4th – 8th Grade Science

Certification Program with ESL

GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM (56 hours)

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (54 hours):

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

Middle School Pedagogy (27 hours):

   Education (15 hours):

EDU 3306 Middle School Instruction and Assessment

EDU 4330 Certification Exam Review

EDU 4373 Community Application for Instruction and Assessment

EDU 4374 Applications of Science and Mathematics in the Community

EDU 4382 English/Language Arts in the Middle School

   Reading (6 hours):

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

ESL (9 hours):

Education.......................................................................9

EDU 4317 ESL Methodology

EDU 4364 Language Acquisition and Development

EDU 4371 ESL Literacy

REQUIRED RELATED COURSES (18 hours):

Chemistry .............................................................................6

CHE 1315 General Chemistry I (1 hour lab required)

CHE 2316 Organic Chemistry (1 hour lab required)

Natural Science (8 hours):

NSC 1404 Physical Science

NSC 1405 Meteorology, Oceanography and Space Science

Geology  (4 hours):

GEO 1401 Physical Geology

TOTAL HOURS:  128 hours