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

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

Major Requirements (36 hours)

• ENGL 3007 - Writing and the Literary Imagination 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3510 - English Grammar and Usage for Educators 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3740 - Children’s Literature 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3745 - Literature for Adolescents 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3755 - Folk/Fairy Tales, Legends, Myths, Ancient Stories 3 credit hours
• ENGL 4605 - Advanced Composition 3 credit hours
• READ 4035 - Language and Literacy in the Middle Grades 6 credit hours
• ENGL 4500 - Methods of Teaching Secondary English 3 credit hours

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• ENGL 3505 - Writing Workshop Methodologies 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3570 - Introduction to Linguistics 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3605 - Applied Writing 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 4510 - Modern English Grammar and Usage 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 4570 - Special Topics in Linguistics 3 credit hours

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• Choose 6 credit hours from the following:

• ENGL 3030 - American Literature: Colonial Era to the Present 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3330 - Southern Literature 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3340 - African American Literature 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3360 - Multicultural Literature of the United States 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3725 - Nineteenth-Century Women Writers 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3730 - Twentieth-Century Women Writers 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3735 - Black Women as Writers 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3760 - Introduction to Folklore 3 credit hours
• ENGL 4540 - Second Language Writing 3 credit hours

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 4000 - Methods of Teaching Middle Level Learners 3 credit hours
• SPED 3010 - Characteristics and Teaching of Learners with Exceptionalities 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

Student Teaching (12 hours)

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

Freshman

• EESE 2010 - Introduction to Education 3 credit hours
• EESE 2011 - Introduction to Education Practicum 1 credit hour
• Written Communication 3 credit hours
• Information Literacy 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 6 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 8 credit hours
• Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours

Sophomore

• Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
• Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
• 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

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• ENGL 3505 - Writing Workshop Methodologies 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3570 - Introduction to Linguistics 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3605 - Applied Writing 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 4510 - Modern English Grammar and Usage 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 4570 - Special Topics in Linguistics 3 credit 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 Learners with Exceptionalities 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 4605 - Advanced Composition 3 credit hours
• ENGL 4500 - Methods of Teaching Secondary English 3 credit hours

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• Choose 6 credit hours from the following:

• ENGL 3030 - American Literature: Colonial Era to the Present 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3300 - Native American Literature 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3330 - Southern Literature 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3340 - African American Literature 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3360 - Multicultural Literature of the United States 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3725 - Nineteenth-Century Women Writers 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3730 - Twentieth-Century Women Writers 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3760 - Introduction to Folklore 3 credit hours
• ENGL 4540 - Second Language Writing 3 credit 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