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Education with Teaching Certification in Grades 4-8 (B.S.) with 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 four subject tracks in which to concentrate.

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

Three or four credits of the following:

CHEM 102Chemistry for Life

3
GEOL 201Foundations of Geology

4

Complete the following for your major:

BIOL 106Life Science

3
CIS/MATH/STAT
meeting General Education mathematics

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
General Education literature requirement

3
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

EDUC 304 must be taken for 3 credits.

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

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 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 203Effective Historical Writing

1
 
HIST 205Ancient Greek World

3
HIST 206Ancient Roman World

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 273History of Asia to 1500 CE

3
HIST 274History of Asia since 1500 CE

3

Three credits from the following:

HIST 271World History to 1500 CE

3
HIST 272World History since 1500 CE

3
HIST 273History of Asia to 1500 CE

3
HIST 274History of Asia since 1500 CE

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

General Education Requirements

Experiential Learning requirement   0
General Education requirements   Credits
First Year Seminar IDFY 101/102H  3
Written Communication ENGL 110/110H 3
Oral Communication COMM 105 3
Mathematical and Scientific Ways of Knowing Mathematics (CIS/MATH/STAT meeting GenEd) met/major
Science with Lab (BIOL 106, CHEM 102, GEOL 201, PHSC 102) met/major
Social Scientific Ways of Knowing
 Social Science (EDUC 203) met/major
Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing History (HIST 141 or HIST 142) met/major
Literary & Aesthetic Ways of Knowing
 Literature (ENGL meeting GenEd Literary) or Arts met/major
Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing
 Philosophy or Religion 3
Cultural/Humanistic Ways of Knowing 1st and 2nd Level Language 6
Intercultural Perspectives Intercultural Global (waived if ENGL 160, met/major if HIST 271-274) or International Cross-cultural or 3rd Level Language waived
Bible
 24GE Bible 3
Christian Beliefs
 24GE Christian Beliefs 3
Holistic Wellness
 WELL 1xx 1
Ethics and the Common Good
 24GE Ethics and the Common Good 3
Intercultural Perspectives
 Intercultural U.S. (EDUC 346) or Domestic Cross-cultural met/major
Common Learning
 Experiential Learning (TEP 433) met/major 
General Education requirements   28
Major requirements (inclusive of concentration)   93-95
Free Electives    0-2
Total credits   123