Middle Grades (6‐9) Program of Study Recommended Sequence of Courses Licensure Areas (24 hours of academic concentration, and 18 hours additional teaching field required) Academic Concentration Options (24 Hours) Additional Teaching Field (18 hours) Select one Recommended for licensure with 24 hrs of content Select one Praxis II required for recommendation for licensure Language Arts (Language Arts Licensure) Mathematics (Mathematics Licensure) Science (Science Licensure) Social Studies (Social Studies Licensure) Language Arts (Language Arts Licensure) Mathematics (Mathematics Licensure) Science (Science Licensure) Social Studies (Social Studies Licensure) First Semester Second Semester Freshman Year University Studies 15 hrs
Total 15 hrs
Junior Year Sophomore Year Total 15 hrs
EDN 200 Teacher, School, & Society 3 EDNL 200 Field Studies 1
EDN 203 Psychological Foundations 3 University Studies 9 PSY 221 Adolescent Psych OR PSY 223 Lifespan Psych 3 EDN 301 Instructional Designs2 3 EDN 303 Instructional Technology 3 Academic Concentration 6 Additional Teaching Field 3 EDN 320 Diverse Learners (fall or spring) 3 Academic Concentration 3 Additional Teaching Field 6 University Studies 6 Total 16 hrs Total 18 hrs EDN 352 Dev Read & Writing Competence2 3 EDN 318 Middle School 1 3 Additional Teaching Field 6 Academic Concentration 3 Total 15 hrs Total 18 hrs
3
Senior Year University Studies 15 hrs
4
EDN 3xx 3 EDN 421 Seminar in Education 2
EDN 411 Practicum4 12 EDN 323 if Math licensure EDN 335 if Social Studies licensure EDN 338 if Science licensure EDN 355 if Language Arts licensure EDN 3xx3 3 EDN 353 Thematic Unit Lab 1
Academic Concentration 6 Additional Teaching Field 3 Total 16 hrs Total 14 hrs
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1 2 3 4 Minimum of 124 hours required for graduation. EDN courses numbered above EDN 303 require admission to WCE. EDN 303 should be taken before methods courses. EDN 352 is a pre‐requisite for EDN 355. Note that EDN 301 and EDN 318 are pre‐requisites for all subject methods courses: EDN 323, 335, 338, and 355. EDN 353 is a co‐requisite with the fall only methods courses: EDN 323, 335, 338, and 355. Students must complete pre‐reqs of EDN 301 and EDN 318 before taking these courses In order to enroll in EDN 421 and EDN 411, a grade of C‐ or better is required in all education courses, with a 2.7 cumulative GPA on all work attempted at UNCW.