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 (3)

Science students must take:

EDUC 436 - 6-12 Science Teaching Methods (3)

Social Studies students must take:

II. Required courses outside of Education—19-28 hours based on licensure area

Language Arts–28 hours

One course from:

And an additional 200-300 level LIT course

Mathematics–22 hours

Students majoring in Mathematics fulfill the MATH and STAT competencies through their major and are only required to take PSYC 319.
MATH 167 - Precalculus (4)
MATH 191 - Calculus I (4)
MATH 215 - Structure of Mathematics: Geometry and Statistics (3)
MATH 251 - Discrete Mathematics (3)
PSYC 319 - Educational Psychology (4)
STAT 185 - Introductory Statistics (4)

Science–19-23 hours

Social Studies–24 hours

One course from:

III. Other departmental requirements:

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