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2015-16 Undergraduate Catalog

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2015-16 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Interdisciplinary Studies (Grades 6-8, English), B.S.

Department of Elementary and Special Education
615-898-2680
Jeremy Winters, program coordinator
Jeremy.Winters@mtsu.edu

The major in Interdisciplinary Studies, grades 6-8, is designed to prepare teachers for elementary schools. It requires General Education, major, professional education, and residency courses.

Recommended Curriculum: Interdisciplinary Studies (Grades 6-8, English)

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 2550 - Introduction to Peer Tutoring in Writing: Theory and Methods 3 credit hours
EESE 1010 - Overview of Education 2 credit hours
EESE 1011 - Overview of Education II 2 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 rubrics) 6 credit hours
BIOL 1030 - Exploring Life 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
BIOL 1031 - Exploring Life Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)
MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours (Math)
PSCI 1030 - Topics in Physical Science 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
PSCI 1031 - Topics in Physical Science Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
ANTH 2010 - Cultural Anthropology 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sch)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
PSY 1410 - General Psychology 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
ENGL 3510 - English Grammar and Usage for Educators 3 credit hours
ENGL 3740 - Children’s Literature 3 credit hours
ENGL 3007 - Writing and the Literary Imagination 3 credit hours
MLED 2000 - Characteristics of the Middle Level Learner 3 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

ENGL 3745 - Literature for Adolescents 3 credit hours
ENGL 3755 - Folk/Fairy Tales, Legends, Myths, Ancient Stories 3 credit hours
SPED 3010 - Characteristics and Teaching of Diverse Learners 3 credit hours
READ 3340 - Teaching Reading in the Secondary School 3 credit hours
READ 4035 - Language and Literacy in the Middle Grades 6 credit hours
MLED 3100 - Experiencing Middle Level Education I 1 credit hour
MLED 3110 - Experiencing Middle Level Education II 2 credit hours
MLED 4000 - Methods of Teaching Middle Level Learners 3 credit hours
ENGL 3605 - Applied Writing 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 3630 - Essay Writing Workshop 3 credit hours OR
ENGL 4605 - Advanced Composition 3 credit hours
Choose 6 hours from:
ENGL 3300 - Native American Literature 3 credit hours
ENGL 3340 - African American Literature 3 credit hours
ENGL 3360 - Multicultural Literature of the United States 3 credit hours
ENGL 3365 - Hispanic Writers in American Literature 3 credit hours
ENGL 3735 - Black Women as Writers 3 credit hours
ENGL 4540 - Approaches to Teaching ESL Grammar and Writing 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 33 Hours

Senior

MLED 3300 - Instructional Technology in Middle Level Education 3 credit hours
MLED 4200 - Assessing the Middle Level Learner 3 credit hours
MLED 4340 - Managing Middle Level Learning Environments 3 credit hours
MLED 4350 - Theory to Practice in Middle Level Education 6 credit hours
MLED 4995 - Directed Teaching in Middle Level Education 12 credit hours

Subtotal: 27 Hours

Total hours in program: 120

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Interdisciplinary Studies (Grades 6-8, English), B.S., Academic Map