Middle Level Education, English 6-8 Teacher Licensure Concentration, 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.

The following course required by the major meets a True Blue Core requirement:

FL 1000  (CCE)

Major Requirements (79 hours)

Requirements for the Middle Level Education, English 6-8 Teacher Licensure Concentration, B.S. major consist of middle level core and content area concentration courses.

Middle Level Core Requirements (52 hours)

• EESE 2010 - Introduction to Education 3 credit hours
• EESE 2011 - Introduction to Education Practicum 1 credit hour
• EESE 3000 - Racial, Ethnic, and Linguistic Diversity in U.S. Classrooms 3 credit hours
• EESE 3100 - Practicum in Teaching English Language Learners 1 credit hour
• EESE 4900 - Methods for Teaching English Language Development 3 credit hours
• FL 1000 - Intersections of Language and Culture 3 credit hours
• MLED 2000 - Characteristics of the Middle Level Learner 3 credit hours
• MLED 3110 - Field Experience in Middle Level Education 2 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
• MLED 4995 - Directed Teaching in Middle Level Education 12 credit hours
• READ 4300 - Disciplinary Literacy in the Middle Grades 3 credit hours
• SPED 3010 - Characteristics and Teaching of Learners with Exceptionalities 3 credit hours

Middle Level Education, English 6-8 Teacher Licensure Concentration (27 hours)

• ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Studies 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3505 - Interactive Approaches to Teaching Writing at the Secondary Level 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3510 - English Grammar and Usage for Educators 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3745 - Literature for Adolescents 3 credit hours
• ENGL 4500 - Methods of Teaching Secondary English 3 credit hours

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• Choose two courses (6 hours) from the following:

• ENGL 2500 - Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credit hours
• ENGL 4570 - Special Topics in Linguistics 3 credit hours
• PWR 3000 - Public Writing and Rhetoric 3 credit hours

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• Choose two courses (6 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 - Multiethnic Literatures in the Americas 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3410 - Classical Mythology 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

Freshman Fall

• Written Communication 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours

Freshman Spring

• EESE 2010 - Introduction to Education 3 credit hours
• EESE 2011 - Introduction to Education Practicum 1 credit hour
• Information Literacy 3 credit hours
• Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
• Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours

Sophomore Fall

• Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
• Creative and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
• History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
• Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3510 - English Grammar and Usage for Educators 3 credit hours

Sophomore Spring

• History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
• MLED 2000 - Characteristics of the Middle Level Learner 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Studies 3 credit hours
• ENGL 3505 - Interactive Approaches to Teaching Writing at the Secondary Level 3 credit hours

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• Choose one:

• ENGL 2500 - Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 4570 - Special Topics in Linguistics 3 credit hours OR
• PWR 3000 - Public Writing and Rhetoric 3 credit hours

Junior Fall

• EESE 3000 - Racial, Ethnic, and Linguistic Diversity in U.S. Classrooms 3 credit hours
• EESE 3100 - Practicum in Teaching English Language Learners 1 credit hour
• ENGL 3745 - Literature for Adolescents 3 credit hours
• ENGL 4500 - Methods of Teaching Secondary English 3 credit hours

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• Choose one course from the following:

• ENGL 3030 - American Literature: Colonial Era to the Present 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3330 - Southern Literature 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3340 - African American Literature 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3360 - Multiethnic Literatures in the Americas 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3410 - Classical Mythology 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3760 - Introduction to Folklore 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3735 - Black Women as Writers 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 4540 - Second Language Writing 3 credit hours

•  

• Choose one course from the following:

• ENGL 2500 - Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 4570 - Special Topics in Linguistics 3 credit hours OR
• PWR 3000 - Public Writing and Rhetoric 3 credit hours

Junior Spring

• FL 1000 - Intersections of Language and Culture 3 credit hours
• READ 4300 - Disciplinary Literacy in the Middle Grades 3 credit hours
• MLED 3110 - Field Experience in Middle Level Education 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

•  

• Choose one course from the following:

• ENGL 3030 - American Literature: Colonial Era to the Present 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3330 - Southern Literature 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3340 - African American Literature 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3360 - Multiethnic Literatures in the Americas 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3410 - Classical Mythology 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3735 - Black Women as Writers 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 3760 - Introduction to Folklore 3 credit hours OR
• ENGL 4540 - Second Language Writing 3 credit hours

Senior Fall

• EESE 4900 - Methods for Teaching English Language Development 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

Senior Spring

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