University Catalog

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

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3
††MATH 105 or MATH 107/108 or MATH 161G	Finite Mathematics Applied Algebra and Applied Algebra Lab College Algebra	3-5
ART 105 or 106 MUS 151 or THEA 131G	Survey of World Art History I or II Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre	3
GBIO 106G	Introduction to Biological Principles I	3
††GEOG 103G	Introduction to Geography	3
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2
Total Semester Credit Hours: 17-19

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
†††ENGL 102 or ENGL 102HG	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3
††MATH 241 or 241HG	Elementary Statistics	3
GBIO 107G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3
POLI 201G	American Politics	3
††COMM 210G	Communicating in the Classroom	3
LS 102	Introduction to Information Research	1
Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
†††EDUC 202	Introduction to Education	3
††SPED 200	Introduction to Diverse Learners	3
††ENGL 300	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation	3
††EPSY 301	Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents	3
ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3
	ACT or Praxis Core
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††ENGL 230  or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3
††EDUC 307	Instructional Planning and Assessment	3
††EDUC 308	Teaching Reading in the Middle School	3
††EDUC 315	Classroom Management and Motivation for Beginning Teachers	3
††ENGL 312	Advanced Grammar	3
††LSED 402	Books and Related Materials for Young People	3
	Praxis PLT exam following this semester
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
Elective		1
SPED 213	Technology for Inclusion	1
††EDUC 3221*	Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading	3
††EDUC 4721	Teaching Reading in the Content Areas	3
††ENGL 230  or ENGL 231  or ENGL 232	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3
††ENGL 4673	The Teaching of Writing	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 14

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††EDUC 3242	Struggling Readers and Writers	3
HIST 202G	American History since 1877	3
††EDUC 332	Current Topics in Technology for Elementary, Middle and Secondary Education	1
††EDUC 4942	Methods in Middle School Subjects	6
MATH 249	Math for Middle School Science, Social Studies, and English Teachers	3
	Pass Praxis Content exam this semester
Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
†††EDUC 4533**	Teaching Residency	6
††EDUC 4853	Teaching Reading and Social Studies in Middle School	3
††ENGL 4683	The Teaching of Writing	3
ESSC 101 or 102	Earth and Space Science I or Earth and Space Science II	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
†††EDUC 486	Teaching Residency Capstone	9
Total Semester Credit Hours: 9

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120 - 122