Advising Checklist
Liberal Studies - Elementary and Middle School Licensure Program  
2009-2010

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.

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, or
                                          SPAN 341 or 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, 164
(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; PHYS 103
                                          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 or  GNED 495 

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)

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- Note: Transfer students who have had neither
             course must take both.) 

Mathematics (Elementary): 9 credits

____MATH 309: Numeration Systems (3 credits)
____MATH 310: Probability, Statistics and Programming (3 credits)
____MATH 313: Geometry and Reasoning (3 credits)      

Middle School Mathematics Concentrators add: 10-11credits

____MATH 260: Integrated Calculus II (4 credits) OR
____MATH 261: Differential & Integral Calculus (4 credits) (Satisfies Goal 5)
____MATH 430: Teaching Middle School Mathematics  (3 credits)
            [offered in Spring semester only]

____MATH 160: Integrated Calculus I (3 credits) OR

____MATH 164: Pre-calculus (3 credits) OR
____MATH 262: Differential and Integral Calculus (4 credits)
NOTE:  Students adding the Algebra I endorsement must  take both MATH 343, 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, or SPAN 202  or above for B. A. (3 credits)
____ MATH 330 and SCED 330: Science and Math Methods (3 credits) 
             [offered in Spring semester only]
____ MATH 430: Teaching Middle School Mathematics (3 credits)
            [offered in Spring semester only]
____ THEA 433: Creative Dramatics for the Classroom (3 credits) 
____ Any Arts and Sciences Class at the 300 or 400 level

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 the Teaching Profession (2 credits)
___ **EDUC 270 Practicum I (Summer after 1st or 2nd year) (1 credits)  
___ EDUC310 Foundations of Literacy Instruction (3 credits)
___ **EDUC 370 Practicum II (Summer after 2nd or 3rd year) (3 credits)  
___ EDUC 380 Classroom Assessment (2 credits)

NOTES:

Students must be admitted to the Teacher Prep program before taking any 300 or 400 level EDUC classes.

EDUC 380 & 310, and ENGL 380 are prerequisites for Partnership!

 Partnership Semester
(Second semester Junior or First semester Senior Year)
(Middle school Partnership offered fall only)
___ EDUC 440 Field Experience in Literary Instruction (1 credits)
___ EDUC 441 Elementary School Literacy Instruction  (3 credits)
___ EDUC 442 Middle School Literacy Instruction  (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 (12 credits)

   **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.