The middle school education program prepares you for the State of Illinois Professional Educator’s License (PEL) in Middle School Education, which qualifies you to teach children from fifth grade through eighth grade. It also includes an English as a Second Language endorsement that licenses you to teach English language learners.

For Social Studies a student can earn either a Bachelor in Science degree (120 hours) or Bachelor in Arts degree (121 hours).

Professional Education Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
EDU 100	Technology Applications	1.0
EDU 115	The History of Education in the United States	3.0
EDU 116	Introductory Field Experience	1.0
EDU 210	Human Development from Birth to Young Adulthood	3.0
EDU 216	Effective Planning and Instruction for Teaching	3.0
EDU 227	Development of the Early Adolescent	3.0
EDU 228	Strategies for Middle School	3.0
EDU 232	Meeting the Needs of All Students within the Disciplines	2.0
EDU 234	Language Development	3.0
EDU 235	Methods of Teaching English Language Learners	3.0
EDU 237	Practicum for Teaching English Learners I	1.0
EDU 240	Practicum for Teaching English Learners Part 2	2.0
EDU 270	Physical Development and Health	1.0
EDU 280	Exploring Diversity: Learners, Families, And Communities	3.0
EDU 307	Novice Teaching Experience in Grades 5-8	4.0
EDU 315	Methods of Literacy II: Reading, Writing and Language: Grades 3-8	3.0
EDU 345	Guiding Learners: Creating Safe, Inclusive Learning Enviro Environments	3.0
EDU 368	Content Reading for All Students	2.0
EDU 369	Assessing All Students	2.0
EDU 491	Student Teaching 5-8	12.0
Total Hours		58

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
EDU 363	Methods of Teaching Social Science Grades 6 - 12	3.0
Select one of the following:		3.0
ECO 100	Introduction to Economics
ECO 221	Principles of Microeconomics
ECO 222	Principles of Macroeconomics
Select one of the following:		3.0
HIS 205	Latin America
HIS 206	The Middle East Since Muhammad
HIS 207	Modern Japan, 1860-Present
HIS 208	Russian History
HIS 314	Japan & World War II
HIS 320	Renaissance and Reformation
HIS 321	Topics in European History: Intellectual
HIS 323	Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic World
HIS 325	Roman Civilization
HIS 326	Modern Military Forces and Institutions
HIS 327	Topics in European History: Cultural
HIS 329	Modern Germany 1870-Present
HIS 330	Modern China
HIS 331	Samurai in Japanese History
HIS 332	Topics in Modern Latin American History
HIS 333	Cross-Cultural Contacts
HIS 334	Global History: Social
HIS 335	Modern Mexico
HIS 338	Russia Since 1917
HIS 339	Women in Global Perspective
HIS 340	Europe Since 1914
HIS 341	The French Revolution
HIS 342	Europe, 1789-1914
HIS 343	The Enlightenment
HIS 345	The History of England I
HIS 346	The History of England II
HIS 375	The Holocaust
HIS 382	European Women, Gender, and Sexuality Since 1600
PLS 105	Introduction to American Government	3.0
Select one of the following:		3.0
SOC 100	The Sociological Perspective
SOC 300	Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
SOC 311	Families in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANT 305	Peoples and Cultures of the World
PSY 101	Principles of Psychology	3.0
HIS 336	Early Global History and Geography	3.0
or HIS 337	Modern Global History and Geography
Select one of the following:		3.0
HIS 300	The United States Since 1945
HIS 301	Topics in American History: Intellectual
HIS 303	American Urban History
HIS 304	Topics in American History
HIS 306	The United States Civil War Era
HIS 307	History of the Early American Republic
HIS 308	Topics in American History: Political
HIS 309	The History of U.S. Law Enforcement
HIS 310	America and Vietnam 1940-Present
HIS 311	History of American Political Economy
HIS 315	U.S. Social Movements
HIS 316	African American History Since 1877
HIS 317	American Masculinities
HIS 328	England and the American Revolution
HIS 385	Science, Technology, and Society	3.0
Total Hours		27

Please note a minimum of 120 credit hours is required for baccalaureate degree completion.

Note: If student complete the middle school social studies program and passes both the middle school and high school history content tests, the student will be endorsed to teach history/social studies Grade 5-12.

Special Education Endorsement

For middle school education majors interested in the Special Education endorsement, which would enable you to teach and work with students with high and low-incidence disabilities, the following courses are required. These courses may or may not be part of your major or program. If you are interested in adding this endorsement please discuss with your academic advisor.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
PSY 101	Principles of Psychology	3.0
EDU 391	Characteristics and Methods for Learners with Developmental Disabilities	3.0
EDU 393	Characteristics and Methods for Learners with Emotional and Learning Disabilities	3.0
EDU 426	Assessments for Learners with Exceptionalities	3.0