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 or GNED 495

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 (3 credits)

 Mathematics: 

Concentrators: 22-23 credits

____MATH160: Integrated Calculus I (3 credits) OR

____MATH 164: Pre-calculus (3 credits) (Satisfies Goal 5) OR

____MATH 262: The Differential and Integral Calculus II (4 credits)

          (Satisfies Goal 5)

____MATH 260: Integral Calculus II (4 credits) (Satisfies Goal 5) OR

____MATH 261: The Differential and Integral Calculus (4 credits)

         (Satisfies Goal 5)
____MATH 309: Numeration Systems (3 credits)
____MATH 310: Functions, Probability, and Statistics (3 credits)
____MATH 313: Geometry and Reasoning (3 credits) OR
____MATH 335: Advanced Euclidean Geometry (3 credits)
____MATH 430: Teaching Middle School Mathematics  (3 credits)
            [offered in Spring semester only]
____CMSC 121: Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits) OR
____CMSC 160: Introduction to Algorithmic Design I (3 credits)

NOTE:  Students adding the Algebra I endorsement must also take
MATH 164 and 261.

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

 Natural Sciences: 

Concentrators:  11-15 credits
____BIOL 114: Fundamentals of Life Sciences ( 4 credits)
____PHYS 100: Physics for Educators (2credits) and

____CHEM100: Chemistry for Educators  (2 credits) (Taken concurrently)
____EASC 300: The Dynamic Planet (3 credits)
____CHEM 101: General Chemistry (if not taken for Goal 6) (4 credits)

 Nonconcentrators: 7/8 credits
____BIOL 114: Fundamentals of Life Sciences (4 credits)
____CHEM 100: Chemistry for Educators (2 credits) and
____PHYS 100: Physics for Educators (2 credits)
         (Taken concurrently)   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.)
          (Transfer students who have had neither course must have both.)
____ 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 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 or 400 level EDUC courses.

EDUC 380 & 381 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 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 405: Directed Teaching in the Middle School (11 credits)
___ EDUC 488 Education Seminar  (1 credit)

  **Practica and student teaching (Education 405) 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.