Program Requirements

Hours: 51 Hours

The Teaching major with a Concentration in Middle Childhood Education is offered to students who hold a baccalaureate degree and are interested in teaching grades 4-9. Students are eligible for a middle childhood education license when they successfully complete the program.

All candidates for MCE licensure must have specialization in 2 subject content areas, as chosen from:

  • Language Arts
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Social Studies

Required content courses are undergraduate level and may have been taken as part of the candidate's baccalaureate degree or may be taken concurrently while participating in the graduate level licensure program. See undergraduate catalog for content course requirements.

PROFESSIONAL CORE - 10 hours

EDU 500Statistics and Research (3)

EDU 501Educational Psychology (3)

EDU 600Integrative Project (1)

EDU 602Ethics for Educators (3)

CONCENTRATION COURSES - 41-44 hours

EDU 502Measurement & Evaluation (3)

EDU 504Behavioral Management/Classroom Organization (3)

EDU 601Differentiated Instruction for Inclusive Settings Mild to Moderate (3)

EDU 644Graduate Student Teaching (6)

EDU 645Teacher Candidate Portfolio (0)

MCE 533School Practicum:Education Content (2)

MCE 540Introduction to Middle Childhood Education (3)

RDG 505Psychology of Reading (3)

RDG 511Content Area Reading (3)

RDG 530Phonics/Linguistics (3)

RDG 538Diagnosis & Remediation of Reading Problems (3)

SED 515Human Exceptionalities Across the Lifespan (3)

EDU 517Computers in the Instructional Process (3)

EDU 517 licensure only requirement may be satisfied be passing division's technology proficiency assessment; course is not required for MA degree.

Choose two courses from the following, according to subject content:

MCE 558Methods of Teaching Social Studies (3)

MCE 556Methods of Teaching Language Arts (3)

MCE 559Methods of Teaching Science (3)

MTH 503Methods of Teaching Mathematics (3)