Middle Level Education (Grades 6-8, Social Studies), B.S.

Elementary and Special Education
615-898-2680
Stacy Fields, program coordinator
Stacy.Fields@mtsu.edu

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

This program leads to initial teacher licensure in middle level education (grades 6-8).

Academic Map

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

Middle Level Education (Grades 6-8 Social Studies), B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education	41 hours
Major Requirements	42 hours*
Professional Education	43 hours
TOTAL	120-126 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the General Education curriculum. If courses for this program are also used to fulfill General Education requirements, the program of study may be completed in 120 hours.

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 required by the program meet General Education requirements:

PS 1010 (Soc/Beh Sci)
GEOG 2000 (Soc/Beh Sci)

Curriculum: Middle Level Education (Grades 6-8, Social Studies)

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

Freshman

EESE 1010 - Teachers as Problem Solvers 2 credit hours
EESE 1011 - Creating Differentiated Instruction 2 credit hours
ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
HIST 1120 - Survey World Civilization II 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences 8 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 6 credit hours
Mathematics 3 credit hours

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)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours
GEOG 2000 - Introduction to Regional Geography 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
MLED 2000 - Characteristics of the Middle Level Learner 3 credit hours
PS 1010 - Introduction to Global Politics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
Choose one:
AAS 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours
AAS 2100 - Introduction to African American Studies 3 credit hours
ANTH 2010 - Cultural Anthropology 3 credit hours
ANTH 3210 - Archaeology 3 credit hours
GEOG 4340 - Historical Geography 3 credit hours
GEOG 4360 - Cultural Geography 3 credit hours
PS 3370 - American Constitutional Law I: Government Powers 3 credit hours
PS 3380 - American Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 3 credit hours
PS 4240 - American Foreign Policy 3 credit hours
ANTH 4860 - Historical Archaeology 3 credit hours OR
HIST 4860 - Historical Archaeology 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

READ 4035 - Language and Literacy in the Middle Grades 6 credit hours
SPED 3010 - Characteristics and Teaching of Learners with Exceptionalities 3 credit hours
HIST 3011 - Teaching Historical Thinking 3 credit hours
Upper division US History (3000 level or above) 3 credit hours
Upper division global or European History (3000 level or above) 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
Choose 6 hours from:
AAS 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours
AAS 2100 - Introduction to African American Studies 3 credit hours
ANTH 2010 - Cultural Anthropology 3 credit hours
ANTH 3210 - Archaeology 3 credit hours
GEOG 4340 - Historical Geography 3 credit hours
GEOG 4360 - Cultural Geography 3 credit hours
PS 3370 - American Constitutional Law I: Government Powers 3 credit hours
PS 3380 - American Constitutional Law II: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights 3 credit hours
PS 4240 - American Foreign Policy 3 credit hours
ANTH 4860 - Historical Archaeology 3 credit hours OR
HIST 4860 - Historical Archaeology 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

Middle Level Education (Grades 6-8, Social Studies), B.S.

Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

Major Requirements (42 hours)

Professional Education (31 hours)

Student Teaching (12 hours)

Curriculum: Middle Level Education (Grades 6-8, Social Studies)

Freshman

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

Subtotal: 33 Hours

Senior

Subtotal: 27 Hours