1998-1999 Academic Catalog

Middle Childhood Education The middle childhood education major prepares students to teach upper elementary or middle school: grades 4 to 9. Students will prepare to teach in two of the four major curriculum areas: reading and language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. As part of a major restructuring of Ohio's teacher licensure laws, the middle childhood education licensure program is subject to change. Please see page 84 for details. Course requirements involve 108-118 quarter hours including: Education Core ..................................................................... 22 EDMC-250 Educational Psychology ofMiddle Childhood ...... 5 EDSP-202TeachingExceptional Children ................................ 3 EDSP-206Specia1EducationFieldExperience ......................... 1 EDU-lOOTheEducationProfession ......................................... 1 EDU-101 Contemporary Christian Schools .............................. 0 EDU-200 Introduction to Teaching .......................................... 3 EDU-204Multicultural FieldExperience ................................... 2 EDU-210 Technology in the Classroom ................................... 2 EDU-220 Foundations of Phonics ............................................ 2 EDU-310 Classroom Planning and Assessment ....................... 3 Middle Childhood Methods - !.............................................. 16 EDMC-420 Phonics and the Structure of Language ................ 3 EDMC-430 Teaching Reading through Middle Childhood Literature ................................................................................ 5 EDMC-439Middle School ClinicalExperience I ....................... 3 EDMC-445 Responsive Schools for Middle Childhood ........... 4 EDSP-401 Principles oflnclusion ............................................. 1 Extensive field e.1periences allow education majors to apply teaching principles 'and develop skills that will be used in the .fi1ture. Middle Childhood Methods - II ............................................ 16 EDMC-449Middle School ClinicalExperience II ..................... 3 EDU-450 Philosophy ofEducation .......................................... 3 Two of the following depending on concentration areas: EDMC-440Middle School Curriculum and Instruction: Mathematics ....................................................................... 5 EDMC-441 Middle School Curriculum and Instruction: Science ............................................................................... 5 EDMC-442Middle School Curriculumand Instruction: Social Studies ..................................................................... 5 EDMC-444 Writing Process and Language Arts for Middle School .................................................................... 5 Student Teaching ............................................................ 12-16 EDMC-470 Supervised Student Teaching and Seminar (Middle Childhood) ............................................ 12-16 ConcentrationAreas Mathematics ..................................................................... .'.... 40 EDMC-380 Topics in Middle School Mathematics ................. 5 *EDMC-440 Middle School Curriculumand Instruction: Mathematics ........................................................................... 5 *EDU-180 Principles ofMathematics I .................................... 5 *EDU-280 Principles ofMathematics II ................................... 5 GSCI-184CollegeAlgebra ........................................................ 5 MATH-281 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I ........................ 5 MATH-282 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II ....................... 5 MATH-303 Logic and Methods of Proof.. ............................... 5 Social Studies ........................................................................ 37 ECON-233Micro-Economics ................................................... 4 *GE0-250 Introduction to Geography ..................................... 2 *GSS-100 Foundations of Social Science ................................. 5 HIST-111 United States History I............................................. 5 (or HIST-112 United States History II ................................... 5) HIST-201 History ofCivilization I ............................................ 4 (or HIST-202 History ofCivilization II ................................... 4) (or HIST-203 History ofCivilization III .................................. 4) HIST-321 History and Politics of East Asia ............................. 4 (or HIST-322 The Middle East: History and Politics ............. 4) *HIST-375Socia1Movements ................................................. 4 POLS-261 AmericanNational Government .............................. 5 (or POLS-262 American State and Local Government ........... 5) *Global geography elective ..................................................... 4 Science .................................................................................. 40 *BI0-100 Principles ofBiology ................................................ 5 (or BI0-114 Introduction to Biology ..................................... 5) BI0-101 Environmental Biology ............................................... 5 CHEM-154PrinciplesofChemist1y .......................................... 5 *EDMC-441 Middle School Curriculum and Instruction: Science ................................................................................. 5 *GSCI-160 Principles ofEarth and Space Science .................... 5 *GSCI-222Physical Science for Elementary Education ............ 5 Science electives (200 level or above) ............................... 10