College of Education at Murray

Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts Degree CIP 13.1203   ACCREDITED BY: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Kentucky Educational Professional Standards Board   NOTE: Requirements for middle school certification are currently being reviewed for possible revision based upon recent changes in Kentucky Teacher Certification regulations. Students are advised requirements may change after publication of this bulletin. Students should check with an advisor in this department.   University Studies Requirements... 46-51 hrs (see Chapter 4, University Studies Requirements)   University Studies selections must include:

• Communication and Basic Skills:
  • COM 161 Introduction to Public Speaking (With a grade of C or better)
• Science and Mathematics:
  • One biological science
• Social Sciences:
  • PSY 180 General Psychology
• University Studies Electives:
  • CSC 199 Introduction to Information Technology (With a grade of C or better)
• Note: Certification also requires a grade of B or better in one English composition course and a grade of C or better in a University Studies math course, public speaking, and EDU 103. Additional requirements for admission to teacher education and student teaching must be met. See advisor or Office of Teacher Education Services for details.

Required Courses for Certification... 45 hrs

• EDP 260 Psychology of Human Development
• EDU 099 Freshman Orientation
• EDU 103 Issues and Practices of American Education (With a grade of C or better)
• EDU 303 Strategies of Teaching
• EDU 383 Evaluation and Measurement in Education
• EDU 403 Structures and Foundations of Education
• HEA 191 Personal Health
• MID 270 Teaching and Learning in the Middle Grades
• MID 307 Middle School Language Arts
• MID 421 Middle School Student Teaching
• REA 407 Middle School Reading
• SED 300 Education of Students with Disabilities: A Collaborative Approach

and two of the following:

• MID 370 Laboratory in Teaching English and Communications: Middle School
• MID 371 Laboratory in Teaching Mathematics: Middle School
• MID 372 Laboratory in Teaching Science: Middle School
• MID 373 Laboratory in Teaching Social Studies: Middle School

Students must select two academic specialization fields from the following:

• English and Communication Field
  1. Composition — one of the following:
     • ENG 204 Advanced Expository Writing
     • ENG 214 Introduction to Creative Writing
     • ENG 404 Advanced Composition
  2. One of the following:
     • ENG 309 History of the English Language
     • ENG 310 Linguistics and English Grammars
     • ENG 328 Standard English Usage
     • ENG 531 Introduction to Linguistic Science
  3. ENG 425 Teaching English, Writing and Grammar in Middle Schools
  4. COM 372 Communication in Educational Environments
  5. ENG 302 American Literature 1890 to the Present
  6. Electives — three of the following:
     • ENG 303 English Literature to 1350-1760
     • ENG 304 English Literature, 1760 to the Present
     • ENG 334 Shakespeare
     • ENG 407 The Short Story
     • ENG 426 Classical Literature or
     • ENG 427 Medieval Literature or ENG 428 Renaissance Literature
     • REA 407 Middle School Reading
• Mathematics Field (Substitutions can only be made by advisor approval in the department concerned. Some courses may be taken as University Studies electives)
  • OPTION I—required courses:
    • CSC 199 Introduction to Information Technology
    • MAT 115 Mathematics for Middle and Elementary Teachers I
    • MAT 135 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
    • MAT 250 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
    • MAT 305 Intermediate Geometry
    • MAT 399 Sets, Logic and Functions
    • Choose between the following:
      • MAT 140 College Algebra and
      • MAT 145 Trigonometry
      • MAT 150 Algebra and Trigonometry
  • OPTION II—minor in mathematics and the following:
    • MAT 115 Mathematics for Middle and Elementary Teachers I
    • MAT 215 Mathematics for Middle and Elementary Teachers II
• Science Field (Substitutions can only be made by advisor approval in the department concerned. Some courses may be taken as University Studies electives)
  1. Biology: three courses for a minimum of nine hours to include:
     • BIO 115 Cellular Basis of Life
     • BIO 116 Biological Inquiry
     • and one of the following:
       • BIO 112 Field Biology
       • BIO 221 Zoology: Animal Form and Function
       • BIO 222 Botany: Plant Form and Function
  2. Either 1, 2, or 3 below.
     1. Chemistry:
        • CHE 101 Consumer Chemistry
        • CHE 105 Introductory Chemistry I
        • CHE 106 Introductory Chemistry II
     2. Geosciences (earth science): three courses for a minimum of nine hours to include:
        • GSC 101 The Earth and the Environment
        • and two of the following:
          • AST 199 Introductory Astronomy
          • GSC 102 Earth Through Time
          • GSC 125 Weather and Climate
     3. Physics: three courses for a minimum of ten hours from the following:
        • OPTION I - required courses:
          • PHY 120 General Physics I
          • PHY 121 General Physics II
          • PHY 370 Introduction to Modern Physics
        • OPTION II - required courses:
          • PHY 235 Mechanics, Heat and Wave Motion
          • PHY 236 Mechanics, Heat and Wave Motion Laboratory
          • PHY 255 Electricity, Magnetism and Light
          • PHY 256 Electricity, Magnetism and Light Laboratory
  3. One course in each of the two areas not selected in section "B" above.
  4. A minimum of nine hours equivalent in MAT, CSC or CIS. The math requirement may be met through the University Studies component.
• Social Studies Field (Substitutions can only be made by advisor approval in the department concerned. Some courses may be taken as University Studies electives)
  • CIV 101 World Civilizations and Cultures I
  • CIV 102 World Civilizations and Cultures II
  • ECO 231 Principles of Microeconomics
  • GSC 110 World Geography
  • HIS 221 American Experience to 1865
  • HIS 222 American Experience since 1865
  • POL 140 American National Government
  • SOC 133 Introduction to Sociology
    or
  • ANT 140 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • and nine hours to include one course from each of the following:
    1. Group 1
       • HIS 201 Modern Europe
       • HIS 301 Ancient History to the Fall of Rome
       • HIS 302 Medieval Europe
       • HIS 303 The Making of Britain
       • HIS 306 Early Modern Europe 1450 to 1789
       • HIS 307 The Foundation of Russian Power
    2. Group 2
       • HIS 340 The Far East in Modern Times
       • HIS 350 History of Latin America
       • HIS 370 History of Africa
    3. Group 3
       • HIS 433 Jacksonian America and Sectional Controversy
       • HIS 421 U.S. Social and Cultural History to 1865
       • HIS 422 U.S. Social and Cultural History since 1865
       • HIS 424 U.S. Foreign Relations since 1898
       • HIS 430 Colonial America to 1763
       • HIS 431 America in Revolution
       • HIS 434 Civil War and Reconstruction
       • HIS 435 The Transformation of America 1877-1929
       • HIS 437 Recent America
       • HIS 445 History of Race Relations in the U.S.
       • HIS 446 History of Kentucky

Total Curriculum Requirements... 133-159 hrs