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Middle Level Education / Bachelor of Arts

Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours: 44

Degree Requirements

Program: BA-MLED-E

I. Professional Education Courses for Middle Level Licensure

ENLE-31000Foundations of Teaching Bilingual and English Language Learners

3
SCED-20000Field Experience 1: Secondary

1
SCED-22100Foundational Literacy for Middle School Teachers

3
SCED-22500Curriculum and Instruction in the Middle School

3
SCED-30000Field Experience 2: Secondary

1
SCED-30400Integrating Educational and Assistive Technology into the Classroom

3
SCED-3XX00Special Methods Teaching in the Content Area

3
SCED-31200Instructional Strategies and Learning Communities for Adolescents

3
SCED-31500Communication for Teachers

3
SCED-32200Characteristics and Development of the Adolescent Learner

3
SCED-33100Methods of Teaching Reading in the Content Areas to Adolescents

3
SCED-39400Pedagogy and Assessment for Effective Instruction

3
SCED-48200Clinical Practice and Seminar: Middle School

9
SPED-35700Exceptional Learners in Inclusive Communities

3
Middle Level education majors will register in the appropriate three (3) credit hour Special Methods course for their content area. See Education advisor for more information.

II. Professional Educator License

All middle level education majors must have 24+ hours in an area of concentration.

Concentrations

English/Language Arts Concentration

Concentration: ENLA
ENGL-31000Advanced Writing

3
ENGL-31400Linguistics

3
ENGL-31500Grammar for Teachers

2
ENGL-31600Teaching Writing

3
ENGL-31800Writing Center Practicum

1
ENGL-33800Teaching Young Adult Literature

3
Choose one of the following:
ENGL-23500U.S. Literature: Beginnings to 1865

3
ENGL-23600U.S. Literature: 1865 to Present

3
Choose one of the following:
ENGL-33400Non-Western Literature

3
ENGL-33900Topics in World Authors

3
ENGL-34600Topics in Ethnic and Immigrant Literatures

3
ENGL-34700Native American Literature

3
ENGL-34900Topics in American Authors

3
ENGL-35600Post-Colonial Literatures in English

3

Mathematics Concentration

Concentration: MATH
MATH-12000Precalculus

4
MATH-13100Algebra and Number Concepts for Educators

3
MATH-14100Geometry and Measurement Concepts for Educators

3
MATH-20000Calculus 1

4
MATH-21500Probability and Statistics Concepts for Educators

3
MATH-31000Discrete Mathematics

4
MATH-32700Introduction to Number Theory

3

Science Concentration

Concentration: SCI
BIOL-11000General Biology 1

4
BIOL-11100General Biology 1 Lab

1
BIOL-12200Integrated Science 2

3
BIOL-12300Integrated Science 2 Lab

1
BIOL-23300Principles of Environmental Science

4
CHEM-11000General Chemistry 1

4
CHEM-11100General Chemistry 1 Lab

1
PHYS-10000Elementary Laboratory Physics

3
PHYS-12000Integrated Science 1

3
PHYS-12100Integrated Science 1 Lab

1

Social Sciences Concentration

Concentration: SOCS
HIST-10100Global History and Culture 1

3
HIST-10200Global History and Culture 2

3
HIST-23600History of Illinois

3
Choose one of the following:
ECON-19500The American Economy

3
ECON-20000Basic Macroeconomics

3
ECON-20100Basic Microeconomics

3
Choose one of the following:
POLS-20000American National Government

3
POLS-21000State and Local Government

3
Choose one of the following:
HIST-11100Survey of United States History to 1876

3
HIST-32000United States Colonial and National History

3
Choose one of the following:
HIST-11200Survey of United States History Since 1876

3
HIST-32500United States Since 1941

3
Choose one of the following:
HIST-32600U. S. Urban History

3
HIST-33700Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in American History

3
HIST-33800U.S. Women's History

3
HIST-34200History of Science

3
HIST-34400History of Western Ideas

3
HIST-35500History of the Modern Middle East

3
HIST-35600The Vietnam War

3
HIST-38700History of Modern Revolutions: 1789 to the Present

3

III. Advanced Writing Requirement

The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by successful completion of:
SCED-48200Clinical Practice and Seminar: Middle School

9