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Curriculum in Middle School Education Grades 4-8
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Social Studies 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
††HIST 101G Western Civilization to 1500 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 241 HG Elementary Statistics      3
GBIO 107G Introduction to Biological Principles II 3
††POLI 201G American Politics 3
††COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom 3
††HIST 102 Western Civilization since 1500 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
††EPSY 301 Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents 3
††HIST 108 World Civilization since 1500 3
  ACT or Praxis Core  
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

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
††LSED 402 Books and Related Material for Young People 3
††HIST 201 American History to 1877 3
††GEOG 103G Introduction to Geography 3
  Praxis PLT exam following this semester  
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††EDUC 3191* Foundations of Inquiry Teaching Strategies 3
††EDUC 3221* Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading 3
††EDUC 4721 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas 3
††HIST 202 American History since 1877 3
††HIST 3233 Clinical Practice for Social Studies Education Majors 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††EDUC 3242 Struggling Readers and Writers  3
††EDUC 4942 Methods in Middle School Subjects 6
††EDUC 332 Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading 1
††MATH 249 Mathematics for Middle School Science, Social Studies, and English Teachers 3
††HIST 321 History of Louisiana 3
  Pass Praxis Content exam this semester  
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
†††EDUC 4533** Student Teaching I in the PK-12 SChools  6
††EDUC 4853 Special Methods in High School Subjects 3
††ESSC 101 or 102 Earth and Space Science I or Earth and Space Science II 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

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 HIST 323 concurrently.