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Education with Teaching Certification in Grades 4-8 (B.S.) Science and Math Concentration

Program Overview

The Education with Grade 4-8 Teaching Certification program prepares students to teach all subjects in grades four through six and to specialize in one or two subject areas for grades seven and eight. Through the academic program, faculty advising, and extensive field experiences, students are broadly prepared for effective teaching in upper elementary and middle school grades. Thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities are developed in critical areas such as instructional planning and delivery, assessment, and classroom management. Particular attention also is given to subject matter preparation. Students in this program take the same core of courses. Additionally, they select one of nine subject tracks in which to concentrate. These tracks are:

Option I (12 credits in three subject areas and 30 credits in one of the following):

EnglishMathematics
ScienceSocial Studies

Option II: (12 credits in two subject areas and 21 in two of the following, one of which must be mathematics or science):

EnglishMathematics
ScienceSocial Studies

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Education program can:

  1. Develop skills common to the liberal arts and sciences: research, analysis, reflection, and communication.
  2. Develop knowledge common to the liberal arts and sciences in the fields of arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Students will also develop specialized knowledge and disciplinary expertise.
  3. Develop informed and mature convictions about Christian faith and practice.
  4. Become proficient in the scholarship of their discipline and demonstrate specialized skills needed to pursue a career and/or graduate school.
  5. Gain awareness of identity, character, and vocational calling.
  6. Demonstrate a commitment to service, reconciliation, and justice, and lead effectively and ethically within the complexities of an increasingly diverse and interdependent world.

Major Requirements

Complete the following for your major:

BIOL 106Life Sciences

3
EDSP 207Introduction to Special Education

3
EDSP 307Inclusion Practices

3
EDUC 203Educational Psychology

3
EDUC 205Cultural and Political Geography

3
EDUC 208Teaching English Language Learners in K-12 Schools

3
EDUC 209Principles and Structures of Mathematics

3
EDUC 226Children's Literature

3
EDUC 302Literacy: Climate, Curriculum & Instruction II

3
EDUC 304Mathematics: Climate, Curriculum and Instruction for Intermediate Grades (with Field Experience)

2-3
EDUC 305Middle Level Methods

3
EDUC 331Instructional Design and Assessment for Middle and Secondary Grades

3
EDUC 342Social Studies: Climate, Curriculum and Instruction for Elementary School

3
EDUC 346Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Education

3
EDUC 347Science: Climate, Curriculum and Instruction for Elementary School

3
TEP 407Student Teaching Seminar

1
EDUC 420Professional Issues in Education

2
ENGL 160Introduction to World Literature

3
ESS 201Earth and Space Science

3
HDFS 311Adolescent Development

3
MATH 111Calculus I

4
PHSC 102Foundations of Physical Science

3
TEP 210Sophomore Field Experience

0
TEP 316Field Experience II in Grade 6-8

0
TEP 318Field Experience III in Grade 4-5

0
TEP 433Student Teaching: Grades 4-8

9

EDUC 304 must be taken for three credits.

EDUC 331 fulfills Writing Enriched requirement for the major.

Three credits from the following:

CIS 171Problem Solving with Computers

3
CIS 180Introduction to Computer and Information Science

3
CIS 181Computer Programming I

3

Three credits from the following:

HIST 141United States History Survey to 1865

3
HIST 142United States History Survey Since 1865

3

Science and Math Concentration (17-19)

BIOL 117Field Biology

3
MATH 307Teaching Secondary Mathematics and Computer Science

2

Three credits from the following:

BIOL 162Plant Biology

3
ENVS 140/SUST 140Introduction to Ecology and Sustainability

3
ENVS 315Environmental Ethics

3

Three to four credits from the following:

CHEM 102Chemistry for Living

3
CHEM 103Chemical Science

4
CHEM 105General Chemistry I

4
PHYS 201Introductory Physics I

4

Three credits from the following:

CIS 284Computer Programming II

3
MATH 112Calculus II

4
MATH 261Linear Algebra

3
STAT 292Inferential Statistics

3

Three credits from the following:

STAT 269Introductory Statistics

3
STAT 291Probability and Statistics

3

QuEST Requirements

Experiential Learning requirement 0
QuEST requirements Credits
First Year Seminar 3
Oral Communication 3
Created and Called for Community (W) 3
Mathematical Sciences (CIS 171, CIS 180 or CIS 181, MATH 111) met/major
Laboratory Science (BIOL 106 & PHSC 102) met/major
Science, Technology & the World waived
Social Science (EDUC 203) met/major
European History or United States History (HIST 141 or HIST 142) met/major
Literature (ENGL 160) met/major
Philosophy and Religion reduction
Arts 3
First Semester of Language 3
Second Semester of Language 3
Third Semester of Language or Cross Cultural 3
Non-Western Studies **only for students who take ENGL 160 waived**
Bible 3
Christian Beliefs 3
Wellness course 1
Ethics (ENVS 315), World Views or Pluralism met/major
Total credits: Quest (28) + major requirements (98-101) 126-129