Middle Grades Education Degree

Areas A through E (See Core section of the Catalog) (42 semester hours)

Area F (18 semester hours)

PROFESSIONAL PEDAGOGY (12 HOURS)

• Invest Crit Cont Issues in Ed
• Exploring Socio-Cultural Persp
• Exploring Learning & Teaching
• Writing About Literature

CONTENT AREA COURSES (6 HOURS)

• Content Courses

Elective Content Courses: Choose six hours in lower division courses to support one content concentration area: mathematics, science, or social sciences.

Academic Major (36 semester hours)

Satisfactorily complete each of the following courses. EDEX 3220 must be completed with a grade of B or higher (HB671)

• Field Placement I
• Field Placement II
• Seminar I
• Seminar II
• FB Dev Lrn: Theory Practice
• Field Placement III
• Seminar III
• FB Soc of Mdl Schls/Dem Clsrms
• Dev & Assess Logical Thought
• FB Capstone Experience
• FB Middle Grades Curriculum
• FB Inquiry and Reflection
• Internship
• Legal Issues in Special Ed
• Intro Instr Tech Teachers

Concentrations in Content Fields (Liberal Arts) (30 semester hours)

• All candidatess are required to have an English/Language Arts Concentration. All candidates also will choose a second concentration from science, social sciences or mathematics.
• All candidates must complete MAED 3100, GEOG 4500, and PHSC 4010.

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS CONCENTRATION (REQUIRED)

Satisfactorily complete each of the following courses:

• Adolescent Literature
• Structure of Present-Day Eng
• Lit, Read, & Writ Content Flds
• Reading Instructional Strateg

SOCIAL STUDIES CONCENTRATION

Satisfactorily complete each of the following courses, and select one additional 3000-4000 level HIST, POLS, ECON, GEOG, SOCI, or CRJU course in consultation with the candidate's Mentor Leader.

• Georgia: Colony and State
• Comparative Regional Geography

MATHEMATICS CONCENTRATION

• Mathematical Investigating

Complete two of the following courses:

• Concepts in Algebra
• Concepts in Geometry
• Concepts in Discrete Math

SCIENCE CONCENTRATION

Satisfactorily complete each of the following courses, and complete an additional 3000-4000 level BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHSC, or PHYS course in consultation with the candidate's Mentor Leader.

• Integrated Physical Science
• Special Topics in Mid Grd Curr