Middle Childhood Education- Bachelor of Science in Education
Middle Childhood licensure programs have been designed to meet the growing needs of the late-elementary and pre-high school students (grades 4-9). The middle school philosophy promotes the transition from the self-contained classroom typical of the elementary grades to the content specialization of the high school curriculum. As a Middle Childhood Education major, you will specialize in two of four areas-language arts, mathematics, science, or social studies, and will be licensed to teach reading within your grade band.
The Middle Childhood Education program gives you a variety of practical classroom experiences throughout your program. As soon as your first year, you will get a feel for teaching by spending time in school classrooms. Your second year contains a block of courses in which significant time is spent in two different classroom settings and in the third year of the program, you will take a block of methodology of teaching classes in which you spend a quarter of the term in schools, working directly with teachers. Finally, during your fourth year, you will spend an entire semesters as a student teacher (or intern) in the schools and will be regularly visited by a Miami student-teaching supervisor for consultation and guidance.
Teaching requires such knowledge as the characteristics of learners, social structures of schools, families and communities, assessment techniques, classroom practices, law, statistics, electronic support systems, curriculum, and resources. In the professional education sequence, you investigate this knowledge and combine it with extensive experiences in a variety of schools. As you progress through the professional education sequence, you spend increasing time with experienced teachers in a variety of urban, suburban, and rural schools. Your experiences will range from helping individual students in the schools to being responsible for an entire classroom of students.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required for all Middle Childhood Concentrations | ||
| EDL 204 | Sociocultural Studies in Education | 3 |
| EDP 201 | Human Development and Learning in Social and Educational Contexts | 3 |
| EDP 256 | Psychology of the Exceptional Learner | 3 |
| TCE 191 | Threshold Concepts of Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to American Cultures | ||
| Cultural Diversity in the U.S. | ||
| Asian American Literature | ||
| Caribbean, Latin American, and Latinx Literatures | ||
| Geography of Urban Diversity | ||
| Adolescent Development in Diverse Families: Ages 13-25 | ||
| Strength Through Cultural Diversity | ||
| Living in a Gendered World | ||
| Early Field Block | ||
| Take the following three courses concurrently: | ||
| TCE 247 | Foundations of Literacy for primary and middle childhood education | 3 |
| TCE 252M | Early Field Experience: Middle Childhood | 3 |
| TCE 347 | Phonological Awareness and Phonics for primary and middle childhood education | 3 |
| Methods Block | ||
| Take the following courses the fall semester following the Early Field Block: | ||
| EDP 448 | Literacy Assessment, Instruction, and Intervention | 3 |
| TCE 411 | Culturally & Linguistically Responsive Concepts in the Middle Childhood Classroom | 3 |
| TCE 412 | Middle Childhood Teaching Methods | 3 |
| TCE 421M | Classroom Cultures, Community, and Climate | 3 |
| Practicum Block | ||
| Take the following two courses together spring semester following Methods Block: | ||
| EDL 318M | Teacher Leadership and School Organization | 3 |
| TCE 447 | Vocabulary, Comprehension and Writing for primary and middle childhood education | 3 |
| Internship | ||
| TCE 419M | Teaching Internship-Middle Childhood | 15 |
| Concentrations | ||
| Select two concentrations | 37-45 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 94-102 | |
Concentrations
Language Arts Concentration
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 262 | Children's Literature | 3 |
| ENG 304 | Backgrounds to Composition Theory and Research | 3 |
| LIN 301 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| TCE 423 | Literature and Other Media for Adolescents | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Professional Communication & Digital Rhetoric | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Introduction to Creative Writing: Short Fiction and Poetry | ||
| Writing for Educators | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Greek and Roman Mythology | ||
| Enchanted Worlds: Folk and Literary Fairy Tales | ||
| Magic and Power in Russian Folklore | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
Math Concentration
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MTH 151 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MTH 217 | Mathematics for Middle Childhood Teachers: Structure of Arithmetic and Algebra | 4 |
| MTH 218 | Geometry for Middle Childhood Teachers | 4 |
| MTH 407 | Mathematical Structures Through Inquiry | 3 |
| STA 301 | Applied Statistics | 3-4 |
| or STA 261 | Statistics | |
| TCE 265 | Mathematics: History and Technology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 21-22 | |
Science Concentration
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| TCE 181 | Physical Science and Society | 4-5 |
| or CHM 111 & 111L | Chemistry in Modern Society and Chemistry in Modern Society Laboratory | |
| or CHM 131 | Chemistry of Life Processes | |
| or CHM 141 & CHM 144 | College Chemistry and College Chemistry Laboratory | |
| or PHY 161 | Physics for the Life Sciences with Laboratory I | |
| or PHY 181 & PHY 183 | General Physics I and General Physics Laboratory I | |
| TCE 182 | Earth Science and Society | 4 |
| or GLG 111 & GLG 115L | The Dynamic Earth and Understanding the Earth | |
| or GLG 121 & GLG 115L | Environmental Geology and Understanding the Earth | |
| or GLG 141 & GLG 115L | Geology Of U.S. National Parks and Understanding the Earth | |
| TCE 415 | Inquiry Into Life Science | 3 |
| Select a science elective course 1 | 3 | |
| Select two of the following: | 6-8 | |
| Biotechnology: Coming of Age in the 21st Century | ||
| Biological Concepts: Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, and Diversity | ||
| Biological Concepts: Structure, Function, Cellular, and Molecular Biology | ||
| Environmental Biology | ||
| Plants, Humanity, and Environment | ||
| Field Botany | ||
| Principles of Human Physiology | ||
| Ecology of North America | ||
| Plant Biology | ||
| Microorganisms and Human Disease | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 20-23 | |
Social Studies Concentration
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HST 111 & HST 112 | Survey of American History to 1877 and Survey of American History: From 1877 to the Present | 6 |
| GEO 101 | Global Forces, Local Diversity | 3 |
| TCE 362 | U.S. Political/Economic Experience for Teachers | 4 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| World History to 1500 | ||
| World History Since 1500 | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| What Does It Mean To Be Human? | ||
| Global Cultural Diversity | ||
| Social Relations in the U.S. | ||
| Sociology in a Global Context | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 19-20 | |