Curriculum in Middle School Education Grades 4-8

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

(see footnotes at bottom)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

ENGL 101G Freshman Composition 3 hours
††MATH 161G College Algebra 3 hours
GBIO 106G, and
BIOL 152 		Introduction to Biological Principles I
General Biology Laboratory I		 4 hours
††GEOG 103G Introduction to Geography 3 hours
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

††ENGL 102G Critical Reading and Writing 3 hours
††MATH 177G Mathematics for Elementary Education I          3 hours
GBIO 107G. and
BIOL 154 		Introduction to Biological Principles II
General Biology Laboratory II		 4 hours
ART 105, or
THEA 131, or
MUS 151, or
DNC 302G		 Survey of World Art History I
Introduction to the Theatre
Introduction to Music
History and Survey of Dance		 3 hours
††COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom 3 hours
POLI 201G American Politics 3 hours
  Total: 19 hours


 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

ENGL 230, or
ENGL 231, or
ENGL 232G		 World Literature
English Literature
American Literature		 3 hours
††MATH 277 Mathematics for Elementary Education II 3 hours
PHYS 142 Physics for Elementary Education 4 hours
HIST 102G Western Civilization since 1500 3 hours
†††EDUC 2121 Diversity in the Classroom 1 hours
†††EDUC 2031 Foundations of Education 2 hours
††SPED 210 Characteristics of Individuals with Exceptionalities 2 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

Second Semester

ENGL 230, or
ENGL 231, or
ENGL 232 		World Literature
English Literature
American Literature		 3 hours
††MATH 287 Mathematics for Elementary Education III 3 hours
ESSC 101G Earth and Space Science I 3 hours
HIST 202 American History since 1877 3 hours
††EPSY 301 Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents 3 hours
  Total: # hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††Focus Area I   4 hours
††LSED 402 Books and Related Materials 3 hours
††EPSY 315 Classroom Management and Motivation for
Beginning Teachers		 3 hours
††EDUC 307 Instructional Planning and Assessment                          3 hours
††EDUC 308 Teaching Reading in the Middle School 3 hours
  Total: 16 hours

 

Second Semester

††Focus Area I   3 hours
††EDUC 3202 Foundations of PK-8 Mathematics
Education                               		3 hours
††EDUC 3282 Curriculum and Instruction in Grades 4-8                      6 hours
††Focus Area II   4 hours
  Total: # hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††Focus Area II   3 hours
††SPED 4953 The Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the
Regular Classroom		 3 hours
††EDUC 4843 Upper Elementary Curriculum and Instruction                 6 hours
  Total: 12 hours

 

 

Second Semester

EDUC 427 Student Teaching in the Elementary or Middle School 9 hours
  Total: 9 hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.

General Education Courses

††A grade of "C" or better is required. Students must choose two focus areas from the following:
English Focus - ENGL 230/231/232 (3 hours) and ENGL 467 (3 hours) and English Elective (1 hour) for a total of 7 hours
Math Focus – MATH 367 (4 hours) and MATH 467 (3 hours) for a total of 7 hours
Social Studies Focus – HIST 101 or 201 (3 hours) and HIST 321 (3 hours) and HIST 322 (1 hour) for a total of 7 hours
Science Focus – CHEM 107 (4 hours) and ESSC 101 (3 hours)
†††A grade of "B" or better is required
1Take EDUC 203 and 212 concurrently.
2Take EDUC 320 and EDUC 328 concurrently.
3Take EDUC 484 and SPED 495 concurrently.