Middle Childhood Education

Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2022

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General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)

Bookends (2 Hours)

• Launch Seminar (1)
• Reflection Seminar (1)

Foundations (22-25 Hours)

• Writing & Information Literacy (3)
• Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
• Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
• Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
• Natural Science (4-5)
• Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
• Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)

Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)

Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.

• Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
• Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
  • Lived Environments
  • Origins & Evolution
  • Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
  • Sustainability
  • Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Number, Nature, Mind

College Requirement (1 Hour)

• EHE 1100 College Survey (1)

Pre-Major Requirements (16 Hours)

• EDUCST 2189S First Education Experience Program (FEEP) (3)
• ESEPSY 2309 Psychological Perspectives on Education (3)
• Choose one:
  • ESPHE 3206 School and Society (can overlap with GE Race, Ethnicity, & Gender Diversity) (3)
  • ESPHE 4280 History of Modern Education (3)
  • ESPHE 3410 Philosophy of Education (can overlap with GE Historical & Cultural Studies)
• TLED 2189 Field Experience (1)
• TLTED 5468 Foundations of Reading and Literacy (3)
• Choose one:
  • HDFS 2410 Child Development (can overlap with GE Social & Behavioral Sciences) (3)
  • TLED 3160 Application of Development in Learning Contexts (can overlap with GE Social & Behavioral Sciences) (3)
  • ESEPSY 5401 Adolescent Learning and Development in School Contexts (3)

Major Requirements (44 Hours)

B- minimum grade required in all Major Requirements

• TLTED 5005 Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Education (can overlap with GE Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World) (3)
• TLTED 5220 Foundations of Middle Childhood Teaching and Learning (3)
• TLTED 5225 Diverse Literature and Comprehension – Elementary-Middle Education (3)
• TLTED 5226 Composing Print + Digital Multimodal Texts (3)
• TLTED 5469 Language & Word Study for All Learners (3)
• Choose one:
  • TLTED 5501 Inclusion: Philosophical, Social, and Practice Issues: General Student Body (3)
  • ESSPED 2251 Introduction to the Special Education Profession (3)
• ESQREM 3005 Learner Centered Assessment (3)
• Methods Courses: Take the TWO Methods courses associated with content area choices (3+3)
  • TLTED 5230 Language Arts Methods for Preservice Middle Childhood Teachers
  • TLTED 5270 Mathematics Methods for Preservice Middle Childhood Teachers
  • TLTED 5275 Science Methods for Preservice Middle Childhood Teachers
  • TLTED 5280 Social Studies Methods for Preservice Middle Childhood Teachers
• TLTED 3189.02 Field Experience: Middle Childhood Education (1)
• TLTED 4189.02 Advanced Field Experience: Middle Childhood Education (2)
• TLTED 5195.02 Reflective Seminar: Middle Childhood Education (1+1+2)
• TLTED 5191.02 Supervised Student Teaching Internship: Middle Childhood Education (10)

Content Requirements (35-44 Hours)

Each student must choose TWO concentrations/content areas from below. All content courses should be completed prior to Major Requirements. 2.75 GPA required in each concentration/content area.

Integrated Language Arts (21)

