Bachelor of Science in Education - Middle Grades - Language Arts/Social Science
For general degree requirements, see the College of Education and the General Degree Requirements pages.
Area A Essential Skills
Required Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1112/1113/1125/1131
Area B Institutional Options
Required Hours: 5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2745/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS
2755/ LEAD 1705/LIBR 1105
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002
Note: the extra hour may be used as an elective.
Area C Humanities/Fine Arts
Required Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 1105
Select one of the following fine arts courses: ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC
1100/THEA 1100
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both humanities and fine arts, may be
taken only once.
Area D Science/Math/Technology
Required Hours: 10
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or
non-lab:
ANTH 1145 (no lab); ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional); ASTR 1106/1305; BIOL
1215 (lab included); BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1225 (lab included); CHEM
1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L; ENVS 1105
(no lab); GEOL 1121 (lab included); GEOL 1122/1322; GEOL 2225 (lab
included); GEOL 2225 (lab included); ITDS 1215 (lab included); PHYS
1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional); PHYS
2211/2311; PHYS 2212/2312
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105/MATH 1112/MATH 1113/MATH 1125/MATH 1131/MATH 1132/MATH
1127/MATH 1165/PHIL 2105
Area E Social Sciences
Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112
Take the following course:
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2135/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ENGL 2136/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/HIST
2116/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156
Wellness Requirement
Required Hours: 3
PELM 1205
Select any one PEDS course.
Area F Courses Related to Major
Required Hours: 18
("C" or better required in each course)
EDUF 2116 Human Dev, Motivation, Learning
EDUF 2215 The American Educ Experience
EDMG 2257 Instr. Practices in Middle Grades
MATH 2131 Nature and Use of Mumbers 1
GEOG 1101 Intro to Human Geography
Area G Program Requirements
Required Hours: 50
("C" or better required in each course)
EDCI 3455 Practicum in Mid Grds/Sec Educ 1
EDMG 3115 Teaching Writing in Grades 4-8
EDRG 3116 Read/Learn Strat in the Mid Grds
EDMG 4121 Teaching Math in the Mid Grds 1
EDMG 4245 Social Studies in the Mid Grades
EDSE 4117 Literature for Adolescents
ENGL 3112 American Literature 2
ENGL 3157 Advanced Exposition
ENGL 5165 Intro to Linguistics
ENGL 5167 Grammatical Struc of English
GEOG 3107 World Regional Geography
HIST 3105 Georgia History
SPED 3256 Introduction to the Exceptional Learner in General Education
Select one of the following two courses:
HIST 3115 African American History to 1865
HIST 3116 African American Hist since 1865
Student Teaching Experience:
EDCI 4485 Student Teaching
EDUF 4115 Classroom Management
EDUF 4205 Integrating Technology for Student Teachers
Area H Program Electives
Required Hours: 9
("C" or better required in each course)
Select two of the following:
ENGL 2135 Multicultural Literature
ENGL 3115 Studies of American Novels
ENGL 3116 African American Literature
ENGL 3117 American Women Writers
ENGL 3125 Study of British Novels
Select one of the following:
HIST 5555 Topics & Issues in World History
HIST 5558 Topics in Early Modern History
Area I General Electives
Required Hours: 1
Total Hours Required: 123
