Undergraduate Programs
Junior High/Middle School Extended Coverage Programs for the Elementary License
These programs allow students completing an elementary program or currently holding an elementary license to extend their teaching certification into the middle school grades in one or more subject areas. Subject areas are mathematics, science, language arts, and social studies.
All students must take the following education courses and then select one or more of the content areas.
Education Courses (14 credits)
- EDUC P475 Adolescent Psychology (3 cr) *
- EDUC S405 Teaching & Learning in the Middle School (3 cr) (Web based)*
- EDUC M470 Practicum (8 cr) **
* Students must be admitted to the Teacher Education program before taking these courses.
** This may be completed as the second student teaching experience for students currently in the elementary program.
Select one or more content areas:
Mathematics (20-22 credits)
- MATH M118 Finite Mathematics*(3 cr.)(prerequisite for MATH 154)
- MATH 154 Algebra and Trigonometry II (3-5 cr.)* or
- MATH 159 Pre-calculus* (prerequisite to MATH 163)
- MATH 163 Integrated Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (5 cr.)
- MATH 300 Logic and Foundations (3 cr.) (prerequisite to MATH 463)
- MATH 463 Intermediate Euclidean Geometry ** (3 cr.)
- CSCI N207 Data Analysis with Spreadsheets* (3 cr.)
Science (19-20 credits)
Students must choose one or more content areas:
Earth Space Science (19 credits)
- GEOL G110 Physical Geology (3 cr.)
- GEOL G120 Physical Geology Lab (1 cr.)
- GEOL G132 Environmental Problems(3 cr.)
- GEOL G209 History of the Earth (3 cr.)
- GEOL G300 Environmental and Urban Geology (3 cr.)
- GEOG G303 Geologic Mapping/Field (3 cr.)
- AST A100 The Solar System (3 cr.) or
- AST A105 Stellar Astronomy
Life Science With Biology Focus (18 credits)
- BIOL K101 Concepts of Biology I (5 cr.)
- BIOL K103 Concepts of Biology II (5 cr.)
- BIOL K341 Principles of Ecology (3 cr.)
- CHEM C105 Principles of Chemistry I (3 cr.)
- CHEM C125 Principles of Chemistry Lab I (2 cr.)
Biological Science (20 credits)
- CHEM C105 Principles of Chemistry I (3 cr.)
- CHEM C125 Principles of Chemistry Lab I (2 cr.)
- CHEM C106 Principles of Chemistry II (3 cr.)
- CHEM C126 Principles of Chemistry Lab II (2 cr.)
- PHYS P201 General Physics I (5 cr.)
- PHYS P202 General Physics II (5 cr.)
Social Studies (21 credits)
Students must choose one content area:
Historical Perspectives (21 credits)
- HIST H105 American History I (3 cr)
- HIST H106 American History II (3 cr.)
- HIST H113 Western Civilization I (3 cr.) or
- HIST H108 Perspectives on the World to 1800 (3 cr.)
- HIST H114 Western Civilization II (3 cr.) or
- HIST H109 Perspectives on the World 1800 to Present (3 cr.)
- HIST elective 300 level or higher (3 cr.)
- HIST elective 300 level or higher (3 cr.)
- HIST elective 300 level or higher (3 cr.)
Geographical Perspectives (21 credits)
- GEOG G107 Physical Geography (3 cr.)
- GEOG G110 Human Geography (3 cr.)
- GEOG G130 World Geography (3 cr.)
- GEOG G300 The World of Maps (3 cr.)
- GEOG elective 300 level or higher (3 cr.)
- GEOG elective 300 level or higher (3 cr.)
- GEOG elective 300 level or higher (3 cr.)
Language Arts (21 credits)
- ENG L202 Literary Interpretation (3 cr.
- ENG L213 Literary Masterpieces (3 cr.)
- ENG W206 Creative Writing (3 cr.)
- ENG W313 Art of Fact: Writing Nonfiction Prose(3 cr.)
- ENG W400 Issues in Teaching Writing (3 cr.)
- ENG G204 Rhetorical Issues: Grammar and Usage (3 cr.)
- EDUC X460 Books for Reading Instruction (3 cr.)