Middle Level Education / Bachelor of Arts

Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours: 47

 

Degree Requirements

Program: BA-MLED-3

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) grants professional educator licenses in the State of Illinois. All teacher candidates who successfully complete an approved teacher education program at Lewis University, pass appropriate licensure exams, and meet current ISBE requirements will be recommended for licensure. This does not lead to licensure in other states. Teacher candidates are responsible for checking the requirements of the state in question.

Note: ISBE requirements are subject to change. Please contact your advisor for the most up to date licensure information.

I. Professional Education Courses for Middle Level Licensure

ENLE-31000	Foundations of Teaching Bilingual and English Language Learners	3
SCED-20000	Field Experience 1: Secondary	1
SCED-21000	Frameworks in Education	3
SCED-22100	Foundational Literacy for Middle School Teachers	3
SCED-22500	Curriculum and Instruction in the Middle School	3
SCED-30000	Field Experience 2: Secondary	1
SCED-30400	Integrating Educational and Assistive Technology into the Classroom	3
SCED-3XX00	Special Methods Teaching in the Content Area	3
SCED-31200	Instructional Strategies and Learning Communities for Adolescents	3
SCED-31500	Communication for Teachers	3
SCED-32200	Characteristics and Development of the Adolescent Learner	3
SCED-33100	Methods of Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas to Adolescents	3
SCED-39400	Pedagogy and Assessment for Effective Instruction	3
SCED-48200	Clinical Practice and Seminar: Middle School	9
SPED-35700	Exceptional Learners in Inclusive Communities	3

Middle Level education majors will register in the appropriate three (3) credit hour Special Methods course for their content area. See Education advisor for more information.

II. Professional Educator License

All middle level education majors must have 24+ hours in an area of concentration.

Concentrations

English/Language Arts Concentration

Concentration: ENLA

ENGL-25000	Introduction to English Studies	3
ENGL-31000	Advanced Writing	3
ENGL-31400	Linguistics	3
ENGL-31500	Grammar for Teachers	2
ENGL-31600	Teaching Writing	3
ENGL-31800	Writing Center Practicum	1
ENGL-33800	Teaching Young Adult Literature	3

Choose one of the following:

ENGL-23500	U.S. Literature: Beginnings to 1865	3
ENGL-23600	U.S. Literature: 1865 to Present	3

Choose one of the following:

ENGL-33400	Non-Western Literature	3
ENGL-33900	World Authors	3
ENGL-34600	Ethnic and Immigrant Literatures	3
ENGL-34700	Native American Literature	3
ENGL-34900	American Authors	3
ENGL-35600	Global and Postcolonial Literatures	3
ENGL-33500	U.S.-Latino Literature	3
ENGL-33600	Latin American Literature	3
ENGL-34800	African American Literature	3

Mathematics Concentration

Concentration: MATH

MATH-19900	Precalculus	4
MATH-13100	Algebra and Number Concepts for Educators	3
MATH-14100	Geometry and Measurement Concepts for Educators	3
MATH-20900	Calculus 1	4
MATH-21000	Discrete Mathematics	4
MATH-21500	Probability and Statistics Concepts for Educators	3
MATH-30500	Linear Algebra	3

Science Concentration

Concentration: SCI

BIOL-11000	General Biology 1	4
BIOL-11100	General Biology 1 Lab	1
BIOL-12200	Integrated Science 2	3
BIOL-12300	Integrated Science 2 Lab	1
BIOL-23300	Principles of Environmental Science	4
CHEM-11000	General Chemistry 1	4
CHEM-11100	General Chemistry 1 Lab	1
PHYS-10000	Elementary Laboratory Physics	3
PHYS-12000	Integrated Science 1	3
PHYS-12100	Integrated Science 1 Lab	1

Social Sciences Concentration

Concentration: SOCS

HIST-10100	Global History and Culture 1	3
HIST-10200	Global History and Culture 2	3
HIST-23600	History of Illinois	3
SCED-33300	Methods and Content for Teaching Middle Level Geography	3

Choose one of the following:

ECON-20000	Basic Macroeconomics	3
ECON-20100	Basic Microeconomics	3

Choose one of the following:

POLS-20000	American National Government	3
POLS-21000	State and Local Government	3

Choose one of the following:

HIST-11100	Survey of United States History to 1876	3
HIST-32000	United States Colonial and Early National History	3

Choose one of the following:

HIST-11200	Survey of United States History Since 1876	3
HIST-32500	United States Since 1941	3

Choose one of the following:

HIST-32600	U. S. Urban History	3
HIST-33700	Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in American History	3
HIST-33800	U.S. Women's History	3
HIST-34200	History of Science	3
HIST-34400	History of Western Ideas	3
HIST-35500	History of the Modern Middle East	3
HIST-35600	The Vietnam War	3
HIST-38700	History of Modern Revolutions: 1789 to the Present	3

IV. Optional Computer Science Endorsement Requirements

CPSC-20000	Introduction to Computer Science	3
CPSC-21000	Programming Fundamentals	3
CPSC-24500	Object-Oriented Programming	3
CPSC-28100	Introduction to Networks	3
CPSC-34000	Algorithms and Data Structures	3
CPSC-35000	Operating Systems	3
SCED-33600	Methods of Teaching Computer Science	3

69 Credit Hours Total for Bachelor of Arts Degree plus Professional Educator Licensure with Computer Science Endorsement.