Middle School Education and Special Education Mild/Moderate Grades 4-8, BS, Science Focus Area

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First Year

Fall Semester

MATH 1050 - FINITE MATHEMATICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^{†† G}
or MATH 1070 - APPLIED ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s) &
MATH 1080 - APPLIED ALGEBRA LABORATORY 2 Credit Hour(s)
or MATH 1610 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s)
BIOL 1060 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ANTH 1010 - CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G
or ANTH 1100 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ECON 1010 - ECONOMICS OF CURRENT ISSUES 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ECON 1020 - ELEMENTS OF ECONOMICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ECON 2010 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MACROECONOMICS) 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ECON 2020 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MICROECONOMICS) 3 Credit Hour(s)
or GEOG 1030 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or SOC 1010 - INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or SOC 1017 - HONORS: INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or SOC 2120 - SOCIAL PROBLEMS 3 Credit Hour(s)
or SOC 2150 - SOCIOLOGY AND SEXUALITY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or SOC 2220 - MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE 3 Credit Hour(s)
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 17-19

Spring Semester

ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G,1 Credits / Units: 3
MATH/ANALYTICAL REASONING GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
PHSC 1010 - PHYSICAL SCIENCE I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
BIOL 1070 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES II 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
COMM 2100 - COMMUNICATING IN THE CLASSROOM 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G

Total Credit Hours: 18

Second Year

Fall Semester

HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
EDCI 2040 - CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT: UNDERSTANDING LEARNING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ESSC 1010 - EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
PHSC 1020 - PHYSICAL SCIENCE II 3 Credit Hour(s)
EDES 1500 - MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE MODERN MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDCI 1010 - INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION: SCHOOL AND SOCIETY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†††
APPLY FOR TEACHER CANDIDACY

Total Credit Hours: 18

Spring Semester

ESSC 1020 - EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE II 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CHEM 1010 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G
EDCI 2760 - TEACHING READING IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDCI 2460 - CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
POLI 2010 - AMERICAN POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
or POLI 2020 - STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
EDCI 2510 - TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
PRAXIS PLT EXAM FOLLOWING THIS SEMESTER

Total Credit Hours: 18

Third Year

Fall Semester

CMPS 1050 - COMPUTERS IN SOCIETY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ET 1000 - INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
EDES 3660 - METHODS FOR TEACHING LANGUAGE ARTS TO STUDENTS WITH MILD/MODERATE DISABILITIES 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ²
EDES 3670 - METHODS FOR TEACHING INDIVIDUALS WITH MILD/MODERATE DISABILITIES IN MATHEMATICS AND CONTENT AREAS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ²
EDCI 3220 - DIAGNOSTIC AND PRESCRIPTIVE READING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDCI 4020 - BOOKS AND RELATED MATERIALS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
SCIENCE LAB ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 1

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

SCI, MATH OR TECH ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
EDCI 3280 - METHODS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SUBJECTS 6 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDES 3650 - BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE STUDENT WITH MILD/MODERATE DISABILITIES 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDES 3680 - DEVELOPING FAMILY AND PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH COLLABORATION 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDES 2130 - TECHNOLOGY FOR INCLUSION 1 Credit Hour(s) ^††
PASS PRAXIS CONTENT EXAM THIS SEMESTER
PASS PRAXIS SPED CORE

Total Credit Hours: 16

Summer Semester

EDES 4410 - PRACTICUM IN ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ³
EDES 4650 - CLINICAL PRACTICE IN INCLUSIVE SETTINGS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ³

Total Credit Hours: 6

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

EDCI 4530 - TEACHING RESIDENCY 6 Credit Hour(s) ^††† ⁴
EDCI 4850 - SPECIAL METHODS IN HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ⁴
EDCI 4720 - CONTENT AREA READING AND SUPPORT FOR DYSLEXIA AND OTHER DIVERSE LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††

Total Credit Hours: 12

Spring Semester

EDCI 4860 - TEACHING RESIDENCY CAPSTONE 9 Credit Hour(s) ^†††

Total Credit Hours: 9

Total Semester Hours Required 130-132

SE 1010 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace SE 1010 with 2 hours of free electives.

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

^†† A grade of “C” or higher is required.

^††† A grade of “B” or higher is required.

¹Students must demonstrate proficiency in writing by earning a “B” or higher in ENGL 1020 or by having an ACT English score of 20 or higher to be admitted to Teacher Candidacy.

²Take EDES 3660 and EDES 3670 concurrently.

³ Take EDES 4410 and EDES 4650 concurrently.

⁴ Take EDCI 4530 and EDCI 4850 concurrently.

Honors Diploma in the Discipline

For information on earning Sophomore Honors Distinction, Senior Honors Distinction, or the Honors Diploma, please consult the Honors Program section of this catalog, the Director of the Honors Program, and/or your Department Head.