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Endorsements

Communication Arts (5-8)

  • ENL 220 – Critical and Analytical Writing
  • ENL 240 – Foundations of Literary and Cultural Study
  • One of COM 254, COM 329, COM 351, or COM 355
    • COM 254 – Interpersonal Communication
    • COM 329 – Intercultural Communication
    • COM 351 – Argumentation
    • COM 355 – Small Group Communication
  • EED 331 – Middle School Methods Writing
  • ESE 300 – Reading/ Writing in the Content Area**
  • ESE 350 – 5-12 Methods: Literature and Reading**
  • EDC 482 – Student Teaching: Additional License or Endorsement

Social Studies (5-8th grade)

  • POL 121 – American Government and Politics
  • One of HIS 120, HIS 121, or HIS 122
    • HIS 120 – Colonizing a Continent and Creating Nations: North America to 1815
    • HIS 121 – An Empire for Liberty: U.S. History To 1877
    • HIS 122 – Gender, Race, Class and Democracy in the Modern U.S.
  • ECO 113 – Principles of Microeconomics
  • One of HIS 103, HIS 104, PSY 105, SOC 121, or ANT 141
    • HIS 103 – A Global History of Europe Since 1750
    • HIS 104 – Decolonizing Asia and Africa
    • PSY 105 – Principles of Psychology
    • SOC 121 – Introduction to Sociology
    • ANT 141 – Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
  • ESE 220 – Introduction to Human Geography
  • ESE 300 – Reading/Writing in the Content Area**
  • ESE 311 – Middle School Methods: Social Studies**
  • EDC 482 – Student Teaching: Additional License or Endorsement

Mathematics (5-8th grade)

  • MAT 114 – Precalculus (or MPG 4)
  • MAT 145 and 145L – Calculus I
  • One of MAT 163: Introductory Statistics, DST164: Introduction to Statistics (with R) (recommended), or MAT 373: Probability Theory
  • MAT 302 – Discrete Mathematical Structures
  • MAT 325 – History of Mathematics
  • MAT 335 – Exploring Geometry
  • ESE 300 – Reading/Writing in the Content Area**
  • ESE 331 – Middle School Methods: Mathematics**
  • EDC 482 – Student Teaching: Additional License or Endorsement

General Science (5-8th grade)

  • BIO 102 and 102L – The Biological World
  • BIO 121 and 121L – Human Biology
  • CHM 115 and 115L – General Chemistry I
  • CHM 116 and 116L – General Chemistry II
  • PHY107 and 107L – Introduction to Physics
  • SCI 106 and 106L – Introductory Meteorology
  • Geology – (take elsewhere—see Education Department for suggestions)
  • ESE 300 – Reading/Writing in the Content Area**
  • ESE 341 – Middle School Methods: Natural Science**
  • EDC 482 – Student Teaching: Additional License or Endorsement

Graduation and Licensure/ Endorsement Requirements

A minimum GPA of 2.50 overall, 2.50 in the major, 2.00 in the specialty area, and grades of P in student teaching courses are required for licensure as well as C- or better in all required core, specialty, and education major courses.

Graduation skills in Critical Thinking (CT), Quantitative Reasoning (QR), Speaking (S), and Writing (W) are embedded throughout the offered courses and are met by completing the major.

Transfer students must consult an advisor about potential adjustments to their course requirements to fulfill each of these skills.