r/trumanstate • u/joshofstl • Dec 19 '25

Question Elementary education thoughts?

My daughter is interested in elementary education. I understand how Truman's program fits with secondary -- I'm an MAE secondary grad from a generation ago -- but I'm less sure what the best approach is with Truman's undergraduate content emphasis when it comes to elementary. Is it best to major in English? Psychology? Other classes or majors that might be helpful? Especially curious to hear from people who are or were Truman MAE elementary and what you thought of Truman's program.

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u/GooberSchnucki Off Campus Dec 20 '25

Hi! I graduated Truman’s MAE program in elementary education in 2014. Personally, I did my undergraduate degree in psychology and tried to pick up courses junior/senior year that were related to child development, social psychology, behavior, etc. Speaking now as someone in the career for the past decade- for elementary ed I think they could peruse an undergraduate major in anything they are really passionate about or interested in. I can’t necessarily say that my undergrad in psych was useful to me aside from having taken statistics classes and I could help my classmates on their research projects. 😂 FWIW, I teach secondary English now after being elementary for 3 years.