Middle School Licensure (6–9)

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All candidates must complete a major in an appropriate academic discipline, and must complete coursework specific for licensure in one of the following areas: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science or Social Studies.

I. Required Courses in Education—32-35 hours, including:

In addition, Language Arts students must take:

Mathematics students must take:

EDUC 435 - 6-12 Mathematics Teaching Methods (2)

Science students must take:

EDUC 436 - 6-12 Science Teaching Methods (2)

Social Studies students must take:

II. Required courses outside of Education—18-26 hours based on licensure area

Language Arts–27 hours

One course from:

And an additional 200-300 level LIT course

Mathematics–22 hours

Science–19-23 hours

BIOL 125 - Current Topics in Biology (3) and
BIOL 126 - Current Topics in Biology Lab (1)
or
BIOL 135 - Concepts in Ecology and Evolution (3) and
BIOL 136 - Principles of Cellular and Molecular Biology (4)
CHEM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory (1)
CHEM 132 - General Chemistry (3)
ENVR 130 - Introduction to Environmental Science (3)
PHYS 131 - Introductory Physics I (4)
PSYC 319 - Educational Psychology (4)

Social Studies–23 hours

One course from:

III. Other departmental requirements:

Other departmental requirements as outlined in the Education section for all licensure students