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Degree Requirements

To graduate from the Department of Education with a degree in Middle Grades Education, students must:
  1. Satisfy all requirements for final internship.
  2. Receive a passing grade for EDU 480 Internship and EDU 481 Internship Seminar.
  3. Satisfactorily complete all requirements for a bachelor’s degree as set forth elsewhere in the catalog.
To qualify for final internship, students must:
  1. Have completed all specialization courses and all EDU courses; however, EDU 428 may be completed concurrently with final internship.
  2. Have a 2.5 overall GPA and a minimum of 2.0 in all education courses.
  3. Complete a background check prior to placement.
  4. Complete a formal application by February 15 or October 15 prior to the internship semester.
  5. Have passed all portions of the Florida Teacher Certification Exam.
Program Components Credit Hours
LINK (General Education and Physical Education) 50
Education Prerequisites 6
EDU 228 Educational Technology 3
EDU 328 The Adolescent Learner 3
Core Courses 37
EDU 304 Human Exceptionalities 3
EDU 326 Reading Foundations 3

EDU 333

Adolescent Literacy

3

EDU 336

Teaching Reading in the Content Areas

3
EDU 350 Middle School Curriculum/Philosophy 3
EDU 425 Educational Management & Organization 3
EDU 427 Educational Assessment 3
EDU 428 Education Governance 3
EDU 436 Writing Across the Curriculum 3
EDU 450 Practicum I in Middle/Secondary Schools 1
EDU 455 Practicum I Seminar 1
EDU 470 Middle Grades Practicum II 1
EDU 471 Practicum II Seminar 2
EDU 480 Final Internship 9
EDU 481 Final Internship Seminar 1
English Specialization Courses 27
ENG 201 Expository Writing 3
ENG 220 Intro to Literature Study an Research 3
ENG 225
ENG 226
ENG 311		 Survey of World Literature I     or
Survey of World Literature II     or
Survey of Major Writers of the 20th Century 		3
ENG 312 Foundations of British Literature I 3
ENG 320 Foundations of American Literature 3
ENG 340 Select Topics in Literary Study 3
EDU 341 ESOL Foundation 3
EDU 342 ESOL Applications 3
EDU 451 English/Language Arts Methods in the Middle and Secondary School 3
Mathematics Specialization Courses 22
MAT 131* College Mathematics 3
* may fulfill General Education math requirement
MAT 151 College Algebra 3
MAT 161 Precalculus 3
MAT 201 Introduction to Statistics 3
MAT 231 Calculus I 4
MAT 320 History of Math
or other upper level math elective		 3

EDU 340

ESOL Strategies

 3
EDU 452 Mathematics Methods in the Middle and Secondary School 3
Science Specialization courses 30
BIO 130/130L Zoology and Lab 4
BIO 223/223L Botany and Lab 4
CHE 123/123L General Chemistry I and Lab 4
BIO 225/225L
BIO 240/240L 		Human Anatomy & Physiology and Lab    or
Cell Biology and Lab 		4
BIO 325/325L
ENV 201/201L 		Ecology and Lab          or
Environmental Science and Lab 		4
MAT 131 College Mathematics or higher 3

EDU 340

ESOL Strategies

 3
EDU 453 Science Methods in the Middle and Secondary School 3
Plus one additional science elective 200 level or higher. Recommended –
General Physics I (PHY 221/221L)        or
Anatomy/Physiology I or II with Lab (BIO 225/225L or BIO 226/226L)        or
Cell Biology with Lab (BIO 240/240L) 		4
Social Science Specialization courses 24
ECO 201 Macroeconomics 3
GEO 221 Intro to Physical & Cultural Geography 3
HTY 121* United States History  to 1865  3
 * Should be used to fulfill 2nd global perspective course
HTY 122 United States History since 1865 3
HTY 123
HTY 124 		Western Civilization  to 1500       or
Western Civilization since 1500 		3
POL 223 American Federal Government 3

EDU 340

ESOL Strategies

 3
EDU 454 Social Studies Methods in the Middle and Secondary School 3
Plus any one of the following: 3
HTY  225 Far Eastern Civilization     or
HTY 227 Latin America     or
HTY 233 The Modern Middle East
Elective Credits 0-1
Total Credits 122-129