University Catalog

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

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3	hours
††MATH 161G	College Algebra	3	hours
ART 105 or 106 MUSIC 151 or Theatre 131G	Survey of World Art History I or II Introduction to Music Introduction to the Theatre	3	hours
GBIO 106G	Introduction to Biological Principles I	3	hours
††GEOG 103G	Introduction to Geography	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 241 or 241HG	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 202G	American History since 1877	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

†††EDUC 202	Introduction to Education	3	hours
††SPED 200	Introduction to Diverse Learners	3	hours
ENGL 229 OR ENGL 230 OR ENGL 231 OR ENGL 232 OR ENGL 233G	Introduction to Gender and Sexuality in Literature World Literature English Literature American Literature Introduction to African American Literature	3	hours
††MATH 247	Number Structure for PK-8 Teachers	3	hours
ESSC 101G ESSC 102	Earth and Space Science I Earth and Space Science II	3	hours
††EPSY 301	Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents	3	hours
	ACT or Praxis Core
	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 248	Algebra and Geometry Concepts for PK-8 Teachers	3	hours
††MATH 257	Probability and Statistics for Middle School and Secondary Mathematics Teachers	2	hours
††LSED 402	Books and Related Material for Young People	3	hours
	Praxis PLT exam following this semester
	Total:	18	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††EDUC 3191	Foundations of Inquiry Teaching Strategies	3	hours
††MATH 259	Geometry for Middle School and Secondary Teachers	3	hours
††EDUC 3221	Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading	3	hours
††EDUC 4721	Teaching Reading in the Content Areas	3	hours
††MATH 258	Algebra for Middle School and Secondary Mathematics Teachers	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††EDUC 3242	Struggling Readers and Writers	3	hours
††EDUC 4942	Methods in Middle School Subjects	6	hours
††MATH 260	Trigonometry and Calculus Concepts for Middle School Mathematics Teachers	3	hours
††MATH 447	Capstone in Mathematics for Middle School Mathematics Teachers	2	hours
	Pass Praxis Content exam this semester
	Total:	14	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††EDUC 4533	Teaching Residency	6	hours
††MATH 3863	Methods for School Mathematics	3	hours
††EDUC 4853	Special Methods in High School Subjects	3	hours
	Total:	12	hours

 

Second Semester

†††EDUC 486	Teaching Residency Capstone	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 319, 322, and 472 concurrently.

²Take EDUC 324 and EDUC 494 concurrently.

³Take EDUC 453 and EDUC 468 concurrently.