4th – 8th Grade English/Language Arts/Reading with ESL

Bachelor of Science

GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM:  56 total hours

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS:  57 total hours

I.  Professional Development  (18 total hours):

1)  Education (15 hours):

EDU 2300 Introduction to Education (field experience required)

EDU 3301 Roles and Responsibilities for Teachers Education (field

experience required)

EDU 3308 Teaching the Exceptional Child (field experience required)

EDU 3310 Studies in Multicultural Education

EDU 3338 Computers as a Classroom Tool

2) Psychology (3 hours):

any one of the following courses:

PSY 3303 Infant and Child Development

PSY 3305 Psychology of the Adolescent

II.  Middle School Pedagogy (30 total hours):

1) Education (12 hours):

EDU 3306 Middle School Instruction and Assessment

EDU 4330 Certification Exam Review

EDU 4372 Content in the Middle School Classroom

EDU 4382 English/Language Arts in the Middle School

2) Reading (12 hours):

RDG 3322 Children’s Literature

RDG 4301 Beginning Literacy (lab required)

RDG 4321 Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading in the Middle School

RDG 4347 Reading in the Content Area

 

      3) Internship or Student Teaching (6 hours):

           (6 hours of internship OR 6 hours of student teaching)

a.  Internship

EDU 4332 Internship in the Middle School I

                            EDU 4333 Internship in the Middle School II

b.  Student Teaching

                            EDU 4693 Student Teaching – Grades 4 - 8

III. ESL (9 total hours):

EDU 4317 ESL Methodology

EDU 4364 Language Acquisition and Development

EDU 4371 ESL Literacy

 

IV. Required related hours (12 hours):

English (12 hours):

ENG 2322 Survey of American Literature

and any 9 hours of literature courses

TOTAL HOURS:  125 total hours