Applicants to the MAT program for Elementary Education may be considered for admission with one prerequisite course remaining. 3.0 overall GPA required in courses listed below. No grade lower than "C" will be accepted.
Note: Applicants may choose to complete the prerequisite course requirements through the University of Louisville or through another accredited institution. Applicants should contact MAT admissions counselor (teacher@louisville.edu) BEFORE applying to the teacher education program or enrolling in prerequisite classes.
EDTP 399 – Music, Art & Motion in Elementary Schools – 3 credit hour course
Examines the instructional methods and curricular materials appropriate for incorporating the concepts and skills of art, music, and movement education in grades P-5.
MATH 151 – Mathematics for Elementary Education I – 3 credit hour course
Problem solving and number systems, including numeration systems, integers, rational, and real numbers, and elementary number theory. Note: Recommended for majors in elementary or middle grades education.
MATH 152 – Mathematics for Elementary Education II – 3 credit hour course
Prerequisite: MATH 151. Geometry, patterns, elementary statistics, discrete probability and counting. Note: Recommended for majors in elementary or middle grades education.
History course - American History or World Civilizations
- Hist 101 or Hist 102 - History of Civilizations - 3 credit hour course
Origins of civilization from earliest times to present - Hist 211 or Hist 212 - American History - 3 credit hour course
A survey of American history using a political framework but emphasizing social, economic, and intellectual factors.
Biology course – Kentucky certification requires that all Elementary teachers successfully complete at least one undergraduate course in Biology. The University of Louisville offers two introductory Biology courses that would satisfy this requirement as noted below.
- BIOL 102 – Introduction to Biological Systems – 3 credit hour course
Selected topics from the biological sciences, emphasizing important factual information, methods, basic scientific principles, and their applications. - BIOL 263 – Environmental Biology – 3 credit hour course
A study of the biological principles of environmental effects on living organisms; emphasis on ecological relationships of man, including resource exploitation, pollution, environmental degradation, and human behavior.
Physical Science course – Kentucky certification requires that all Elementary teachers successfully complete at least one undergraduate course in the Physical Sciences. The University of Louisville offers a variety of courses that would satisfy this requirement as noted below:
- CHEM 101 – Introduction to Chemistry – 3 credit hour course
A one-semester introduction to inorganic, organic, and biochemistry for non-majors. The course is designed to provide a general background for an elementary understanding of chemistry and societal issues related to chemistry. - GEOS 200 – The Global Environment – 3 credit hour course
An introduction to the global environment, emphasizing the evolution and interaction of Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere; energy and material cycles, and global change. - PHYS 107 – Elementary Astronomy – 3 credit hour course
Introduction to the basic laws of nature as seen in the large-scale structure of the universe: galaxies, stars and our solar system. - PHYS 111 – Elements of Physics – 4 credit hour course (lab included)
3 lecture, 1 hour lab and conference alternating each week. An introduction to the physics of mechanics; levers, pulleys, wedges. Electricity and magnetism: electrical conduction, and magnets. Optics: color, mirrors, and lenses. - PHYS 220 – Contemporary Issues in Meteorology – 3 credit hour course
Contemporary issues serve as an introduction to the physical basis, distribution and consequences of global-scale meteorological phenomena.
Science Lab – The science lab requirement can be met through a Biology lab or Physical Science Lab. Lab courses are offered at the University of Louisville as noted below:
- BIOL 104 – Introduction to Biology Lab – 1 credit hour
- CHEM 103 – Introduction to Chemistry Lab – 1 credit hour
- PHYS 108 – Elementary Astronomy Lab – 1 credit hour