• TLED 3356 Literature for Adolescents (3)
• ENGLISH 3271 Structure of the English Language (3)
• American Literature: Choose one course (3):
  • ENGLISH 2290 Colonial and U.S. Literature to 1865
  • ENGLISH 2291 U.S. Literature: 1865 to Present
  • ENGLISH 4550 Special Topics in Colonial and Early National Literature of the U.S.
  • ENGLISH 4551 Special Topics in 19th-Century U.S. Literature
  • ENGLISH 4553 20th-Century U.S. Fiction
• World Literature: Choose one course (3):
  • AFAMAST 2251 Introduction to African Literature
  • CLAS 2220 Classical Mythology
  • COMPSTD 2101 Literature and Society
  • COMPSTD 2301 Introduction to World Literature
  • FRENCH 1801 Masterpieces of the French-Speaking World
  • RUSSIAN 2250.01 Masterpieces of Russian Literature
• Oral Communication: Choose one course (3):
  • AGRCOMM 3130 Oral Expression in Agriculture
  • COMM 2110 Principles of Effective Public Speaking
  • COMM 2367 Persuasive Communication
  • TLTED 5101 Teaching and Learning with Drama: Introduction
• Written Communication: Choose one course (3):
  • Any course numbered 2367
  • ENGLISH 3398 Methods for the Study of Literature
  • ENGLISH 3467S Issues and Methods in Tutoring Writing
• Media Studies: Choose one course (3):
  • COMM 1100 Communication in Society
  • COMM 2540 Introduction to Communication Technology
  • COMPSTD 3607 Film and Literature as Narrative Art
  • ENGLISH 2263 Introduction to Film
  • ENGLISH 2269 Digital Media Composing
  • ENGLISH 3378 Special Topics in Film and Literature
  • WGSST 2317 Gender at the Movies: Hollywood and Beyond

Mathematics (16-23)

• Choose one:
  • Math Placement L
  • MATH 1148 College Algebra (4) and MATH 1149 Trigonometry (3)
  • MATH 1150 Precalculus (5)
• Choose one:
  • STAT 1350.xx Elementary Statistics (3)
  • STAT 1450.xx Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (3)
• Choose ONE Math sequence below: (13)
  • MATH 1165 Math for Middle School Teachers I (5), MATH 1166 Math for Middle School Teachers II (5), MATH 2138 Calculus and its History for Teachers (3)
  • MATH 1135 Number and Operations for Teachers (5), MATH 1136 Measurement and Geometry for Teachers (5), MATH 2138 Calculus and its History for Teachers (3)

Science (19-21)

• Choose one:
  • BIOLOGY 1101 Introductory Biology (4)
  • BIOLOGY 1113.01 Biological Sciences: Energy Transfer and Development (4)
• Choose one:
  • BIOLOGY 1102 Human Biology (4)
  • BIOLOGY 1114.01 Biological Sciences: Form, Function, Diversity, and Ecology (4)
• Choose one:
  • CHEM 1110 Elementary Chemistry (5)
  • CHEM 1210 General Chemistry I (5)
• Choose one:
  • PHYSICS 1106.01 Physics by Inquiry: Properties of Matter, Heat and Temperature, and Forces and Motion (5)
  • PHYSICS 1104 World of Energy: Light, Thermodynamics, Energy Sources (3)
• EARTHSC 1121 The Dynamic Earth (3)

Social Studies (21)

• ANTHROP 2202 An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
• Choose one:
  • ECON 2001.01 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
  • ECON 2002.01 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
• Choose one:
  • GEOG 2400 Economic and Social Geography (3)
  • GEOG 2750 World Regional Geography (3)
• Choose one:
  • HISTORY 1151 American History to 1877 (3)
  • HISTORY 2001 Launching America (3)
• Choose one:
  • HISTORY 1681 World History to 1500 (3)
  • HISTORY 2641 Global History to 1500 (3)
  • HISTORY 2651 World History before the Modern Age (3)
• Choose one:
  • HISTORY 1682 World History from 1500 to Present (recommended) (3)
  • HISTORY 2642 Global History 1500 to Present (recommended) (3)
  • HISTORY 2650 The World since 1914 (3)
• Choose one: 
  • POLITSC 1200 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
  • POLITSC 1165 Introduction to Politics (3)
  • POLITSC 2400 Introduction to Political Theory (3)

To be recommended for state of Ohio teacher licensure students must maintain a B- minimum grade in all major requirements and a B- or higher grade in student teaching. Students must also maintain a 2.75 cumulative GPA and a 2.75 content GPA.

Successful completion of the Ohio Assessment for Educators examinations is required prior to student teaching.

Total Hours: 106-145

Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 0-14

Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on requirement course choices and/or the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.