The Middle Grades Education program requires students to choose a content area for licensure. CUC’s approved content areas for Middle Grades are listed below:
Literacy Education Coursework (27 hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 6 | |
| Middle Grades: Development and Philosophy | ||
| Content and Methods of Middle/Secondary English | ||
| Select remaining 21 hours from the following: | 21 | |
| Speech Communication (Included in Gen Ed or program requirement) 1 | ||
| Content and Methods for Elementary Literacy | ||
| Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas (Included in Gen Ed or program requirement) 1 | ||
| Content and Methods of Middle/Secondary English | ||
| Theoretical Foundations of Teaching ESL Students | ||
| Literature for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults (This may satisfy a Gen Ed requirement) | ||
or ENG-4150 | Literature/Related Media for Adolescents | |
| Foundations of Literacy (Included in Gen Ed or program requirement)) 1 | ||
| Linguistics and Language Development for Diverse Learners | ||
| English Composition (Included in Gen Ed or program requirement)) 1 | ||
| Writing About Literature (Included in Gen Ed or program requirement)) 1 | ||
| Linguistics | ||
| Non-Western Literature (Meets Global Emphasis requirement) | ||
| U.S. Latina/o Literature(s) | ||
| Greek & Roman Mythology | ||
| Lewis and Tolkien | ||
| African American Literature | ||
| Classical World Literature | ||
| Modern World Literature | ||
| British Literature to 1785 | ||
| Major American Authors | ||
| Literary Theory & Criticism (Recommended Course) | ||
| Shakespeare | ||
| Twentieth Century American Fiction | ||
| Twentieth Century Poetry | ||
| Total Hours | 27 | |
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Included in General Education or program requirements above.
Mathematics Education Coursework (27 Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | 18 | |
| Middle Grades: Development and Philosophy | ||
| Content and Methods of Middle/Secondary Math | ||
| Mathematics for Teachers: Number and Measurement (prerequisites and required) 1 | ||
| Statistics 1 | ||
or MAT-3010 | Probability and Statistics | |
| Calculus for Business and Life Sciences | ||
or MAT-2500 | Calculus I | |
| College Geometry | ||
| Select three additional Math courses from the list below | 9 | |
| Discrete Mathematics | ||
| Problem Solving with Number Theory | ||
| Calculus II | ||
| Calculus III | ||
| Differential Equations | ||
| History of Mathematics | ||
| Mathematical Proof | ||
| Linear Algebra | ||
| Number Theory | ||
| Group Theory | ||
| Probability Theory | ||
| Mathematical Statistics | ||
| Real Analysis | ||
| Complex Analysis | ||
| Total Hours | 27 | |
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Courses are Prerequisites for methods.
Science Education (STEM Emphasis) Coursework (27 hours)
Prerequisite: EDUC-3400 Integrated Sciences – STEM
Integrated Sciences: STEM (Required for Middle Grades Science majors. Recommended for Secondary Biology.) Must include physical science, life science AND earth/space science. General Education and pre-requisite courses may be applied.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 6 | |
| Middle Grades: Development and Philosophy | ||
| Content and Methods of Middle/Secondary Science | ||
| Select remaining 21 hours from the following | 21 | |
| Integrated Sciences – STEM (prerequisites and required) | ||
| Biology in the World Today (With Lab) | ||
| General Biology I (With Lab) | ||
| General Biology II (With Lab) | ||
| Microbiology (With Lab) | ||
| General Ecology (With Lab) | ||
| Consumer Chemistry (With Lab) | ||
| Fundamentals of Chemistry (With Lab) | ||
| General Chemistry I (With Lab) | ||
| Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry (With Lab) | ||
| Elements of Earth Science (With Lab) | ||
| Physics of Things We Use (With Lab) | ||
| Elementary Physics I (With Lab) | ||
| Elementary Physics II (With Lab) | ||
| Total Hours | 27 | |
Social Sciences Coursework (27 hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 18 | |
| Middle Grades: Development and Philosophy (Pre-requisites and Required course) | ||
| Content and Methods of Middle/Secondary Social Science (Pre-requisites and Required course) | ||
| World Geography: Culture Patterns (Pre-requisites and Required course) | ||
| History of the American People to 1877 (Pre-requisites and Required course) | ||
| History of the American People since 1877 (Pre-requisites and Required course) | ||
| A History of Illinois (Pre-requisites and Required course) | ||
| 9 Additional hours from the categories of: Economics, Geography, History, and/or Civics/Government in relation to Illinois , United States, and/or the world. | 9 | |
| Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Elements of Earth Science (With Lab) | ||
| Geography of North America | ||
| The Developing World | ||
| World History to 1500 | ||
| World History Since 1500 | ||
| Seminar in Writing and Researching History | ||
| African History | ||
| The Age of Reform, 1400-1650 | ||
| Europe In Our Time: 1918-Present | ||
| Rise and Decline of Modern Europe: 1799-1918 | ||
| Antebellum America | ||
| Contemporary America | ||
| The American Religious Experience | ||
| Twentieth Century World History | ||
| Non-Western Historical Studies | ||
| Introduction to Sustainability (With Lab) | ||
| American Government and Politics (Total Hours ) | ||
| Total Hours | 27 | |