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Aug 31, 2024
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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Middle Grades Education, Social Studies Concentration, B.S.
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Program Requirements
Core Requirements: Minimum of 38-40 credits in the core curriculum required of all students. Students who enter as first-time freshmen must take an entering freshman and rising junior assessment to complete core requirements.
Program Admission Requirements: See Admission Requirements for Teacher Education Majors on School of Education catalog page.
Graduation Requirements: All graduating seniors are required to complete the Graduating Senior Assessment after completing 90 or more semester hours (including credit by examination), but not later than the graduation semester.
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University College Core Curriculum: 38 Credits
Transitional Studies - University Studies: 2 Credits
UNIV 101 -UNIV 102 required for all first time students; UNIV 110 required for transfer students with fewer than 30 transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived. UNIV 111 may be required based on academic performance.
Select one option from the following:
Transitional Studies - Life Skills: 2 Credits
Select two credits from the following:
Communication Skills - Written Communication: 3 Credits
Communication Skills - Oral Communication: 3 Credits
Information Literacy: 3 Credits
Reasoning Skills - Critical Thinking: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
Reasoning Skills - Quantitative Reasoning: 3 Credits
MATH 121 may be required based on profile scores. Some core courses require a one-hour lab.
(Required courses for Middle Grades Mathematics Concentration: MATH 129 or MATH 130 or STAT 202 )
Select one from the following:
Scientific Literacy - Natural Sciences: 7 Credits
At least one natural science class must include a lab. Some majors require two lab sciences, increasing requirement to 8 credits.
(Required courses for Middle Grades Science Concentration: BIOL 150 or BIOL 160 or CHEM 141 and CHEM 142 or PHYS 111 or one of the following: ASTR 101 /ASTR 101L or ASTR 102 /ASTR 102L )
Select from the following:
Humanities and Creative Arts: 3 Credits
(Required courses for Middle Grades Language Arts Concentration: ENGL 220 Or ENGL 223 )
Select one from the following:
Global Literacy: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 30+ transfer credits from a foreign institution. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
(Required courses for Middle Grades Social Studies Concentration: GEOG 220 or HIST 270 )
Select one from the following:
Ethics and Civic Engagement: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
Program Requirements: 89 Credits
Professional Education Courses: 29 Credits
(EDUC 450 may not be taken until student is admitted to Teacher Education. EDMG 470 and EDUC 490 may not be taken until student is admitted to Student Teaching and are taken during the last and final semester)
Select one depending upon concentration options:
Social Studies Concentration: 24 Credits
Second Academic Concentration: 18 Credits
Select from the following:
Language Arts Concentration
Mathematics Concentration
Special Education Concentration
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