4th – 8th Grade Social Studies with ESL

Bachelor of Science

GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM (56 hours)

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (54 hours):

I.  Professional Development (18 hours)

   Education  (15 hours):

EDU 2300 Introduction to Education (field experience required)

EDU 3301 Roles and Responsibilities for Teachers

EDU 3308 Teaching the Exceptional Child

EDU 3310 Studies in Multicultural Education

EDU 3338 Computers as a Classroom Tool

   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  (27 hours):

   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

   Reading (9 hours):

RDG 4301 Beginning Literacy (lab required)

RDG 4321 Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading in the Middle School

RDG 4347 Reading in the Content Area

   Internship or Student Teaching  (6 hours):

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

   Internship:

EDU 4332 Internship in the Middle School I

EDU 4333 Internship in the Middle School II

   Student Teaching:

EDU 4693 Student Teaching – Grades 4 - 8

III.  ESL (9 hours):

   Education (9 hours):

EDU 4317 ESL Methodology

EDU 4364 Language Acquisition and Development

EDU 4371 ESL Literacy

IV.  REQUIRED RELATED COURSES (15-18 hours):

   Geography (3 hours):

GEG 3304 World Geography

   History (12-15 hours):

HIS 3301 World History to 1648

HIS 3322 History of Texas

HIS 3327 United States to Present

   any 3 – 6 hours of history electives

TOTAL HOURS: 125-128 total hours