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Middle Level Education / Bachelor of Arts

Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours: 47

Degree Requirements

Program: BA-MLED-3

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) grants professional educator licenses in the State of Illinois. All teacher candidates who successfully complete an approved teacher education program at Lewis University, pass appropriate licensure exams, and meet current ISBE requirements will be recommended for licensure. This does not lead to licensure in other states. Teacher candidates are responsible for checking the requirements of the state in question.

Note: ISBE requirements are subject to change. Please contact your advisor for the most up to date licensure information.

I. Professional Education Courses for Middle Level Licensure

ENLE-31000Foundations of Teaching Bilingual and English Language Learners

3
SCED-20000Field Experience 1: Secondary

1
SCED-21000Frameworks in Education

3
SCED-22100Foundational Literacy for Middle School Teachers

3
SCED-22500Curriculum and Instruction in the Middle School

3
SCED-30000Field Experience 2: Secondary

1
SCED-30400Integrating Educational and Assistive Technology into the Classroom

3
SCED-3XX00Special Methods Teaching in the Content Area

3
SCED-31200Instructional Strategies and Learning Communities for Adolescents

3
SCED-31500Communication for Teachers

3
SCED-32200Characteristics and Development of the Adolescent Learner

3
SCED-33100Methods of Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas to Adolescents

3
SCED-39400Pedagogy and Assessment for Effective Instruction

3
SCED-48200Clinical Practice and Seminar: Middle School

9
SPED-35700Exceptional Learners in Inclusive Communities

3
Middle Level education majors will register in the appropriate three (3) credit hour Special Methods course for their content area. See Education advisor for more information.

II. Professional Educator License

All middle level education majors must have 24+ hours in an area of concentration.

Concentrations

English/Language Arts Concentration

Concentration: ENLA
ENGL-25000Introduction to English Studies

3
ENGL-31000Advanced Writing

3
ENGL-31400Linguistics

3
ENGL-31500Grammar for Teachers

2
ENGL-31600Teaching Writing

3
ENGL-31800Writing Center Practicum

1
ENGL-33800Teaching Young Adult Literature

3
Choose one of the following:
ENGL-23500U.S. Literature: Beginnings to 1865

3
ENGL-23600U.S. Literature: 1865 to Present

3
Choose one of the following:
ENGL-33400Non-Western Literature

3
ENGL-33900World Authors

3
ENGL-34600Ethnic and Immigrant Literatures

3
ENGL-34700Native American Literature

3
ENGL-34900American Authors

3
ENGL-35600Global and Postcolonial Literatures

3
ENGL-33500U.S.-Latino Literature

3
ENGL-33600Latin American Literature

3
ENGL-34800African American Literature

3

Mathematics Concentration

Concentration: MATH
MATH-19900Precalculus

4
MATH-13100Algebra and Number Concepts for Educators

3
MATH-14100Geometry and Measurement Concepts for Educators

3
MATH-20900Calculus 1

4
MATH-21000Discrete Mathematics

4
MATH-21500Probability and Statistics Concepts for Educators

3
MATH-30500Linear Algebra

3

Science Concentration

Concentration: SCI
BIOL-11000General Biology 1

4
BIOL-11100General Biology 1 Lab

1
BIOL-12200Integrated Science 2

3
BIOL-12300Integrated Science 2 Lab

1
BIOL-23300Principles of Environmental Science

4
CHEM-11000General Chemistry 1

4
CHEM-11100General Chemistry 1 Lab

1
PHYS-10000Elementary Laboratory Physics

3
PHYS-12000Integrated Science 1

3
PHYS-12100Integrated Science 1 Lab

1

Social Sciences Concentration

Concentration: SOCS
HIST-10100Global History and Culture 1

3
HIST-10200Global History and Culture 2

3
HIST-23600History of Illinois

3
SCED-33300Methods and Content for Teaching Middle Level Geography

3
Choose one of the following:
ECON-20000Basic Macroeconomics

3
ECON-20100Basic Microeconomics

3
Choose one of the following:
POLS-20000American National Government

3
POLS-21000State and Local Government

3
Choose one of the following:
HIST-11100Survey of United States History to 1876

3
HIST-32000United States Colonial and Early National History

3
Choose one of the following:
HIST-11200Survey of United States History Since 1876

3
HIST-32500United States Since 1941

3
Choose one of the following:
HIST-32600U. S. Urban History

3
HIST-33700Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in American History

3
HIST-33800U.S. Women's History

3
HIST-34200History of Science

3
HIST-34400History of Western Ideas

3
HIST-35500History of the Modern Middle East

3
HIST-35600The Vietnam War

3
HIST-38700History of Modern Revolutions: 1789 to the Present

3

IV. Optional Computer Science Endorsement Requirements

CPSC-20000Introduction to Computer Science

3
CPSC-21000Programming Fundamentals

3
CPSC-24500Object-Oriented Programming

3
CPSC-28100Introduction to Networks

3
CPSC-34000Algorithms and Data Structures

3
CPSC-35000Operating Systems

3
SCED-33600Methods of Teaching Computer Science

3
69 Credit Hours Total for Bachelor of Arts Degree plus Professional Educator Licensure with Computer Science Endorsement.