MIDDLE LEVEL (4-8) ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING – NON-CERTIFICATION
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
PROGRAM (120 CREDITS)
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE
For those students who wish to earn a degree in Education but do not wish to pursue state teaching certification, the Education Department of UVF provides a non-certification degree in Middle Level English/Language Arts and Reading. The non-certification education programs provides field experiences but does not require student teaching and seminar. In place of student teaching, students will take electives that may contribute to a minor of the student’s choice. Because this non-certification program does not allow the students to be eligible for teacher certification, students must have a minimal cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 to graduate from this education program . Eligible students will receive the Bachelor of Science – Education degree.
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
EDU | 133 | Child and Adolescent Development | 3 | cr |
EDU | 163 | Principles of Adolescent Education | 3 | cr |
EDU | 340 | Methods of Teaching ELD | 3 | cr |
EDU | 353 | Teaching Social Studies | 3 | cr |
EDU | 354 | Reading & Writing Across Curriculum | 3 | cr |
EDU | 363 | Teaching Science | 3 | cr |
EDU | 373 | Language & Literacy Development | 3 | cr |
EDU | 383 | Field Experience (0 .5 credits for 2 semesters) | 1 | cr |
EDU | 423 | Differentiated Reading Instruction | 3 | cr |
EDU | 433 | Teaching Mathematics | 3 | cr |
EDU | 443 | Classroom Management | 3 | cr |
EDU | 453 | Assessment & Measurement | 3 | cr |
Electives | 12 | cr | ||
LIT | 291 | Introduction to Literary Criticism | 3 | cr |
LIT | 325 | Literature for Adolescents & Young Adults | 3 | cr |
MLE | 223 | Field Experience | 0 | cr |
MTH | 123 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | cr |
MTH | 233 | Survey of Mathematics II | 3 | cr |
SCI | 143 | Ecology & Environmental Science | 3 | cr |
SPE | 223 | Introduction to Exceptionalities | 3 | cr |
SPE | 403 | Inclusion & Collaboration | 3 | cr |
TOTAL | 67 CREDITS |
CORE REQUIREMENTS
BIB | 103 | Introduction to Biblical Interpretation | 3 | cr | |
CMS | 233 | Educational Technology | 3 | cr | |
EDU | 413 | Multicultural Education | 3 | cr | |
ENG | 123 | College Writing & Research | 3 | cr | |
ENG | 153 | Foundations of Rhetoric | 3 | cr | |
U .S . History Course – Choose one: | 3 | cr | |||
HIS | 233 | U .S . History – Colonization to Reconstruction | |||
HIS | 243 | U .S . History – Reconstruction to the Present | |||
LIT | 203 | Understanding & Appreciating Poetry | 3 | cr | |
English/American Literature Course – Choose one: | 3 | cr | |||
LIT | 243 | English Literature | |||
LIT | 253 | American Literature I | |||
LIT | 254 | American Literature II | |||
MTH | 133 | Survey of Mathematics I | 3 | cr | |
NWT | 113 | New Testament Survey | 3 | cr | |
OLT | 123 | Old Testament Survey | 3 | cr | |
PHE | Activity Course | 1 | cr | ||
PHE | 281 | Health & Nutrition | 1 | cr | |
PHL | 113 | Worldviews | 3 | cr | |
POL | 203 | American Republic | 3 | cr | |
PSY | 383 | Educational Psychology | 3 | cr | |
SCI | 113 | Physical Science | 3 | cr | |
SOC | 103 | Life Formation | 3 | cr | |
Theology Course – Choose one: | 3 | cr | |||
THE | 115 | Thinking Theologically | |||
THE | 233 | An Introduction to the History & Theology of the AG | |||
TOTAL | 53 CREDITS |
General Education Core requirement for FNA 113 Fine Arts met by LIT 203 Understanding and Appreciating Poetry.