Middle School Endorsements

Middle School Endorsement are offered in the day and weekend program for those programs listed below:
• 5-8 Communication Arts (day and weekend/evening)
• 5-8  Social Studies (day and weekend/evening)
• 5-8 Math (day and weekend/evening)
• 5-8 General Science (day)

The courses for each endorsement are shown below. These endorsements are available at the undergraduate level.

5-8 COMMUNICATION ARTS ENDORSEMENT

• ENL 240    Introduction to Literary Study (HUM)
• ENL 220   Intermediate Expos. Writing  (W) (FAS)
• Choose one: COM 329 Intercultural Communication,
• COM 351 Argumentation, COM 354 Interpersonal Communication ,
• COM 355 Small Group Communication
• EED 331 Middle School Writing Methods
• ESE 350 5-12 Methods: Adolescent Literature/Media Literacy **
• ESE 300/500 Reading and Writing in the Content Area **
• 5 weeks student teaching in a Middle School setting

5-8 SOCIAL STUDIES ENDORSEMENT

• POL 121   American Government & Politics (SBS)
• HIS 120 America to 1815, HIS 121 19th-Century United States,
OR HIS 122 20th-Century United States (HUM, CT)
• ECO 113 Microeconomics (SBS)
• Geography (ACTC) or ESE 220 Intro to Human Geography
• Choose 1: HIS 103 The Modern World, HIS 104 The Modern
Non-Western World, PSY 105 Principles of Psychology,
SOC 121 Intro to Human Society, SOC 141 Foundations of Cultural Anthropology
• ESE 311 Middle School Methods: Social Studies **
• ESE 300/500 Reading and Writing in the Content Area **
• 5 weeks student teaching in a Middle School setting

5-8 MATH ENDORSEMENT

• Math Placement Group 4 or MAT 114  Pre-Calculus (NS/M)
• MAT 287 History of Math (was MAT 331)
• MAT 252   Geometry
• MAT 122 Calculus for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
or 145 Calculus 1  (NS/M, QR)
• MAT 163 Intro Stats or MAT 373 Prob. & Statistics 1 (NS/M., QR)
• MAT 271  Discrete Mathematics  (CT)
• ESE 331 Middle School Methods: Mathematics   **
• ESE 300/500 Reading and Writing in the Content Area **
• 5 weeks student teaching in a Middle School setting

5-8 SCIENCE ENDORSEMENT

• CHM 105 Principles of Chemistry1 OR 115 Gen. Chemistry1  (NS/M)
• CHM 106  Principles of Chem.2 OR 116 Gen. Chem. 2  (NS/M, QR)
• BIO 121 Human Biology (NS/M)
• BIO 102 Biological World (NS/M, CT)
• PHY 116 Intro. Physics  (NS/M,QR)
• SCI 106 Meteorology  (NS/M,CT)
• Geology (ACTC or elsewhere)
• ESE 341 Middle School Methods: Natural Science  **
• ESE 300/500 Reading and Writing in the Content Area **
• 5 weeks student teaching in a Middle School setting