Middle Level Education English/Language Arts/Social Science Major 4-8 (MLES), BA

Requirements

Middle Level Education Liberal Arts: 50 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete 53 hours of Liberal Arts studies. The following Liberal Arts requirements are met within the content of the major:

• EDFD 203   is required in place of PSY 201  in the Individual and Social Environment component and is counted in the hours for the major.

• ART 101 - Art Appreciation Credit Hours: 3

• or MUS 101 - Music Appreciation Credit Hours: 3 

• or THEA 101 - Theatre Appreciation Credit Hours: 3 

• BIOL 111 - General Biology Credit Hours: 3
• BNEW 111 - Life and Teachings of Jesus (Gospels) Credit Hours: 2
• BNEW 113 - Faith and Mission of the Church (Acts through Revelation) Credit Hours: 2
• BOLD 203 - Creation and Kingdom (Genesis through Esther) Credit Hours: 2
• BOLD 207 - Wisdom and Prophets (Job through Malachi) Credit Hours: 2
• COMM 101 - Communication Principles Credit Hours: 3
• ENG 113 - Introduction to University Writing, Research, and Grammar Credit Hours: 3
• ENG 201 - World Literature I Credit Hours: 3

• or ENG 202 - World Literature II Credit Hours: 3 

• ENG 211 - Critical Reading, Thinking, and Writing Credit Hours: 3
• GEOG 302 - Regional Geography: Europe and the Americas Credit Hours: 3

• or GEOG 303 - Regional Geography: Africa and Asia Credit Hours: 3 

• HIST 101 - American History to 1877 Credit Hours: 3

• or HIST 102 - American History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3 

• HIST 110 - Western Civilization to 1500 Credit Hours: 3

• or HIST 111 - Western Civilization Since 1500 Credit Hours: 3 

• KINS 101 - Wellness Credit Hours: 2
• 1 KINS activity course
• MATH 151 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
• PHS 111 - Earth Science Credit Hours: 3
• POLS 205 - American National Government Credit Hours: 3

• or ECON 201 - Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3 

• or SOC 203 - General Sociology Credit Hours: 3 

• 3 hours from the Global Perspectives menu

Major: 75 Hours

To be completed prior to admission to program: 25 Hours

• EDFD 200 - Chalk / Wire ePortfolio
• EDFD 202 - The Teaching Profession and Technology - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 3
• EDFD 203 - Child and Adolescent Development Credit Hours: 3
• EDFD 311 - Principles of Learning and Teaching Credit Hours: 3
• EDFD 315 - Education Law and Ethics Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 336 - Arkansas History Credit Hours: 3

• or MLED 420 - Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Arkansas History Credit Hours: 3 

• MATH 241 - Mathematics for Early Childhood and Middle School Teachers Credit Hours: 3
• PHS 110 - Earth Science Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
• SPED 303 - Teaching the Child with Exceptionalities Credit Hours: 3

To be completed after admittance to the program: 50 Hours

• BIOL 408 - Science for the P-8 Teacher Credit Hours: 3
• ENG 420 - Teaching Young Adult Literature Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 102 - American History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
• additional history elective
• MATH 242 - Math Applications for P-8 Teachers Credit Hours: 3
• MATH 270 - Geometry for Middle Level Educators Credit Hours: 3

• or MATH 290 - Mathematics for Middle Level Educators Credit Hours: 3 

• MLED 314 - Managing the Learning Environment-Internship I Credit Hours: 2
• MLED 416 - The Middle School Credit Hours: 3
• MLED 442 - Supervised Teaching Middle Childhood/ Early Adolescence, grades 4-8 Credit Hours: 6-12
• RDNG 412 - Emergent Literacy Credit Hours: 3
• RDNG 413 - Adolescent Literacy Credit Hours: 3
• RDNG 415 - Interdisciplinary Literacy Credit Hours: 3
• SPED 419 - Professional Educator Elementary/Middle Level/SPED B-K/SPED K-12 Credit Hours: 3
• TESL 433 - Methods of Second Language Teaching Credit Hours: 3

• or TESL 435 - 2nd Language Assessment Credit Hours: 3 

• or TESL 437 - Cross-Cultural Aspects of English as a Second Language Credit Hours: 3 

• or TESL 439 - Second Language Acquisition Credit Hours: 3 

Remaining Bible/Electives: 6 Hours

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here .

Total Hours: 131