The Major in Elementary Education & Music (ELMU)

As part of their degree program, students in elementary education must complete both a professional and academic major. A single degree is awarded. Academic majors include: art, biology, English, history, mathematics, mathematics/science/technology, music, Spanish, psychology, or sociology. The degree program in elementary education & music is for the student who wants to become a general classroom teacher of elementary school children.  These teachers are responsible for instruction in all subjects; their area of specialty happens to be music.  This degree program does NOT prepare the student to become the music teacher in the school. In general, the ELMU student may not sit for the Praxis examination in Music Education.  Upon graduation with a professional major in elementary education, the student receives the Bachelor of Science degree and is eligible for certification to teach kindergarten through grade five in the public schools of New Jersey.

Teacher education candidates will receive a "certificate of eligibility with advanced standing" which requires a candidate to be provisionally certified for his or her first year of teaching. After one year of successful teaching, the candidate is eligible for a permanent certificate.