Middle School Education Certification Minor

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Fifty-six semester hours of courses with an EDUC field code plus ANTH 270 or SOCI 270 . Minor is restricted to the following specific 59 hours of coursework. Students must complete at least half of the Education coursework through Columbia College and maintain a 3.0 GPA.

Education Coursework

SOCI 270 - Minority Cultures and Relations 3 hours or
ANTH 270 - Minority Cultures and Relations 3 hours
EDUC 100 - Introduction to Education 3 hours ^1, ²
EDUC 198 - Field Experience I 1 hours ¹
EDUC 200 - Law, Ethics, and Education 3 hours ³
EDUC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours or
PSYC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours
EDUC 270 - Literature for Children and Adolescents 3 hours
EDUC 298 - Field Experience II 1 hours ¹
EDUC 300 - Techniques of Teaching 3 hours ¹
EDUC 311 - Classroom and Behavior Management Techniques 3 hours ¹
EDUC 322 - Educational Measurement and Assessment 3 hours
EDUC 326 - Middle School Methods 3 hours
EDUC 331 - Teaching Reading 3 hours ¹
EDUC 337 - Teaching Language Arts in Middle and Elementary Schools 3 hours
EDUC 338 - Content Reading and Writing 3 hours ¹
EDUC 390 - Education and Psychology of the Exceptional Child 3 hours
EDUC 396 - Child and Adolescent Development 3 hours or
PSYC 396 - Child and Adolescent Development 3 hours
EDUC 400 - Senior Seminar 3 hours (Take course in the semester prior to student teaching)
EDUC 424 - Student Teaching in the Middle School 12 hours ⁴ (16 weeks)

Teaching Methods Course (3 sem. hrs)

Select course that corresponds with desired content area:

Math - EDUC 360
Social Studies - EDUC 362
Science - EDUC 365
English - EDUC 367
Speech/Theatre - EDUC 368

Note(s):

¹Includes Field Experience
² Must be taken within first 9 hrs of EDUC classes
³ Meets college Ethics requirement
⁴ Must receive a “B” or higher for certification