Middle School Education and Special Education

Mild/Moderate Grades 4-8

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

English Focus Area

(see footnotes at bottom)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

ENGL 101G Freshman Composition 3 hours
††MATH 105 or
MATH 151 or
MATH 161G
Finite Mathematics
College Algebra with Fundamentals
College Algebra
3 hours
GBIO 106G Introduction to Biological Principles I 3 hours
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2 hours
††GEOG 103G Introduction to Geography 3 hours
ART 105 or
MUS 151 or
THEA 131G
Survey of World Art History I
Introduction to Music
Introduction to the Theatre
3 hours
  Total: 17 hours

 

Second Semester

††ENGL 102G Critical Reading and Writing 3 hours
††MATH 241G Elementary Statistics 3 hours
ESSC 101G Earth and Space Science I 3 hours
GBIO 107G Introduction to Biological Principles II 3 hours
HIST 202G American History since 1877 3 hours
††COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom 3 hours
  Total: 18 hours


 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

††ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G
World Literature
English Literature
American Literature
3 hours
††EPSY 301 Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents 3 hours
††ENGL 300 Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation 3 hours
††SPED 200 Introduction to Diverse Learners 3 hours
POLI 201G American Politics 3 hours
†††EDUC 202 Introduction to Education 3 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

Second Semester

††ENGL 230  or ENGL 231
or ENGL 232
World Literature
English Literature
American Literature
3 hours
††MATH 249 Mathematics for Middle School Science, Social Studies, and English Teachers 3 hours
††SPED 213 Technology for Inclusion 1 hour
††EDUC 315 Classroom Management and Motivation for Beginning Teachers 3 hours
††EDUC 308 Teaching Reading in the Middle School 3 hours
††EDUC 307 Instructional Planning and Assessment 3 hours
  Total: 16 hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††EDUC 3202* Foundations of PK-8 Mathematics Education  3 hours
††SPED 3661 Methods for Teaching Language Arts to Students with 
Mild/Moderate Disabilities
3 hours
††SPED 3671 Methods for Teaching Mathematics and Other Content Areas
to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities
3 hours
††EDUC 3222* Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading 3 hours
††LSED 402 Books and Related Materials for Young People 3 hours
††ENGL 230
or 
ENGL 231 
or 
ENGL 232
World Literature
English Literature
American Literature
 3 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

Second Semester

††EDUC 494 Methods in Middle School Subjects 6 hours
††SPED 365 Behavior Management Strategies for the Student with Mild/Moderate Disabilities 3 hours 
††SPED 442 Developing Family and Professional Partnerships Through
Collaboration
 3  hours 
††EDUC 472 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas   3 hours 
  Total: 15 hours

 

 

SUMMER SEMESTER

††SPED 4413 Practicum in Assessment and Evaluation of Individuals
with Exceptionalities
3 hours
††SPED 4653 Inclusion Practicum 3 hours
  Total: 6 hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††EDUC 4534** Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools 6 hours
††EDUC 4694 Teaching Reading and Social Studies in Middle School 3 hours
††ENGL 4674 The Teaching of Writing 3 hours
  Total: 12 hours

 

Second Semester

EDUC 450 Elementary and Mild/Moderate Disabilities
Professional Semester
9 hours
  Total: 9 hours

 

Total semester hours required 129

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 free electives.

GGeneral Education Courses

††A grade of “C” or better is required.

†††A grade of “B” or better is required

1Take SPED 366 and SPED 367 concurrently.

2Take EDUC 320 and EDUC 322 concurrently.

3Take SPED 441 and SPED 465 concurrently.

4Take EDUC 469, EDUC 453, and ENGL 467 concurrently.

*Completion of an approved Introductory Portfolio is a prerequisite for EDUC 320 and EDUC 322.

**Completion of an approved Developing Portfolio is a prerequisite for EDUC 453.