Middle Childhood Education (BSE)

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Total required hours: 126

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I. General Education Requirements

First Year or Transition Year Seminar (4 hrs)
Integrative Studies (28 hrs)
Mathematics (4 hrs)
Note: This major requires
MATH 1210 - Nature of Mathematics
or MATH 1500 - Introduction to Mathematical Thought if placement allows
Health and Physical Education Lifestyles (1 hr)
Senior Year Experience (fulfilled within the major)
Writing Intensive Requirement (click the General Education Requirements link below for details)

See
General Education Requirements
for specifics.

II. Major Requirements (79 to 83 hrs)

Note: A minimum grade of C must be achieved in all EDUC courses. If a grade lower than C is earned in any EDUC course, the course must be repeated in order to count toward the major. Should that course be a prerequisite for subsequent coursework, you must earn a grade of C or better in the prerequisite course before continuing with the subsequent coursework.

A. Core Courses (all courses required)

EDUC 1600 - Study of the School - Writing Intensive 4 hrs
EDUC 1710 - Phonics and Language Study: Middle Childhood 4 hrs
EDUC 2000 - Educational Psychology: Adolescence 4 hrs
EDUC 2100 - Educational Technology: Adolescence 2 hrs
EDUC 3410 - Middle Childhood Methods I 4 hrs
EDUC 3420 - Middle Childhood Methods II 3 hrs
EDUC 3600 - Multicultural Education 2 hrs
EDUC 3800 - Literacies in the Content Area 4 hrs
Note: Language Arts Concentration students must take EDUC 3630 instead of EDUC 3800.
EDUC 3850 - Using Literacy Across Disciplines in the Middle Grades - Writing Intensive 4 hrs
EDUC 4000 - Individual Field Experience 0-4 hrs
EDUC 4500 - Exceptional Children: Adolescence 4 hrs
EDUC 4820 - SYE Seminar: Middle Childhood 2 hrs
2 courses from:
EDUC 3430 - Middle Grades: Language Arts Methods 4 hrs
EDUC 3440 - Middle Grades: Math Methods 4 hrs
EDUC 3450 - Middle Grades: Science Methods 4 hrs
EDUC 3460 - Middle Grades: Social Studies Methods 4 hrs
1 course from:
EDUC 4810 - Student Teaching: Middle Childhood 14 hrs
EDUC 4900 - Teaching Internship 14 hrs

B. Concentrations (select two)

C. Optional Middle Childhood 4-6 Generalist Endorsement

Middle Childhood 4-6 Generalist (can only be added to a valid Middle Childhood Teaching License with two content areas. The candidate would take additional course work in the concentration area not covered in the original license. The required course sequences are listed below. Additional Praxis II exam is required.

Language Arts
EDUC 3240 - Advanced Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Intermediate Language Arts 2 hrs
EDUC 3640 - Elementary Literacy Assessment and Instruction 4 hrs
Mathematics
MATH 2100 - Math for Early Childhood Education 4 hrs
EDUC 3220 - Advanced Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Intermediate Mathematics 2 hrs
Science
EDUC 2500 - Science in the Primary and Intermediate Classroom 4 hrs
EDUC 3210 - Advanced Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Intermediate Science 2 hrs
Social Studies
EDUC 2400 - Social Studies in the Primary and Intermediate Classroom 4 hrs
EDUC 3230 - Advanced Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Intermediate Social Studies 2 hrs

III. Residency Requirements

In order to graduate from any university a student should take a significant proportion of the hours for his or her program of study from that university, take a significant proportion of hours in the major from that university, and take a significant proportion of the “signature elements” of that university’s general education requirements.

At Otterbein, at least 48 semester hours of coursework must be taken in Otterbein classes. MATH 0900 cannot be used to help fulfill this requirement. Of these hours:

at least 12 semester hours must be taken in each of a student’s majors at the 3000 level or above,
at least 4 semester hours (any level) must be taken in each minor, and
the INST dyad must be taken at Otterbein.

In addition:

Any undergraduate student applying for Ohio licensure through an Otterbein program must take either EDUC 1600 or EDUC 2000 or 2200. Transfer credit will only be accepted for one of these courses.
Any undergraduate student applying for Ohio licensure through an Otterbein program must take one of the following at Otterbein: EDUC 3200, EDUC 3420, EDUC 3700, HLED 4000, PHED 4000, MUSC 3033, MUSC 3034.
Any undergraduate student applying for Ohio licensure through an Otterbein program must take one of the following combinations at Otterbein (Student Teaching and Student Teaching Seminar): (EDUC 4100 and 4130), (EDUC 4710 and 4720), or (EDUC 4810 and 4820), or (EDUC 4900 and one of 4130, 4720, or 4820).

IV. Required Total Hours for the Degree (126 hrs)

If the coursework taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements and the requirements in your major do not equal 126 hours, select a sufficient number of electives to achieve that total.

V. Minimum GPA Overall and in the Major

A GPA of 2.0 overall as well as in the major must be achieved. To be licensed to teach, a GPA of 2.5 overall in the Education Major and in licensure Content Areas must be achieved.

VI. Application for Degree

A prospective graduate must complete an Application for Degree at the Registrar’s Office two terms prior to the term in which the degree is to be completed.

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