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Middle Grades Education, Science Concentration, B.S.

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.

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.

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Transitional Studies - Life Skills: 2 Credits

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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 )

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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 )

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Scientific Literacy - Social Sciences: 3 Credits

(Required courses for Middle Grades Social Studies Concentration: ECON 211  or ECON 212  or GEOG 210  or HIST 212  or PSYC 210  or SOCI 210 )

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Humanities and Creative Arts: 3 Credits

(Required courses for Middle Grades Language Arts Concentration: ENGL 220  or ENGL 223 )

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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 )

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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)

Middle Grades Core Courses: 18 Credits

(Admission to Teacher Education required for EDMG 400 , READ 320 , EDMG 433 , EDMG 461 , EDMG 462 , EDMG 463 , EDMG 498 )

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Science Concentration: 24 Credits

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Second Academic Concentration: 18 Credits

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Language Arts Concentration

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Social Studies Concentration

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Mathematics Concentration

Special Education Concentration

Reading Concentration

Total Credit Hours: 127

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