Middle Grades Education - Language Arts and Social Studies Concentrations, BS

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Program Code: 470*/470B (Language Arts), 470*/470E (Social Studies)
CIP Code: 13.1203

Teaching

General Education Requirements (44 Hours)

General Education Requirements

Twenty-one hours may be double counted with General Education.

Six hours may be double counted between the major and the concentration.

Professional Education Requirements (24 Hours)

All courses must be completed with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0).

C I 2300 - Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age (2) Entry course to teacher education. Required prior to admission to teacher education.
FDN 2400 - Critical Perspectives on Learning and Teaching (2) Required prior to admission to teacher education.
PSY 3010 - Psychology Applied to Teaching (3) @
SPE 3300 - Creating Inclusive Learning Communities (3)
C I 3400 - Policies and Practices in Educational Assessment (2)
C I 4900 - Internship/Student Teaching (6-12) [CAP] Students must complete 12 hours of Student Teaching

Praxis Exams

Praxis I

Core Academic Skills for Educators (CASE):

CASE Reading *
CASE Writing *
CASE Mathematics *

Praxis II

Subject Tests:

Middle school English Language Arts
or
Middle School Social Studies

Major Requirements (72 Hours)

(-21 Gen Ed)

Middle Grades Academic Concentrations

Language Arts, Social Studies. All courses within the concentrations must be completed with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0).

Language Arts Concentration
Social Studies Concentration

The Following Courses Must Be Taken Using the Cohort Model

The following courses must be taken using the cohort model. Please note that all cohort internships and student teaching can be done only in schools that have been identified by ASU as professional development schools.

Block I

Second Semester Junior year. Please note that this block is offered only during the spring term.

C I 3900 - Middle Grades Internship (3) [WID] ** #+
C I 3910 - Middle Level Education (3) ** #+
C I 3920 - Teaching Young Adolescents (3) ** #+
Courses from academic concentrations

Block II

First Semester Senior Year. Please note that this block is offered only in the fall term.

Note

# Cannot be taken before being admitted to Teacher Education
* Should be taken before junior year (Pre-requisite to enter Teacher Education)
+ Must have a minimum grade of “C” (2.0).
** Must be taken before student teaching
@ May double count with Gen Ed.
^ Course meets requirements for Major and Academic Concentration

Second Academic Concentration

Second academic concentration requirements are met upon successful completion of middle grades content concentrations.

Electives (0-7 Hours)

Total Required (120 Hours)

Concentrations

Language Arts Concentration (24 Hours)

Social Studies Concentration (24 Hours)

HIS 1200 - American History (3) @
P S 1100 - American National Government and Politics (3) @
C I 3060 - Social Studies in the Middle Grades (3) (Block Two)^
GHY 1020 - Geographic Diversity and Globalization (3) @
HIS 3728 - History of North Carolina (3) @
African, and/or Asian and/or Latin American History (6) (Gen Ed: Integrative Learning Experience-Las Americas, War and Peace, How We Know What We Know About the Past)@
European or world history (approval of advisor required) (3)@

Note

A student must have at least a 2.70 grade-point average to be admitted to the teacher education program and must maintain a 2.70 grade-point average overall through student teaching.

Dr. Laurie Ramirez, Program Director
ramirezla@appstate.edu