This major provides students with subject matter preparation to enter the Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and California Subject Examination for Teachers (CSET). It also prepares students with content knowledge for the K-6 classroom, and provides an educational foundation and core competencies for students interested in Special Education. Fieldwork and/or observation may be required in any of the courses and will vary in required number of hours.

Information on this page is subject to change. Official program and course information is available in the University of La Verne Catalog.

Program Requirements

Educational Studies Statute of Limitations

Because of continuous changes in the field of education, admissible transfer courses must be taken within the last seven years at an accredited university or college. Additionally, courses previously taken at the University of La Verne must also be less than seven years old to be accepted into the current degree.

Total program: 44 semester hours

Core Requirements: 44 Semester Hours

Code Course Title Units
EDUC 306 Writing with Purpose 4
EDUC 310 Schools in Society 4
EDUC 325 Children’s Literature 4
EDUC 330 Principles of Physical Education 4
EDUC 349 Visual and Performing Arts 4
EDUC 350 Child Psychology and Development 4
EDUC 385 History, Culture & Society 4
EDUC 389 Mathematics in the 21st Century 4
EDUC 390 Science Literacy for all in the 21st Century 4
EDUC 407 Technology & Digital Literacy 4
EDUC 499D Senior Seminar for Educational Studies Major 4

Recommended Elective Courses: 10 semester hours

Code Course Title Units
EDUC 252 Childhood Environments: Culture, Education and Media 4
EDUC 301 Human Sexuality for Educators 4
EDUC 420 Sex, Drugs and Health Education 2

Optional Concentration: 12 upper division semester hours

La Verne campus/CAPA students only. ROC students check with academic advisor for availability.

Completion of an approved concentration in one of the following areas: Child Development, English, Fine Arts, Human Development, Languages and Literature, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Kinesiology, Natural and Social Sciences, Special Education and Teacher Education.