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Middle Grades Education
Objectives: Individuals are provided with opportunities to development knowledge, understanding, skills, and competencies for teching grades four through nine. On completion of the program, the student is prepared for a teaching position grades four through nine.
Specific courses required to meet General Education and state certification: Middle Grades endorsement majors must take:
- MAT 210 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers 1 (3) to satisfy the Block 2 Mathematics General Education requirement.
- choose a literature course in Block 3 of the General Education program, and
- either the art course or the music course in Block 3 of the General Education program
Transfer students:
Students transferring from a Nebraska community college with an AA, or AS degree may have to take additional courses to meet state requirements as follows: coursework in communication, including composition and speech; health and wellness; humanities, including literature; mathematics; natural sciences; social sciences; and fine arts.
| EDU 150 |
Professional Education in a Diverse Society |
3 |
| EDU 250 |
Human Development and Cognition |
3 |
| EDU 275 |
Intro to P-12 Instruction |
3 |
| SPD 301 |
Special Education for the General Educator |
3 |
| EDU 406 |
Classroom Management |
3 |
| EDU 409 |
Content Area Methods & Assessment (one of two content areas) |
3 |
| EDU 414 |
Content Area Clinical Experience |
1 |
| EDU 435 |
Clinical Experience II |
1 |
| EDU 454 |
Student Teaching and Seminar for the Middle Grades 4-9 |
12 |
| EDU 216 |
Children's Literature |
2 |
| EDU 332 |
Development of Language Arts in the Elem/Middle School |
3 |
| EDU 341 |
Intermediate Reading |
3 |
| EDU 350 |
Middle Grades Teacher |
3 |
| EDU 409 |
Content Area Methods & Assessment (two of two content areas) |
3 |
| EDU 423 |
Development of Social Studies in the Elem/Middle School |
3 |
| EDU 430 |
Literacy Assessment |
3 |
| EDU 431 |
Development of Science in the Elem/Middle School |
3 |
| EDU 432 |
Development of Math in the Elem/Middle School |
3 |
Middle Level endorsees must choose two content areas from the following list. Many General Education courses will also count for courses in your content area which affects the total number of hours required to complete the Middle Level Endorsement.
| Content Area |
Hours |
| Business Education |
18 |
| Family & Consumer Science |
19 |
| Foreign Language |
18 |
| Health & Physical Education |
18 |
| Industrial Technology |
18 |
| Language Arts |
19 |
| Mathematics |
22 |
| Natural Science |
18-19 |
| Social Science |
24 |
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