Middle School Education, BSE-Language and Literacy

Middle school education (grades 4 to 8) is designed for students who want to teach in a specific content area (English/language arts, reading, and TESOL) in upper elementary and middle school settings.

 

 

Total Semester Hours Required for Degree: 124

TCU Core Curriculum: 39 Hours

Prior to Entry into College of Education: 9 hours

EDUC 20003	Critical Investigation: Teaching and Learning	3
EDUC 41113	Schools, Curriculum, and Society	3
EDUC 30103	Developmental Psychology of Adolescence	3

Junior Year through Senior Year/Semester 1: 57 hours

EDMS 30001	Professional Practice Seminar	1
EDUC 30113	Digital Literacy, Learning, and Citizenship in Education	3
EDUC 30123	Educational Psychology	3
EDUC 30603	Study of Exceptional Students	3
EDUC 50663	Motivating and Managing Students in the Classroom	3
	OR
EDSP 55663	Motivating and Managing Students in the Classroom	3
EDMS 51103	Assessment	3
	OR
EDUC 55313	Educational Assessment	3
EDMS 41151	Field Experience in Education	1

EDUC 30001 must be taken semester prior to student teaching

EDMS 41151 is required two semesters

Content Methods Courses- refer to content area course requirements

Senior Year/Semester 2: 6 hours

EDMS 40986	Student Teaching in the Middle School	6
	OR
EDUC 55980	Advanced Clinical Teaching	1.00-6.00

Content Area Course Requirements

Select 3 hours from:

ENGL 10103	Introduction to Fiction	3
ENGL 10113	Introduction to Poetry	3
ENGL 10123	Introduction to Drama	3
ENGL 10203	Introduction to Creative Writing	3

Select 3 hours from:

Select 6 hours from English Major: Area A – American Literature

Select 3 hours from English Major: Area B – British Literature

Select 3 hours from English Major: Area C – Writing

Select 6 hours from English Major: Area D – Theory

EDMS 50173	Development of Written Communication	3
EDUC 50503	Foundations of Language Acquisition	3
EDUC 50513	TESOL Methods and Assessment	3
EDEC 41132	Learner Centered Teaching: Reading Instruction in Grades 3-6	2