Advising Checklist
Liberal Studies - Elementary and Middle School Education
2006-2007
IMPORTANT:
Candidates for Elementary and 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. These courses may or may not be in addition to the
requirements for Elementary licensure.
Please follow the checklist closely.
General Education
(Select
one course for each goal.)
Goal
1 (1 credit) ___ LSEM
100 (Longwood Seminar
)
Goal
2 (3 credits) ___ ENGL 150
Goal
3 (3 credits) ___ ENGL 201, 202 or 203,
FREN, GERM,
SPAN 341or 342; SPAN 352
Goal
4 (3 credits) ___ ART
121, 125, 160, 201;
ENGL 315, 316, 317, 318;
MUSC 221, 222, 224;
THEA 101
Goal
5 (3 credits) ___ MATH 121, 131, 164, or 171
(Note: Students who complete Calculus (MATH 261 or MATH 267) are
exempt from this goal.)
Goal
6 (4 credits) ___ CHEM 101;
EASC 210; PHYS 101;
GNED
162, 261;
PHYS 105: PHYS 201
(BIOL 101 not recommended)
(CHEM 101 required for science concentrators)
Goal
7 (3 credits) ___ HIST 100 or 110
Goal
8 (3 credits) ___ POSC 150
Goal
9 (3 credits)
___ ANTH 101; GEOG 220; HIST 200, 202, 210;
HLTH 210; MUSC 225;
POSC 245, 255;
RELI 242;
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
The following lists requirements for Elementary Licensure and
for candidates concentrating or not concentrating in each of the four
Middle School Licensure areas.
Humanities (Elementary): 9 credits
____ENGL
380: Children's Literature (3 credits)
____ENGL 382: Traditional & Modern English Grammar (3 credits)
____ENGL 483: Writing Theory & Practice for the Elementary
Classroom (3 credits)
(PHIL 308, Intro to Ethics, included in General Education Goal 13 .)
Middle
School English Concentrators add:
9 credits
____ENGL
350: Linguistics (3
credits)
____ENGL 381: Young Adult Literature
(3 credits)
____ENGL 479: Writing: Theory and Practice for the Middle Classroom
(3 credits)
Note: Take ENGL 479 in place of ENGL 483
Natural Sciences (Elementary):
11 credits
____BIOL
114: Fundamentals of Life Science (4 credits)
____CHEM 100: Chemistry for
Educators (2 credits) and
____PHYS 100: Physics for Educators (2 credits)
(Taken concurrently)
____EASC 300: The Dynamic Planet (3 credits)
Middle
School Science Concentrators add: 4
credits
____ CHEM 101: General Chemistry (Satisfies Goal 6) (4 credits)
Social Sciences (Elementary): 9 credits
____
GEOG 241: Cultural (3 credits)
or
GEOG 352: World Regional (3 credits)
____ HIST 221: US
History to 1877 (3 credits)
____ HIST 222: US History 1877 to Present
(3 credits)
(Required
classes in POSC 150, American Government & Politics,
and SOCL 320, Sociology of Education, are included
in General Education Goals 8 and 12.)
Middle School Social Science Concentrators add: 6
credits
____
HIST 100 or 110: Western Civilization
(3 credits in addition
to Goal 7)
(Transfer students who have taken neither course must take both.)
Mathematics (Elementary):
9 credits
____MATH
309: Numeration Systems (3 credits)
____MATH 310: Functions, Probability and Statistics (3 credits)
____MATH 313: Geometry and Reasoning (3 credits)
Middle
School Mathematics Concentrators add: 9
credits
____MATH
181: Finite Mathematics (3 credits)
____MATH 164: Precalculus (3 credits) or
MATH 261: Differential
& Integral Calculus (4 credits)
____MATH 430: Teaching Middle School Mathematics (3 credits)
[offered Spring semester only]
NOTE: Students adding the Algebra I
endorsement must take both MATH 164 and 261, and either CMSC 121
or 160.
Fine
Arts: 3 credits
____ART 448: Integrated Arts - Art (3 credits)
____MUSC 448: Integrated Arts - Music (3 credits)
____THEA 448: Integrated Arts - Theater (3 credits)
Health
& Kinesiology: 3 credits
____KINS
389: Health and P. E. for Elementary Classroom
Teachers (3 credits)
Approved Elective:
3 credits
Choose
ONE of the following:
____
ART 341: Art Education (3 credits)
____ ECON 115: Economics for Educators (3 credits)
____ FREN, GERM, SPAN 202 or above for B.
A. (3 credits)
____ MATH 330 and SCED 330: Science and Math Methods (3 credits)
[offered
Spring semester only]
____ MATH 430: Teaching Middle School Mathematics (3 credits)
[offered
Spring semester only]
____ MUSC 441: Music and Supervision in Elementary Schools
(3 credits)
____ THEA 433: Creative Dramatics for the Classroom (3 credits)
Education
Courses for Elementary (N, K -6) and
Middle School (6 - 8) Licensure
___
EDUC 245 Human Growth and Development (3 credits)
___ EDUC 260 Intro. to Teaching Profession (2 credits)
___ **EDUC 265 Practicum I (Summer after 1st or 2nd year) (3 credits)
___ **EDUC 370 Practicum II (Summer after 2nd or 3rd year) (3 credits)
___
EDUC 380 Classroom Assessment (2 credits)
___ EDUC 381 Media & Computer Technology (1 credit)
NOTES:
Students must be admitted to the Teacher Prep
program before
taking any 300-400 level EDUC classes.
EDUC 380 & 381, and ENGL 380 are now
prerequisites for Partnership!
Partnership Semester
(Second semester Junior or first semester Senior Year)
(Middle School Partnership offered fall only!)
___
EDUC 425 Introduction to Teaching Reading and
Language Arts (2 credits)
___ EDUC 426 Teaching Reading and Language Arts
in the Elementary Grades (2 credits)
___ EDUC 427 Teaching Reading and Language Arts
in the Middle School
Grades (2 credits)
___ EDUC 450 Principles of Instruction
(2 credits)
___ EDUC 451 Curriculum in the Elementary School (NK-6) (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)
**One Practicum 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 ENGL 150, 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.
