Candidates must have an earned baccalaureate degree with a major in an appropriate subject. Graduate and Professional Studies at McDaniel maintains the prerogative to require additional course work to more closely correspond with its expectations in content preparation and to reflect currency of knowledge. Candidates will not gain Full Acceptance into the BEST program without meeting this academic requirement. For more information, see Undergraduate Course Requirements for BEST Elementary Program or the BEST Program Handbook (PDF).

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Program of Study Education and Concentration Courses (13 courses)
EDU 580 Learning and Teaching in Today's Schools (3 credits)
EDU 581 Linking Instruction and Assessment (3)
EDU 556 Teaching Standards for Mathematics in the Elementary School (3)
EDU 549 Teaching Science & Social Studies in the Elementary School (3)
RDG 521 Reading Process & Acquisition (3)
RDG 522 Balanced Literacy Instruction (3)
RDG 523 Assessment for Reading Instruction (3)
RDG 524 Materials for Reading Instruction (3)
SLM 521 Telecommunications and the Internet (3)
EDU 592 Field Experience Practicum—Elementary (0)
EDU 594 Action Research I (3)
EDU 595 Action Research II (3)
Full-Time Internship & Seminar- Elementary (8)

Synthesis Courses (3 courses)
PSY 502 Human Growth and Development: Child (3 credits)
SED 572 Issues in Inclusive Education (3)
SOC 508 Culture and Diversity (3)

TOTAL: 50 credits