Birth-Kindergarten Licensure (B–K)

Students receiving a degree at UNC Asheville with B–K Licensure must major in Psychology (see Psychology section). See appropriate Education Advisor for details.

I. Required courses in Education—26 hours, including:

EDUC 310 - Introduction to Education, K–12 (3)
EDUC 311 - Instructional Technology Laboratory (1)
EDUC 331 - Models of Early Childhood Education (3)
EDUC 341 - Birth-Kindergarten Assessment and Teaching Strategies (3)
EDUC 361 - Emergent Literacy and Language Development (3)
EDUC 386 - Infant-Toddler Internship and Seminar (4)
EDUC 396 - Research Methods in Education, BK–12 (1)
EDUC 455 - Student Teaching and Seminar (6)
EDUC 496 - Directed Research in Education, BK–12 (2)

II. Required courses outside of Education:

As part of the 34 hours required for the Psychology major, students must take:

PSYC 200 - Social Psychology (3)
PSYC 225 - Personality (3)
PSYC 312 - Psychology of Exceptional Children (3)
PSYC 318 - Psychology Applied to Teaching (4)
PSYC 345 - Child Clinical Psychology (3)

III. Other departmental requirements:

Other departmental requirements as outlined in the Education section for all licensure students.