+ Middle Childhood Education

365 Education, 419-372-7372

This is a highly competitive, four-and-a-half year program that requires meeting additional admission criteria. Consult the Undergraduate Student Service office, 365 Education, for additional information. A graduate completing the middle childhood major, possessing a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and successfully completing the Praxis Examinations is eligible for a middle childhood certificate/license, valid for teaching grades four through nine (ages 8-14) in the two concentration areas selected (refer to the middle childhood checksheet).

Admission to the program requires completion of 45 hours of credit; a "C" or higher in ENG 112, IPC 102, EDHD 201, MATH 215, EDFI 303; and an overall GPA of 2.8.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the baccalaureate degree, students in teacher education programs are expected to:

• Apply theories of human development and learning to their teaching through the design of lessons and units of instruction;
• Plan, implement and assess instructional strategies;
• Exhibit professional and ethical behavior when working with students, their parents, other educators and community members.

Content (70-88 hours)

• ARTE 345 (2)
• BIOL 101 or 104 (3-4)
• EDTL 300, 302, 341 (9)
• ENG 343 (3)
• KNS 243 (2)
• MATH 215 (3)
• MUED 245 (2)

Select two of the following areas:

• Science: BIOL 101, 104; CHEM 109, 110; GEOL 104 or 105; GEOG 125 or 213; PHYS 100 or 101; ASTR 201 or 212 (24)
  
• Mathematics: MATH 131 (or 134 and 135), 216 and 415, 222 or 322, 247 or 341 or 441; EDTL 345 (20-21)
  
• Social studies: HIST 151, 152, 205, 206; PSYC 101; SOC 101 or 231 or GEOG 230 or PSYC 311; ECON 200; ECON 202 or POLS 335 or GEOG 225 or ACS 338 or SOC 312 or 414 or GEOG 426 or 435 or 442 (34)
  
• Language arts: THEA 202; ENG 200 or 266 or 267, 261 or 262, 380, 381, 484, THEA 215 or 350 or ETHN 330; JOUR 100, 455; TCOM 103 or POPC 165; THEA 340 or WS 301 or JOUR 201 or POPC 320 (27 hours)

Professional education (43 hours)

• EDAS 409 (3)
• EDHD 201 (2)
• EDFI 303, 402, 408, 420 (10)
• EDSE 431 (3)
• EDTL 202, 340, 492 (18)

Students are required to take a methods course for each area selected.

• Select two: EDTL 346, 347, 348, 349 (6)