Middle Grades and Special Education A.B.

A Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in middle grades and special education meets the coursework requirements for middle grades (6-9) licensure and special education licensure (K-12) in North Carolina. Other licensure components (testing, edTPA) are required for licensure referral.

A Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in middle grades and special education requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.

Major Requirements

Special Education

Required Courses: 26 sh

EDU 3420FOUNDATIONS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

4 sh

EDU 3450ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

4 sh

EDU 3540EARLY CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT BIRTH - 2ND GRADE

4 sh

EDU 4350DATA COLLECTION, INTERPRETATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

4 sh

EDU 4440LITERACY SPECIAL EDUCATION METHODS

4 sh

EDU 4450INTERDISCIPLINARY SPECIAL EDUCATION METHODS COURSE

4 sh

EDU 4040PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE II

2 sh

Middle Grades Education

Required Courses : 30 sh

 

EDU 3050LEARNING & TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGIES

2 sh

PSY 3820EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

4 sh

EDU 4030EXPLORATIONS CAPSTONE SEMINAR II

2 sh

EDU 4410TEACHING ADOLESCENTS

4 sh

EDU 4970STUDENT TEACHING

10 sh

Choose one: 4sh
SOC 2430SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION

4 sh

EDU 2110EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

4 sh

Choose one: 4sh
EDU 4500TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS IN MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

4 sh

EDU 4510TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS

4 sh

Concentrations

A student majoring in middle grades education must select one subject area concentration from the following:

English language arts concentration: 28 sh

ENG 2050GRAMMAR

4 sh

ENG 2900LITERARY STUDIES: THEORIES AND METHODS

4 sh

ENG 2240AMERICAN LITERATURE AFTER 1865

4 sh

ENG 3090WRITING CENTER WORKSHOP

4 sh

ENG 3580YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

4 sh

EDU 4210METHODS OF TEACHING MIDDLE GRADES AND SECONDARY ENGLISH

4 sh

Choose one : 4 sh
ENG 2260AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1945

4 sh

ENG 2340CARIBBEAN LITERATURE

4 sh

ENG 2350ASIAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE

4 sh

ENG 2575LGBTQ LITERATURE & CULTURE

4 sh

ENG 3300THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

4 sh

ENG 3340NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE

4 sh

ENG 3590AFRICAN-AMERICAN NOVELS

4 sh

ENG 3810LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

4 sh

Social studies concentration: 28 sh

ECO 1000PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

4 sh

GEO 1310THE WORLD'S REGIONS

4 sh

EDU 4250METHODS OF TEACHING MIDDLE GRADES AND SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES

4 sh

Choose one : 4sh
HST 1110MAKING OF THE WEST TO 1500

4 sh

HST 1120SEARCH FOR ORDER IN MODERN EUROPE

4 sh

Choose one : 4sh
POL 1110AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

4 sh

POL 1610COMPARATIVE POLITICS

4 sh

Two additional HST courses : 8 sh

  • Choose any US History course
  • Choose any non-US History course

Mathematics concentration: 28 sh

STS 1100INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL REASONING

4 sh

MTH 1510CALCULUS I

4 sh

MTH 2080NUMBER AND ALGEBRA FOR K-8 TEACHERS

4 sh

MTH 2090GEOMETRY AND DATA FOR K-8 TEACHERS

4 sh

MTH 3080MATHEMATICS FOR MIDDLE GRADES AND SECONDARY TEACHERS

4 sh

EDU 4220METHODS OF TEACHING MIDDLE GRADES AND SECONDARY MATHEMATICS

4 sh

Choose one: 4 sh
MTH 2510CALCULUS II

4 sh

STS 2120STATISTICS IN APPLICATION

4 sh

Science concentration: 28 sh

CHM 1110GENERAL CHEMISTRY I with LAB

4 sh

PHY 1020INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY

4 sh

EDU 4240METHODS OF TEACHING MIDDLE GRADES AND SECONDARY SCIENCE

4 sh

ENS 1110INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

3 sh

ENS 1130INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE LAB

1 sh

 

NOTE: One other required course is Introduction to Geology, which was deleted from PHY and should be added to the catalog as an ENS course soon.

Choose one: 4 sh
PHY 1100ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

4 sh

PHY 2010GENERAL PHYSICS I

4 sh

Choose one; 4 sh
BIO 1012TOPICS IN GENERAL BIOLOGY

3 sh

BIO 1013GENERAL BIOLOGY LABORATORY

1 sh

BIO 1064BIOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF LIFE

4 sh

Total Credit Hours: 84

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