Below are the core Education Courses for the BS and Certification in Middle Level Education. 

Course Number Course Name Credit
EDUC 200

Foundations of Education

3

EDUC 201

Introduction to Special Education

3

EDUC 202

Assessment and Evaluation 

3

EDUC 204W

Inclusive Education

3

EDUC 205

The Developing Child: PK through 4th grade

3

EDUC 211

Educational Psychology

3

EDUC 212

Teaching English as a Second Language

3

EDUC 234

Child and Adolescent Development

3

EDUC 240

Early Literacy Foundations

3

EDUC 282

 Classroom Management

3

EDUC 306*

Science and Health for Children

3

EDUC 308*

Social Studies and Art for Children

3

EDUC 310*

Math for the Teacher of Children

3

EDUC 328

Early Childhood Education

3

EDUC 380*

Communication Arts for Children

3

EDUC 403

Reading and Writing Across the Content Areas

3

EDUC 408

Education Seminar with Field Experience (110 hrs)

3

EDUC 212

Teaching English as a Second Language

12

EDUC 420

Seminar in Student Teaching

3

* Middle Level Option for Mathematics and Science Concentration requires EDUC 306 Science and Health for Children and EDUC 310 Math for the Teacher of Children (not EDUC 308 Teaching Social Studies or EDUC 380 Teaching Communication Arts).

Certification in Middle Level Education Certification will require students to finish a concentration and focus areas outside the Middle Level Education major. Contact the College of Education for specific course requirements in each option.

Option One: Concentration in One Content Area
This option requires one concentration (English/Reading or Math or Science or Social Studies) and three generalist (focus) academic content areas.

Option Two: Concentration in Two Content Areas
This option requires concentration in two content areas and two generalist (focus) academic content areas: English/Reading and Mathematics, English/Reading and Science, Science and Mathematics, Social Studies and Mathematics, Social Studies and Science.