Courses to Meet Your Professional
Development Requirements
USC Upstate offers coursework required by the South Carolina Department of Education for graduate level credit. We have taken the guesswork out of determining which of our courses meets their requirements, by providing the course listings below. Information is provided as follows:
Academic Area
SC State Department Course Description
Graduate Course offered at USC Upstate (Delivery format)
Semester Offered
Early Childhood Education
The Behavior & Development of the Young Child
SEPY 705 Children & Adolescents as Learners (I)
Summer
Curriculum for Early Childhood
SECH 742 Advanced Study of ECH Curricula (C)
Spring
Methods and Materials for Early Childhood
Choose one of the following courses:
- SECH 740 Young Child: Applying Theory & Research
Fall - SECH 744 Advanced Study of Language Development (I)
Summer
Practicum in Early Childhood
SECH 812 Practicum in Early Childhood Education
Spring
Teaching Reading at the Elementary Level
SLCY 723 Developing Literary (Grades 3 - 8) (C) (I)
Spring
Emergent Literacy
SLCY 722 Developing Literacy (K -2) (C) (I)
Fall
Elementary Education
Teaching of Reading in the Elementary School
SLCY 723 Developing Literacy (Grades 3-8) (C) (I)
Spring
Child Growth and Development
SEPY 705 Children & Adolescents as Learners (I)
Summer
Please seek SCDE approval on the following:
Mathematics for the Elementary Teacher
SEDL Q745 Prob. Solving, Geom. & Msrmnt (C)
Fall
Science for the Elementary Teacher
SEDL 615 Science in the Elementary School
Summer
Social Studies for the Elementary Teacher
SEDL 760 Social Studies in the Elementary School
Summer
Upon completion of any of the above courses, the candidate will receive 3 graduate hours of credit.
If no alternate delivery method is stated, courses meet weekly on campus for the duration of the semester.