (3) – Small Group Communication
SP CM 212 (3) – Fundamentals of Public Speaking
SP CM 312 (3) – Business & Professional Speaking
SP CM 313 (3) – Comm. for the Classroom Teacher
SP CM 322 (3) – Argumentation, Debate, and
Critical Thinking
SP CM 327 (3) – Persuasion
III. MATH OPTION (3 credits)
MATH 104 (3) – Intro to Probability and Matrices
MATH 105 (3) – Intro to Math Ideas
MATH 142 (3) – Trigonometry & Analytical
Geometry
MATH 143 (4) – Preparation for Calculus
MATH 150 (3) – Discrete Math for Business and
Social Sciences
MATH 160 (3) – Survey of Calculus
MATH 165 (3) – Calculus I
MATH 181 (3) – Calculus for the Life Sciences I
STAT 101 (4) – Principles of Statistics
STAT 104 (3) – Intro to Statistics
II. HUMANITIES OPTION (3 credits)
Courses from the following departments:
Art and Design
History
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Religion
Theatre
World Languages and Cultures (levels 200+ only)
ANTHR 230 (3) – Globalization of the Human
Condition
WS 201 (3) – Intro to Women’s Studies
WS 340 (3) – Women’s Literature
WS 345 (3) – Women & Literature: Selected Topics
WS 386 (3) – History of Women in America
IV. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE OPTION (3 credits)
BIOL 101 (3) – Introductory Biology
BIOL 155 (3) – Human Biology
BIOL 173 (3) – Environmental Biology
BIOL 211 (3) – Principles of Biology I
BIOL 255 (3) – Fundamentals of Human Anatomy
BIOL 256 (3) – Fundamentals of Human Physiology
BIOL 258 (3) – Human Reproduction
ANTHR 202 (3) – Intro to Biological Anthropology
and Archaeology