Middle School & Pre-Primary Endorsements

Preprimary Specialty requirements:

The Preprimary endorsement program will prepare students to teach children ages 3, 4 and 5 in preschool settings. It is not a stand alone license, and is added to increase the breadth of the Elementary Teaching license. Pre-primary courses are available at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Course requirements:

Six courses and Student Teaching are required for the endorsement. Three courses come from the Social and Behavioral sciences, two of which are required prior to taking the education courses. Three classes, developed by the Education Department, will focus on teaching methods and learning environments for young children.  Field experience hours will be required for these courses. After the completion of all classes, candidates will student teach in a pre-primary setting.  For those who are getting an initial elementary license at the same time, student teaching will be at both elementary and pre-primary levels.

Classes required for a Preprimary Teaching license include:

1. PSY 105 General Psychology – Prerequisite
2. PSY 250 Child Development – Prerequisite
3. SPE 440 Parent and Professional Planning (evening/weekend)
or SOC 231 Family Systems (day)
4. ECE 345/545 Foundations of Preprimary Education (fall)
5. ECE 346546 Learning Environments for Preprimary-aged Children (winter)
6. ECE 347/547 Immersion and Teaching Competence (spring)
7. ECE 488, 489 Student Teaching

Middle School Endorsement in:
• 5-8 Communication Arts
• 5-8  Social Studies
• 5-8 Math
• 5-8 General Science

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