Middle Education: English (Grades 6-8), B. S.

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The Ferrum College Teacher Education Program prepares caring and competent pre-professionals as decision-makers for the diverse contexts of 21st-century classrooms, schools and communities. Building upon a solid liberal arts foundation, the Bachelor of Science in Middle Education program assists candidates to develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to become effective and caring teachers in grades 6-8. This major requires a minimum cumulative 2.8 GPA and a minimum 3.0 GPA in education courses.

Any student wishing to prepare for a career teaching middle grades 6-8 may do so by selecting the Middle Education program with an emphasis in one of the following areas:

Mathematics
Science
English
History and Social Sciences

Middle/Secondary (6-12) Education Pre-Service Foundations Certificate [18 Credits]

Requires a minimum 3.0 GPA in Education Courses.

EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education 3 Credit(s).
EDU 312 - Content Area Literacy 3 Credit(s).
EDU 330 - The Middle School 3 Credit(s).
EDU 355 - Secondary and Middle School Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Strategies 3 Credit(s).
EDU 357 - Secondary and Middle School Classroom Management and Differentiated Instructional Strategies 3 Credit(s).
SPD 220 - Survey of Exceptional and Special Education 3 Credit(s).

English Emphasis Requirements [45 Credits]

All EDU courses require a minimum 3.0 GPA
EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education 3 Credit(s).
EDU 314 - The Teaching of English 3 Credit(s).
EDU 404 - Student Teaching and Synthesis Experience 12 Credit(s).
Choose one of the following two World Literature Courses:
ENG 201 - World Literature I 3 Credit(s).
ENG 202 - World Literature II 3 Credit(s).
Choose one of the following two American Literature Courses:
ENG 205 - American Literature I 3 Credit(s).
ENG 206 - American Literature II 3 Credit(s).
Required:
ENG 200 - Introduction to Literary Studies 3 Credit(s).
ENG 209 - African American Literature 3 Credit(s).
ENG 301 - Literature for Children and Adolescents 3 Credit(s).
ENG 338 - Digital Rhetoric 3 Credit(s).
ENG 401 - Literary Criticism 3 Credit(s).
PSY 201 - General Psychology 3 Credit(s).
PSY 211 - Human Growth and Development – Child and Adolescent 3 Credit(s).

Middle Education: English (Grades 6-8), B. S.

Middle/Secondary (6-12) Education Pre-Service Foundations Certificate [18 Credits]

English Emphasis Requirements [45 Credits]

Total Credit Hours Required in Certificate: 18

Total Credit Hours Required in Program: 45

Total Credit Hours Required in Degree: 120