Middle Childhood Education - B.S.E. Program Requirements

• Mathematics Concentration
• Reading/Language Arts Concentration
• Science Concentration
• Social Studies Concentration

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts; KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (66 credits)*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
DD	CHDS	20092	Field Experience I: Middle Childhood	1
	CULT	29535	Education in a Democratic Society	3
KHU	ENG	22071 22072	Great Books I (3) or Great Books II (3)	3
	EPSY	29525	Educational Psychology	3
	HDFS	24013	Early Adolescence	3
	HED	42575	Health and Learning: Strategies for Students and Teachers	3
	ITEC	19525	Educational Technology	3
KMC	MATH	14001	Basic Mathematical Concepts I	4
KMC		14002	Basic Mathematical Concepts II	4
	MCED	30001	Teaching Mathematics in Middle Childhood I	3
		30002	Integrated Social Studies and Science in Middle Childhood	3
		31000	Teaching and Learning in Middle Childhood	3
		40005	Effective Use of Phonics in Reading	3
WIC		40006	Reading and Writing in Middle Childhood**	6
		40007	Teaching Reading with Literature in Middle Childhood	3
		41000	Curriculum and Organization in Middle Childhood	3
		42358	Student Teaching Middle Childhood	9
		49525	Inquiry into Professional Practice	3
DD	SPED	23000	Introduction to Exceptionalities	3
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (25 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KBS	BSCI	10001	Human Biology***	3
KSS	GEOG	17063	World Geography	3
KSS DD	PSYC	11762	General Psychology	3
	Choose from the following: Students in the social studies concentration must take HIST 12070			3
KHU	HIST	11050	History of Civilization I (3)
KHU		12070	History of the United States: The Formative Period (3)
KHU	PAS	23001	Black Experience I: Beginning to 1865 (3)
	Kent Core Basic Science (must include a laboratory)***			4
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Fine Arts			3
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (36-49 credits) Students must choose two concentrations
	Mathematics (25)
	Reading/Language Arts (15)
	Science (21)
	Social Studies (24)
TOTAL				128-141

*All courses within the Major Program Requirements must be earned with a minimum C (2.0) grade.

**A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned with to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

***Students in the science concentration should take the following two courses:

BSCI	10120	Biological Foundations (4)
CHEM	10030	Chemistry in Our World (3)

Mathematics Concentration

• Mathematics and Reading/Language Arts -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap
  
• Mathematics and Science -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the2010-2011 Roadmap.
  
• Mathematics and Social Studies -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
  
  

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (25 credits)*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KAD	MATH	11010	Algebra for Calculus	3
		11022	Trigonometry	2
KMC		12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I	5
		34001	Fundamental Concepts of Algebra	3
		34002	Fundamental Concepts of Geometry	3
		10041 30011	Elementary Probability and Statistics (3) or Basic Probability and Statistics (3)	3
	MCED	40001	Teaching Mathematics in Middle Childhood II	3
	Choose from the following:			3-5
	MATH	12003	Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (5)
		21001	Linear Algebra with Applications (3)
		31011	Discrete Mathematics (3)
MINIMUM TOTAL				25

 *All courses within the Concentration Requirements must be earned with a minimum C (2.0) grade.

 

Reading/Language Arts Concentration

• Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap
• Reading/Language Arts and Science -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
  
• Reading/Language Arts and Social Studies -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
  

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (15 credits)*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KAD	COMM	15000	Introduction to Human Communication	3
	ENG	21001 21002	Introduction to Ethnic Literature of the U.S. (3) or Introduction to Women’s Literature (3)	3
		25002	Literature in English II	3
		31001 31003	Fundamentals of English Grammar (3) or Linguistics (3)	3
DD	COMM JMC	26000 20001	Criticism of Public Discourse (3) or Media, Power and Culture (3)	3
MINIMUM TOTAL				15

 *All courses within the Concentration Requirements must be earned with a minimum C (2.0) grade.

 

Science Concentration

• Science and Mathematics -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
  
• Science and Reading/Language Arts -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
  
• Science and Social Studies -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (21 credits)*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	ANTH BSCI	18630 10002	Human Evolution (3) or Life on Planet Earth (3)	3
	MCED	40002	Teaching Science in Middle Childhood II	3
KAD	PHY	11030	Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe	3
	Choose one series: Physical Science			5
	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I (4)
		10062	General Chemistry I Laboratory (1)
		or
	PHY	13001	General College Physics (4)
		13021	General College Physics Laboratory I (1)
	Choose one series: Earth Science			4
	GEOL	11040	Earth Dynamics (3)
		11041	Earth Dynamics Laboratory (1)
		or
	GEOL	11042	Earth History (3)
		11043	Earth History Laboratory (1)
	Choose from the following: Science			3-4
	BSCI	10110	Biological Diversity (4)
		20021	Basic Microbiology (3)
		30275	Local Flora (4)
		30560	Invertebrate Zoology (4)
	GEOG	31062	Fundamentals of Meteorology (3)
		41073	Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
	GEOL	21080	Oceanography (3)
		41073	Geology of Ohio (3)
	PHY	21040	Physics in Entertainment and the Arts (3)
		21430	Frontiers in Astronomy (3)
		24001	Astronomy (3)
MINIMUM TOTAL				21

*All courses within the Concentration Requirements must be earned with a minimum C (2.0) grade.

Social Studies Concentration

• Social Studies and Mathematics -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
  
• Social Studies and Reading/Language Arts -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
  
• Social Studies and Science -
  For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.
  

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (24 credits)*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KAD	ECON	22060	Principles of Microeconomics	3
DG	HIST	11050	History of Civilization I	3
DG		11051	History of Civilization II	3
	MCED	40003	Teaching Social Studies in Middle Childhood II	3
DD	POL	10100	American Politics	3
DG DD	ANTH SOC	18210 12050	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3) or Introduction to Sociology (3)	3
	Choose from the following:			3
DG	POL	10500	World Politics (3)
DG		30540	African Politics (3)
		30520	European Politics (3)
DG		30550	Latin American Politics (3)
	Choose from the following:			3
	ANTH	38250	Religion: Search for Meaning (3)
		48210	Culture and Communication (3)
DG		48260	Culture Conflict (3)
		48270	Native Peoples of North America (3)
	GEOG	37010	Geography of Ohio (3)
DG		37040	Geography of Africa (3)
DG		37070	Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3)
DG		37084	Geography of South America (3)
DG		37085	Geography of Central America and Mexico (3)
	HIST	31061	History of Ohio (3)
		31126	History of the Middle East (3)
		31130	History of African Civilization (3)
		31140	Modern Latin America (3)
WIC		42297	Colloquium: China and Japan (3)
MINIMUM TOTAL				24