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Education with Teaching Certification in Grades 4-8 (B.S.) Social Studies 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
CHEM 102Chemistry for Living

3
CIS/MATH/STAT
meeting Quest mathematical science

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
ENGL 122-176
QuEST literature

3
PHSC 102Foundations of Physical Science

3
HDFS 311Adolescent Development

3
TEP 210Sophomore Field Experience

0
TEP 316Field Experience II in Grade 6-8

0
TEP 318Field Experience III in Grade 4-5

0

EDUC 304 must be taken for 3 credits.

EDUC 331: Writing in the major requirement.

TEP 210: May meet ELI requirement; work closely with advisor to confirm.

Three or four credits of the following:

CHEM 102Chemistry for Living

3
GEOL 201Foundations of Geology

4

Three credits from the following:

HIST 141United States History Survey to 1865

3
HIST 142United States History Survey Since 1865

3

Three to four credits from the following:

MATH 101Introduction to Mathematical Sciences

3
MATH 102The Mathematics of Growth

3
MATH 108Intuitive Calculus with Applications

3
MATH 111Calculus I

4

Professional Semester Requirements

EDUC 420Professional Issues in Education

2
TEP 407Student Teaching Seminar

1
TEP 433Student Teaching: Grades 4-8

9

Social Studies concentration (18)

ECON 110Economics of Social Issues

3
HIST 202Historical Methods

3
POLI 113American Government

3

Three credits from the following:

ARCG 208Archaeology of Greece

3
 
HIST 202Historical Methods

3
AND
HIST 202Historical Methods

3
 
HIST 205Ancient Greece

3
HIST 206Ancient Rome

3
HIST 210Knights, Peasants, and Bandits

3
HIST 212Medieval Europe

3
HIST 240Age of Hamilton

3
HIST 248War, Peace, Memory in America

3
HIST 256America & World War II

3
HIST 273Hist of Premodern Asia to 1500

3
HIST 274Hist of Modern Asia since 1500

3

Three credits from the following:

HIST 271World History to 1500

3
HIST 272World History since 1500

3
HIST 273Hist of Premodern Asia to 1500

3
HIST 274Hist of Modern Asia since 1500

3
HIST 373History of Premodern S Asia

3
HIST 374History of South Asia After 1500

3
HIST 389Topics in World History

3

A second, additional course in U.S. History:

HIST 141United States History Survey to 1865

3
OR
HIST 142United States History Survey Since 1865

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 (QuEST CIS/MATH/STAT) met/major
Laboratory Science (BIOL 106, CHEM 102, GEOL 201, PHSC 102) met/major
Science, Technology & the World waived
Social Science (EDUC 203) met/major
European History or United States History (HIST 141 or 142) met/major
Literature (ENGL 122-176) 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 (waived if ENGL 160, met/major if HIST 271 -274) *
Bible 3
Christian Beliefs 3
Wellness course 1
Ethics, World Views or Pluralism (EDUC 346) met/major
QuEST requirements 28
Major requirements 96-98
Total 124-126