General Education (41 hours)

General Education  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following courses are required by the program and can satisfy the respective General Education requirement:

• BIOL 1030/1031 or PSCI 1030/1031 (Nat Sci)
• PHYS 1110 (Nat Sci)
• ECON 2410 (Soc/Beh Sci)
• PSY 1410 (Soc/Beh Sci)
• MATH 1530 (Math)

Major Requirements (36 hours)

• EXL 2010 - Service Learning Practicum 1 credit hour
• MATH 1410 - Concepts and Structure of Elementary School Mathematics 3 credit hours
• MATH 1420 - Informal Geometry 3 credit hours
• MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours
• MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours
• MATH 3300 - Discrete Mathematics for Middle Grades Teachers 3 credit hours
• MATH 3310 - Functions: Connecting Algebra and Geometry for Middle Grades Teachers 3 credit hours
• MATH 3320 - Teaching Mathematics in the Middle Grades 3 credit hours
• MATH 3330 - Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary Grades 3 credit hours
• MATH 4010 - Selected Topics in Elementary Mathematics 3 credit hours
• READ 4035 - Language and Literacy in the Middle Grades 6 credit hours

Professional Education (31 hours)

• EESE 1010 - Teachers as Problem Solvers 2 credit hours
• EESE 1011 - Creating Differentiated Instruction 2 credit hours
• MLED 2000 - Characteristics of the Middle Level Learner 3 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
• 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
• SPED 3010 - Characteristics and Teaching of Learners with Exceptionalities 3 credit hours

Student Teaching (12 hours)

• MLED 4995 - Directed Teaching in Middle Level Education 12 credit hours

Auxiliary Courses (17 hours)

The following fulfill licensure requirements and may also count in General Education:

• ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours
• MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours
• PHYS 1110 - Discovering Physics 4 credit hours
• PSY 1410 - General Psychology 3 credit hours

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• BIOL 1030 - Exploring Life 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 1031 - Exploring Life Lab 0 credit hours

• OR

• PSCI 1030 - Topics in Physical Science 4 credit hours AND
• PSCI 1031 - Topics in Physical Science Lab 0 credit hours

Freshman

• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• MATH 1410 - Concepts and Structure of Elementary School Mathematics 3 credit hours
• MATH 1530 - Applied Statistics 3 credit hours (Math)
• PSY 1410 - General Psychology 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
• EESE 1010 - Teachers as Problem Solvers 2 credit hours
• EESE 1011 - Creating Differentiated Instruction 2 credit hours
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 rubrics) 6 credit hours

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• BIOL 1030 - Exploring Life 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
• BIOL 1031 - Exploring Life Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)

• OR

• PSCI 1030 - Topics in Physical Science 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
• PSCI 1031 - Topics in Physical Science Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)

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)

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• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
• MATH 1420 - Informal Geometry 3 credit hours
• MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours
• MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours
• ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
• MLED 2000 - Characteristics of the Middle Level Learner 3 credit hours

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• MATH 3300 - Discrete Mathematics for Middle Grades Teachers 3 credit hours OR
• MATH 3310 - Functions: Connecting Algebra and Geometry for Middle Grades Teachers 3 credit hours OR
• MATH 4010 - Selected Topics in Elementary Mathematics 3 credit hours

• (Courses offered in rotation. All must be eventually taken. Choose available course as offered.)

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• 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

Junior

• EXL 2010 - Service Learning Practicum 1 credit hour
• MATH 3320 - Teaching Mathematics in the Middle Grades 3 credit hours
• MATH 3330 - Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary Grades 3 credit hours
• PHYS 1110 - Discovering Physics 4 credit hours (Nat Sci)
• 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
• SPED 3010 - Characteristics and Teaching of Learners with Exceptionalities 3 credit hours
• READ 4035 - Language and Literacy in the Middle Grades 6 credit hours

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• Choose remaining 6 hours from:

• MATH 3300 - Discrete Mathematics for Middle Grades Teachers 3 credit hours OR
• MATH 3310 - Functions: Connecting Algebra and Geometry for Middle Grades Teachers 3 credit hours OR
• MATH 4010 - Selected Topics in Elementary Mathematics 3 credit hours

• (Courses offered in rotation. All must be eventually taken. Choose available course as offered.)

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