Program: Middle Level Education (Grades 6-8, Social Studies), B.S. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 04, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Elementary and Special Education
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Stacy Fields, program coordinator
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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)

Major Requirements (42 hours)

GEOG 2000 - Introduction to Regional Geography 3 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)
PS 1010 - Introduction to Global Politics 3 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours
HIST 1120 - Survey World Civilization II 3 credit hours
HIST 3011 - Teaching Historical Thinking 3 credit hours
READ 4035 - Language and Literacy in the Middle Grades 6 credit hours
U.S. History upper-division elective (3000 level or higher) 3 credit hours
Global upper-division elective (3000 level or higher) 3 credit hours
European upper-division elective (3000 level or higher) 3 credit hours
Choose 9 credit hours from the following (6 hours counted in General Education):
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 OR
HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours
Choose 9 credit hours from the following:
AST 2100 - Introduction to Africana 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

Professional Education (31 hours)

EESE 2010 - Introduction to Education 3 credit hours
EESE 2011 - Introduction to Education Practicum 1 credit hour
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 3300 - Instructional Technology in Middle Level Education 3 credit hours
MLED 4000 - Methods of Teaching Middle Level Learners 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

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