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Curriculum in Middle School Education Grades 4-8
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Science 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
††PHSC 101 Physical Science I 3
††COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom 3
††ESSC 101 Earth and Space Science I 3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
†††EDUC 202 Introduction to Education 3
††SPED 200 Introduction to Diverse Learners 3
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G		 World Literature
English Literature
American Literature		 3
††CHEM 101G General Chemistry I 3
††EPSY 301 Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents 3
††SCIENCE LAB Science Lab elective 1
  ACT or Praxis Core  
Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††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
††MATH 249 Mathematics for Middle School Science, Social Studies, and English Teachers 3
††CHEM 102 General Chemistry II 3
††SCIENCE LAB Science Lab elective 1
  Praxis PLT exam following this semester  
Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††EDUC 3191* Foundations of Inquiry Teaching Strategies 3
††EDUC 4721 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas 3
††ESSC 102 Earth and Space Science II 3
††EDUC 3221* Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading 3
††LSED 402 Books and Related Materials for Young People 3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††EDUC 324 Struggling Readers and Writers 3
††EDUC 4942 Methods in Middle School Subjects 6
History 202G American History since 1877 3
††PHYS 142 or CHEM 107

 Physics for Elementary Education or Survey of Chemistry 4
  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 3323 Current Topics in Technology for Elementary, Middle and Secondary Education 1
††EDUC 4853 Special Methods in High School Subjects 3
††POLI 201 American Politics 3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

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

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 319, 322, and 472 concurrently.
2Take EDUC 324 and EDUC 494 concurrently.
3Take EDUC 453, EDUC 485 and EDUC 332 concurrently.