Education, Middle Childhood Language Arts/Social Studies (Ages 9-14, Grades 4-9), Bachelor of Science

(Program of Study)

Freshman Year

First Semester

EDU 112	Introduction to Individuals with Disabilities	3
EDU 213	Pre-Field Seminar	1
EDU 218	Foundations of Education	3
CSC 155	Computers and Instructional Technology I	3
HST 207	History of the United States I	3
MTH 121	Mathematics for Early and Middle Grade Teachers I	3
	OR
MTH 122	Mathematics for Early and Middle Grade Teachers II	3

Second Semester

ENG 103	Freshman English I	3
	OR
ENG 104	Freshman English II	3
	OR
ENG 225	Advanced Composition I	3
ENG 210	Epic and the Person	3
ENG 211	Lyric and Dramatic Voices	3
HST 208	History of the United States II	3
POL 220	American National Government	3
PHY 105	Survey of Physical Science	3

ENG 104: PR to ENG 225

ENG 210, ENG 211: Literature Core

Sophomore Year

First Semester

EDU 109	Early Experience I	2
BIO 106	Survey of Biological Science	3
ENG 235	The African-American Experience	3
	OR
ENG 375	Women Writers	3
ENG 280	Phonics and the History of Language	3
GEO 122	Introduction to Geography	3
PSY 209	Adolescent Psychology	3

Second Semester

ECO 201	Principles of Economics I (Macro)	3
ENG 301	American Literature to 1865	3
HST 105	History of Civilization I	3
	OR
HST 106	History of Civilization II	3
THE 115/THE 515	Christian Moral Principles	3
THE 101	Foundations of Catholicism	3
	OR
THE 110	The Word of God: Scripture and Tradition	3

THE 101, THE 110, THE 115: Theology Core

Junior Year

First Semester

EDU 209	Early Experience II	2
EDU 318	Child and Adolescent Literature	3
EDU 344	Teaching Reading	3
ENG 328	Teaching Writing as a Process	3
HST 340	Colonial America	3
	OR
HST 345	America: From Independence to Civil War, 1776-1860	3
SWK 309	Issues of Culture and Diversity	3

Second Semester

EDU 320	Content Area Reading	3
ENG 322	Rhetoric	3
ENG 327	Grammar and its Teaching Methods	3
PHL 212/PHL 512	Foundations of Ethics	3
PSY 301	Educational Psychology	3

Note: EDU 554 OL may be taken in place of EDU 320

PHL 212:   Philosophy Core

Senior Year

First Semester

EDU 214	Field Service and Professional Development in Diverse Environments	1
EDU 305	Teaching Language Arts	3
EDU 345	Reading Diagnosis and Assessment	3
EDU 360	Middle School: Curriculum Methods & Management of Early Adolescents	3
EDU 365	Teaching Integrated Social Studies	3

Note:  EDU 511 may be taken in place of EDU 360--must be approved by department.

Second Semester

EDU 405	Teaching Strategies	3
EDU 412	Middle Childhood Student Teaching	9
EDU 435	Coordinating Seminar	1