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MIDDLE
GRADES EDUCATION (6-9)
This major is intended to prepare
teachers for middle or junior high schools. The requirements provide
breadth in the liberal arts and study in the professional discipline
of education, with emphasis on the instructional needs of the
early adolescent. Specialization areas are: Communication Skills,
Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. Student teaching is done
in one of grades 6 through 9 during the spring semester of the
senior year.
MIDDLE
SCHOOL EDUCATION MAJOR:
94-98 CREDITS
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| Communication:
| 201.
| Speech
Communication
| 3
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| Education:
| 201.
| Foundations
of Education
| 3
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| | 220.
| Child
& Adolescent Development
| 3
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| | 230.
| Educational
Psychology
| 3
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| | 339.
| Literature
for Adolescents
| 3
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| | 343.
| Introduction
to Exceptionalities
| 3
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| | 360.
| Educational
Technology
| 3
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| | 410.
| Middle
School Methods & Materials
| 2
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| | 435.
| Reading
in the Content Area
| 2
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| | 432.
| Field
Experience in the Middle School
| 1
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| | 442.
| Student
Teaching in the Middle School
| 12
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| Healthful
Living:
| 280.
| Methods/Materials-Healthful
Living Education
| 3
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| Political
Science:
| 120.
| American
Government
| 3
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Psychology:
| 100.
| General
Psychology
| 3
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| Other
Requirements:
| | Pass
a Comprehensive Assessment Examination in the major.
| 0
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Choose
two areas of specialization:
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| 1.
Communication Skills
| 23
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| Communication:
| 120.
| Communication
Systems
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| | 209.
| Journalism
I
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| Education:
| 429.
| Teaching
Methods - Language Arts
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| English:
| Choose
one course from:
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204.
Topics in American Literature
205. Topics in English Literature
206. Topics in World Literature
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| | 315.
| History
& Grammar of the English Language
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| | 316.
| Advanced
Expository Writing
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| | Literature
- six credits of electives
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| 2.
Mathematics
| | | 25
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| Education:
| 424.
| Teaching
Methods - Mathematics
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| Mathematics:
| 130.
| Statistics
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| | 165.
| Calculus
I
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| | 166.
| Calculus
II
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| | 220.
| Introduction
to Mathematical Reasoning
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| | 240.
| University
Geometry
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| | 400.
| History
& Philosophy of Mathematics
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| | Choose
one course from:
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225.
Vectors & Matrices
280. Linear Algebra
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| 3.
Science
| | | 26
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| Astronomy:
| 110.
| Descriptive
Astronomy
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| Biology:
| 105.
| Principles
of Biology I
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| | 106.
| Principles
of Biology II
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| | Choose
one course from:
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203.
Vertebrate Zoology
260. Natural History & Field Biology
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| Chemistry:
| 110.
| Concepts
in Chemistry
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| Earth
Science:
| 110.
| Physical
Geology
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| Education:
| 428.
| Teaching
Methods - Science
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| Physics:
| 110.
| Concepts
of Physics
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| 4.
Social Studies
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| 26
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| Economics:
| 121.
| Macroeconomics
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| Education:
| 425.
| Teaching
Methods - Social Studies
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| Geography:
| Choose
one course from:
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101.
Principles of Geography
102. Regional Geography
110. Cultural Geography
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| History:
| 121.
| U.
S. History to 1865
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| | 122.
| U.
S. History since 1865
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| | 230.
| The
Twentieth Century: A Global History
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| | 248.
| North
Carolina History
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| | 251.
| History
of Asian Civilization
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| | 252.
| History
of Africa
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