Longwood Liberal Studies:

Advising Checklist
Liberal Studies - Middle School Education
2003-2004

General Education
(Select one course for each goal.)

Goal 1 (1 credit) ___ Longwood Seminar

Goal 2 (3 credits) ___ ENGL 150

Goal 3 (3 credits) ___ ENGL 201, 202 or 203, FREN, GERM,
or SPAN 341 or 342; SPAN 352

Goal 4 (3 credits) ___ ART 121, 125, or 160, MUSC 221, 222, 224,
THEA 101

Goal 5 (3 credits) ___ MATH 121, 131, 164, or 171
(Nonconcentrators must take MATH 164)
(Note: Students who complete Calculus (MATH 261 or MATH 267) are
exempt from this goal.)

Goal 6 (4 credits)  ___ CHEM 101; EASC 210; PHYS101; GNED 162
                                        GNED 261 (CHEM required for concentrators)
                    (BIOL 101 not recommended for Liberal Studies)

Goal 7 (3 credits) ___ HIST 100 or 110

Goal 8 (3 credits) ___ POSC 150

Goal 9 (3 credits)    ___ ANTH 101; GEOG 220; HIST 200; HIST 202;
                                          HIST 210; MUSC 225; PHIL 242;
                                         POSC 245, 255; SPAN 331

Goal 10 (3 credits) ___ FREN, GERM, or SPAN 201

Goal 11 (2 credits) ___ PHED 101 (2 hr)___ RECR 101 (2 hr)

Goal 12 (3 credits) ___ SOCL 320

Goal 13 (3 credits) ___ PHIL 308

Goal 14 (3 credits) ___ENGL 400

Goal 15 (1 credit) ___ Education 370 (Practicum II)

Liberal Studies Major Requirements

Candidates for Middle School licensure must have concentrations in two of the following areas: English, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. They must also have a required minimum of courses in the areas in which they do not concentrate. The following lists requirements for candidates concentrating and not concentrating in each of the four areas.

English:

Concentrators: 12 credits
____ENGL 350: Linguistics (3 credits)
____ENGL 381: Young Adult Literature (3 credits)
____ENGL 382: Traditional and Modern Grammar (3 credits)
____ENGL 479: Writing: Theory and Practice for the Middle
Classroom (3 credits)

Nonconcentrators: 3 credits
____ENGL 350 or 382 or 479

Mathematics:

Concentrators: 18 credits
____MATH 181: Finite Mathematics (3 credits)
____MATH 309: Numeration Systems (3 credits)
____MATH 310: Functions, Probability, and Statistics (3 credits)
____MATH 313: Geometry and Reasoning (3 credits)
            or MATH 335: Geometry (3 credits)
____MATH 430: Teaching Mathematics (3 credits)
            [offered in Spring semester only]
____ CMSC 121: Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits)
             or CMSC 204: Introduction to Programming (3 credits)

Nonconcentrators: 6 credits
____MATH 164: Precalculus (3 credits) General Education Goal 5
____MATH 310: Functions, Probability, and Statistics (3 credits)

Natural Sciences:

Concentrators: 15 credits
____BIOL 112: Fundamentals of Botany ( 4 credits)
____BIOL 113: Fundamentals of Zoology (4 credits)
____EASC 101: Physical Science (4 credits)
____EASC 300: The Dynamic Planet (3 credits)

Nonconcentrators: 7/8 credits
____BIOL 112: Botany or BIOL 113: Zoology (4 credits)
____EASC 101: Physical Science or
EASC 300: The Dynamic Planet (3 credits)

Social Sciences:

Concentrators: 15/18 credits
____ HIST 100 and 110: Western Civilization (3 credits in addition
to Goal 7.)
____ POSC 150: American Government (3 credits) Satisfies Goal 8.
____ GEOG 241: Cultural Geography (3 credits)
or GEOG 352: World Regional (3 credits)
____ HIST 221: U.S. History to 1877 (3 credits)
____ HIST 222: U.S. History since 1877 (3 credits)
____ ECON 111 or ECON 115 (3 credits)

Nonconcentrators:
Six (6) credit hours beyond General Education from the list above.

Education Courses for Middle School (6 - 8) Licensure

___ EDUC 245 Human Growth and Development (3 credits)
___ EDUC 260 Intro. to Teaching Profession (2 credits)
___ *EDUC 299 Admission to Teacher Preparation (0 credits)
___ **EDUC 265 Practicum I (Summer after 1st year) (3 credits)
___ **EDUC 370 Practicum II (Summer after 2nd year) (3 credits)
___ EDUC 380 Classroom Assessment (2 credits)
___ EDUC 381 Media & Computer Technology (1 credit)

NOTE: EDUC 380 & 381 are now prerequisites for Partnership!

Partnership Semester
(Second semester Junior or First semester Senior Year)
(Middle School Partnership offered Fall only beginning Fall 2006)

___ EDUC 425 Introduction to Teaching Reading and
Language Arts (2 credits)
___ EDUC 427 Teaching Reading and Language Arts
in the Middle School Grades (2 credits)
___ EDUC 450 Principles of Instruction (2 credits)
___ EDUC 452 Curriculum in the Middle School (6-8) (2 credits)
___ EDUC 487 Classroom Management and System Issues (3 credits)
___ SPED 489 Survey of Exceptional Children (3 credits)

** Professional Semester (Final semester Senior Year)

___ EDUC 400: Directed Teaching in the Elementary and Middle
School (11 credits)
___ EDUC 488 Education Seminar (1 credit)

* Students must earn a "Pass" in EDUC 299 before they will be permitted to enroll in any subsequent 300-400 level Education course.

**Practica and student teaching (Education 400) must include placement in grades 6-8.

NOTE: STUDENTS MUST HAVE AT LEAST A 2.5 GPA BOTH IN THEIR LIBERAL STUDIES MAJOR AND OVERALL TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR STUDENT TEACHING PLACEMENT. THEY MUST ALSO BE FORMALLY ADMITTED TO THE TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM AND HAVE AT LEAST A "C" IN ENGL150, EDUC 260 and 245. TO OBTAIN LICENSURE STUDENTS MUST MAINTAIN A 2.75 GPA IN THE PROFESSIONAL SEMESTER AND ACHIEVE A PASSING SCORE ON PRAXIS I AND II.