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2013-2014 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2013-2014 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Catalog]

Middle School/Junior High Additional Certification

Program: Endorsement
Department of Educational Studies
College of Education and Public Policy

Neff Hall 250 ~ 260-481-6441 ~ www.ipfw.edu/educ

In addition to the major in elementary education or secondary education students may earn middle school/junior high certification in language arts, mathematics, earth and space science, and/or historical perspectives. Each certification requires 24 credits of content courses and a 4-credit middle school practicum. If completing more than one certification, you only need one practicum for all certifications.

EDUC M470 Practicum: Middle School: Credits: 4

Language Arts (24 credits)

British literature elective (300 level or higher) Credits: 3
American literature elective (300 level or higher) Credits: 3

One of the following: Credits: 3

ENG L101 - Western World Masterpieces I: Ancient to Renaissance Cr. 3.
ENG L102 - Western World Masterpieces II: Renaissance to Modern Cr. 3.
Multicultural Literature Cr. 3

One of the following: Credits: 3

ENG L202 - Literary Interpretation Cr. 3.
ENG W233 - Intermediate Expository Writing Cr. 3.

One of the following: Credits: 3

One of the following: Credits: 3

COM 25000 - Mass Communication and Society Cr. 3.
JOUR C200 - Mass Communications Cr. 3.

One of the following: Credits: 3

ENG L390 - Children’s Literature Cr. 3.
ENG L391 - Literature for Young Adults Cr. 3.

One of the following: Credits: 3

EDUC E340 - Methods of Teaching Reading I Cr. 2-3.
Credits: 3
EDUC X401 - Critical Reading in the Content Area Cr. 1-3.
Credits: 3

Earth and Space Science (24 credits)

AST A100 - The Solar System Cr. 3.
BIOL 10000 - Introduction to the Biological World Cr. 3.
BIOL 10001 - Introduction to the Biological World Laboratory Cr. 1.
CHM 11100 - General Chemistry Cr. 3.
GEOL G100 - General Geology Cr. 3-5.
Credits: 3
GEOL L100 - General Geology Laboratory Cr. 1-2.
Science electives Credits: 0–1

One of the following Credits: 3

BIOL 34900 - Environmental Science Cr. 3.
GEOG G315 - Environmental Conservation Cr. 3.
GEOL G300 - Environmental and Urban Geology Cr. 3.
FNR 10300 - Introduction to Environmental Conservation Cr. 3.

One of the following Credits: 3-5

PHYS 13100 - Concepts in Physics I Cr. 3.
PHYS 15200 - Mechanics Cr. 5.

One of the following Credits: 3

EDUC Q200 - Introduction to Scientific Inquiry Cr. 1-3.
Credits: 3
EDUC Q400 - Man and Environment: Instructional Methods Cr. 3.

Mathematics (24 credits)

Computer science elective Credits: 3
Mathematics, computer science, or statistics electives Credits: 2–3

MA 10100 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I Cr. 3.
MA 10200 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II Cr. 3.
MA 10300 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers III Cr. 3.
MA 15300 - Algebra and Trigonometry I Cr. 3.
(or waiver)
STAT 12500 - Communicating with Statistics Cr. 3.

One of the following Credits: 3-4

Historical Perspectives (24 credits)

HIST H105 - American History I Cr. 3.
HIST H106 - American History II Cr. 3.
HIST H113 - History of Western Civilization I Cr. 3.
HIST H114 - History of Western Civilization II Cr. 3.
HIST H232 - The World in the 20th Century Cr. 3.
HIST H300-400 level elective (preferably in non-Western history)
POLS Y103 - Introduction to American Politics Cr. 3.

One of the following Credits: 3

ECON E200 - Fundamentals of Economics Cr. 3.
ECON E201 - Introduction to Microeconomics Cr. 3.