University Catalog

Curriculum in Middle School Education Grades 4-8
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Social Studies Focus Area

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3	hours
††MATH 105 or MATH 151 or MATH 161G	Finite Mathematics College Algebra with Fundamentals College Algebra	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
GBIO 106G	Introduction to Biological Principles I	3	hours
††HIST 101G	Western Civilization to 1500	3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	17	hours

 

Second Semester

††ENGL 102 or ENGL 102HG	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3	hours
††MATH 241G	Elementary Statistics	3	hours
GBIO 107G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3	hours
††POLI 201G	American Politics	3	hours
††COMM 210G	Communicating in the Classroom	3	hours
††HIST 102	Western Civilization since 1500	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

†††EDUC 202	Introduction to Education	3	hours
††SPED 200	Introduction to Diverse Learners	3	hours
ESSC 101G	Earth and Space Science I	3	hours
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
††HIST 201	American History to 1877	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

††EDUC 307	Instructional Planning and Assessment	3	hours
††EDUC 308	Teaching Reading in the Middle School	3	hours
††EDUC 315	Classroom Management and Motivation for Beginning Teachers	3	hours
††MATH 249	Mathematics for Middle School Science, Social Studies, and English Teachers	3	hours
††HIST 202	American History since 1877	3	hours
††GEOG 103G	Introduction to Geography	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††EDUC 3201*	Foundations of PK-8 Mathematics Education	3	hours
††EDUC 3221*	Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading	3	hours
††LSED 402	Books and Related Materials for Young People	3	hours
††EDUC 4721	Teaching Reading in the Content Areas	3	hours
††HIST 108	World Civilization since 1877	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††EDUC 3242	Struggling Readers and Writers	3	hours
††EDUC 4942	Methods in Middle School Subjects	6	hours
††EDUC 332	Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading	1	hours
††HIST 321	History of Louisiana	3	hours
	Total:	13	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††EDUC 4533**	Student Teaching I in the PK-12 SChools	6	hours
††EDUC 4693	Teaching Reading and Social Studies in Middle School	3	hours
††HIST 3233	Field Experience for Social Studies Education Majors	3	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.

^GGeneral Education Courses

^††A grade of “C” or better is required in all focus area courses, include general education courses.

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

¹Take EDUC 320, 322, and 472 concurrently.

²Take EDUC 324 and EDUC 494 concurrently.

³Take EDUC 453, EDUC 469, and HIST 323 concurrently.

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

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