Middle Grades Education offers two concentrations:  Language Arts & Social Studies and Mathematics & Science. These programs are in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The major prepares students for careers in teaching where they can effectively educate young adolescents while being responsible for their unique needs, interests, and abilities. Graduates can earn licensure for teaching grades 6-9 in two subject disciplines: language arts and social studies or mathematics and science.

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Courses include:

Introduction to 21st. Century Teaching, Educational Psychology, Writing Across the Curriculum, Literature for Adolescents, Teaching the Exceptional Child

College	College of Education
Discipline	Education Humanities
Academic Department	Middle Grades Education
Departmental Contact	Ms. Amanda Beller
Major Overview	Middle Grades Education
Plan Requirements	Middle Grades Education-Language Arts and Social Studies Middle Grades Education-Mathematics and Science
Semester Sequence	Middle Grades Education-Language Arts and Social Studies Middle Grades Eduation-Mathematics and Science
Related Majors	None
Minors	None
Related Minors	None
Skills You Could Develop	Instructional Organization
Learn More About This Major	Middle Grades Education
Career Titles	Teacher Instructional Coordinators
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