Middle Grades Education A.B.

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in middle grades (6-9) licensure meets the coursework requirements for middle grades (6-9) licensure in North Carolina. Other licensure components (testing, edTPA) are required for licensure referral.

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

Major Requirements

Required courses: 42 sh

EDU 3050LEARNING & TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGIES

2 sh

PSY 3820EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

4 sh

EDU 3150EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT

4 sh

EDU 3250ADOLESCENT LITERACIES

4 sh

EDU 4410TEACHING ADOLESCENTS

4 sh

EDU 4500TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS IN MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS

4 sh

EDU 4030EXPLORATIONS CAPSTONE SEMINAR II

2 sh

EDU 4970STUDENT TEACHING

10 sh

EDU 3550TEACHING IN 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOMS

4 sh

Choose one: 4sh
SOC 2430SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION

4 sh

EDU 2110EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

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: 70

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