Middle School Licensure (6–9)

All students 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. Students whose licensure area is different from their major must take the middle grade Praxis II in that field.

I. Required Courses in Education—26–29 hours, including:

In addition, Language Arts students must take:

Mathematics students must take:

EDUC 383 - Methods/Management in the Teaching of Mathematics, 6–12 (4)

Science students must take:

EDUC 382 - Methods/Management in the Teaching of Science, 6–12 (4)

Social Studies students must take:

II. Required courses outside of Education—6-25 hours, including:

Licensure Areas:

In addition, middle school licensure students must complete coursework from one licensure area. Required courses based on licensure area are:

Language Arts—12 hours:

Mathematics—15 hours:

Science—15–19 hours:

BIOL 115 - Concepts in Ecology and Evolution (4) and
BIOL 116 - Principles of Cellular and Molecular Biology (4)
or
BIOL 123 - Principles of Biology (3) and
BIOL 124 - Principles of Biology Lab (1)
CHEM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory (1)
CHEM 132 - General Chemistry (3)
ENVR 130 - Introduction to Environmental Science (3)
PHYS 131 - Introductory Physics I (4)

Social Studies—16 hours:

III. Other departmental requirements:

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