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Middle School Education and Special Education
Mild/Moderate 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
GBIO 106G Introduction to Biological Principles I 3
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
††GEOG 103G Introduction to Geography 3
ART 105 or 106 or
MUS 151 or
THEA 131G		 Survey of World Art History I or II
Introduction to Music
Introduction to the Theatre		 3
 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 or

Elementary Statistics Honors

 3
††PHSC 101 Physical Science I 3
GBIO 107G Introduction to Biological Principles II 3
HIST 202G American History since 1877 3
††COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G		 World Literature
English Literature
American Literature		 3
††EPSY 301 Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents 3
††ESSC 101 Earth and Space Science I 3
††SPED 200 Introduction to Diverse Learners 3
POLI 201G American Politics 3
†††EDUC 202 Introduction to Education 3
  ACT or Praxis Core  
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ESSC 102 Earth and Space Science II 3
††MATH 249 Mathematics for Middle School Science, Social Studies, and English Teachers 3
††CHEM 101G General Chemistry I 3
††EDUC 315 Classroom Management and Motivation for Beginning Teachers 3
††EDUC 308 Teaching Reading in the Middle School 3
††EDUC 307 Instructional Planning and Assessment 3
  Praxis PLT exam following this semester  
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††EDUC 3192* Foundations of Inquiry Teaching Strategies 3
††SPED 3661 Methods for Teaching Language Arts to Students with 
Mild/Moderate Disabilities		 3
††SPED 3671 Methods for Teaching Mathematics and Other Content Areas
to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities		 3
††EDUC 3222* 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 494 Methods in Middle School Subjects 6
††SPED 365 Behavior Management Strategies for the Student with Mild/Moderate Disabilities 3
††SPED 442 Developing Family and Professional Partnerships Through
Collaboration		  3
††PHYS 142 Physics for Elementary Education 4
††SPED 213 Technology for Inclusion 1
  Pass Praxis Content exam this semester  
  Pass Praxis SPED Core  
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 17

SUMMER SEMESTER

Course Description Credit Hours
††SPED 4413 Practicum in Assessment and Evaluation of Individuals
with Exceptionalities		 3
††SPED 4653 Inclusion Practicum 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 6

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
†††EDUC 4534** Teaching Residency 6
††EDUC 4854 Teaching Science and Mathematics in Middle School 3
††EDUC 472 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas 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: 130-132

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 319 and EDUC 322 concurrently.
3Take SPED 441 and SPED 465 concurrently.
4Take EDUC 485 and EDUC 453 concurrently.