Requirements for Childhood Education (Grades 1-6) and Childhood Inclusive Education (Grades 1-6) plus Middle School Extension (Grades 7-9)

Candidates registered in the Childhood Education and the Childhood Inclusive Education program can extend their certification via the Middle School Extension by completing (A) two additional courses in professional education and (B) one of the enhanced concentrations below (instead of the previously delineated concentrations).

A. Additional Education Course Work for Middle School Extensions

EDU 224Adolescent Development

3

EDU 321Teaching in the Middle School

3

B. Enhanced Concentrations for Childhood Education with Middle School Extension (select one):

MIDDLE SCHOOL EXTENSIONS

English Middle School Extension (33 credit hours)

ENGL 205Epic and Romance

3

ENGL 209Novels and Tales

3

ENGL 211World Poetry

3

ENGL 314Women Writers

3

ENGL 373English Grammar for Everyone

3

ENGL 377Academic Writing

3

ENED 355Adolescent Literature

3

ENED 356Teaching Writing in the Secondary School

3

ENED 357Literacy/Language/Learning Theory

3

EDU 321Teaching in the Middle School

3

EDU 224Adolescent Development

3

Mathematics Middle School Extension (41-43 credit hours)

MAED 302Mathematics for School Teachers II

3

MAED 303Mathematics for School Teachers III

3

MAED 310Reading and Writing Mathematics

3

MATH 201Concepts of Foundational Mathematics: A Problem Solving Approach

3

One of the following sequences:

MATH 120Survey of Calculus I

3

and

MATH 121Survey of Calculus II

3

and

3-credit calculus course, upon advising

3

or

MATH 122University Calculus I

4

and

MATH 123University Calculus II

4

and

MATH 223University Calculus III

4

One of the following:

STAT 150Statistical Ideas

3

STAT 200Statistical Methods I

3

MAED 240Statistics for School Teachers

3

MATH 231Linear Algebra

4

EDU 224Adolescent Development

3

EDU 321Teaching in the Middle School

3

One of the following:

MATH 108Prize-Winning Mathematics

3

MATH 110Mathematics in Action

3

MATH 117Why Mathematics?

3

Social Studies Middle School Extension (33 credit hours)

HIST 222Survey of Early U.S. History

3

or

HIST 223Survey of Modern U.S. History

3

HIST 243Pre-Modern Global History

3

POLI 120Politics in American Life

3

POLI 323Elections in America

3

ECON 210Principles of Macroeconomics

3

PSY 129Foundations of Psychology

3

PSY 364Cognitive Development

3

SOC 116Introductory Sociology

3

SOC 306Sex and Gender

3

EDU 321Teaching in the Middle School

3

EDU 224Adolescent Development

3