Middle Grades Education (6-9), BA

Core Curriculum Requirements (55-62 Hours)

The Core Curriculum 

Technical Requirements (6 Hours)

• POL 120 - American Government Hours: 3
• PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology Hours: 3

Major Requirements (73-78 Hours)

• EDU 188 - Theoretical Frameworks for Academic Research & Writing Hours: 3
• EDU 216 - Adaptations Accommodations & Differentiation Hours: 3
• EDU 217 - Integrated Arts for the Elementary Hours: 3
• EDU 219 - Culture Literacy and Learning Hours: 1
• EDU 220G - Child and Adolescent Development Hours: 3
• EDU 254 - Curriculum Instruction and Assessment I Hours: 3
• EDU 255 - Curriculum Instruction and Assessment II Hours: 3
• EDU 274G - Global Education Hours: 2
• EDU 358 - Curriculum Integration & Middle Grades Philosophy Hours: 3
• EDU 415 - EDTPA Concepts and Support Hours: 3
• EDU 416 - Teaching the Young Adolescent Hours: 3
• EDU 426 - Student Teaching Seminar (6-9 Consult & Collaboration) Hours: 3
• EDU 432 - Field Experience in Middle Grades Education Hours: 1
• EDU 435 - Literacy Across the Content Areas Hours: 3
• EDU 442 - Student Teaching in the Middle Grades Hours: 12
• EDU 451 - Technology in the Classroom Hours: 2

Choose One Complete Specialization and Nine Credit Hours from a 2nd Specialization

General Elective Credits

(If Needed)

Total Credit Hours (Minimum) 128

On occasion, technical and/or program requirements may also meet specific core curriculum requirements. Please confer with your program advisor to determine which courses, if any, may be counted accordingly.

All Bachelors programs at Lenoir-Rhyne require at least 128 credit hours. If, in combination, core, technical, and program requirements do not generate at least 128 hours, additional credits must be completed to achieve 128 hours. These classes may be general electives, or a student may complete a minor or additional major.