Program: Middle Level Education English/Language Arts/Science Major 4-8 (MLEL), BA - Harding University

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 2030 is required in place of PSY 2010 in the Individual and Social Environment component and is counted in the hours for the major.

ART 1010 - Art Appreciation Credit Hours: 3
or MUS 1010 - 1015 - Music Appreciation Credit Hours: 3
or THEA 1010 - Theatre Appreciation Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1100 - General Biology Credit Hours: 3
BNEW 1010 - Life and Teachings of Jesus (Gospels) Credit Hours: 2
BNEW 1030 - Faith and Mission of the Church (Acts through Revelation) Credit Hours: 2
BOLD 2010 - Creation and Kingdom (Genesis through Esther) Credit Hours: 2
BOLD 2030 - Wisdom and Prophets (Job through Malachi) Credit Hours: 2
COMM 1010 - Communication Principles Credit Hours: 3
ENG 1130 - Introduction to University Writing, Research, and Grammar Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2010 - World Literature I Credit Hours: 3
or ENG 2020 - World Literature II Credit Hours: 3
ENG 2110 - Critical Reading, Thinking, and Writing Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 2506 - Regional Geography: Europe and the Americas Credit Hours: 3
or GEOG 2551 - Regional Geography: Africa and Asia Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1010 - American History to 1877 Credit Hours: 3
or HIST 1020 - American History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2100 - Western Civilization to 1500 Credit Hours: 3
or HIST 2110 - Western Civilization Since 1500 Credit Hours: 3
KINS 1010 - Wellness Credit Hours: 2
1 KINS activity course
MATH 1330 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
PHS 1010 - Earth Science Credit Hours: 3
POLS 1787 - American National Government Credit Hours: 3
or ECON 2010 - Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
or SOC 2030 - General Sociology Credit Hours: 3
3 hours from the Global Perspectives menu

Major: 77 Hours

To be completed prior to admission to the program: 22 hours

EDFD 2020 - The Teaching Profession and Technology - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 2030 - Child and Adolescent Development Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 3110 - Principles of Learning and Teaching Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 3150 - Education Law and Ethics Credit Hours: 3
HIST 3021 - Arkansas History Credit Hours: 3
or MLED 3200 Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Arkansas History Credit Hours: 3
MATH 2131 - Mathematics for Early Childhood and Middle School Teachers Credit Hours: 3
PHS 1010L - LAB: Earth Science Credit Hours: 1
SPED 3030 - Teaching the Child with Exceptionalities Credit Hours: 3

To be completed after admittance to the program: 55 Hours

BIOL 3100/3100L - General Zoology Credit Hours: 4
or BIOL 3110/3110L - General Botany Credit Hours: 4
BIOL 4080 - Science for the P-8 Teacher Credit Hours: 3
ENG 4200 - Teaching Young Adult Literature Credit Hours: 3
MATH 2231 - Math Applications for P-8 Teachers Credit Hours: 3
MATH 2700 - Geometry for Middle Level Educators Credit Hours: 3
MATH 2900 - Mathematics for Middle Level Educators Credit Hours: 3
MLED 4140 - Managing the Learning Environment-Internship I Credit Hours: 2
MLED 3160 - The Middle School Credit Hours: 3
MLED 4420 - Supervised Teaching Middle Childhood/ Early Adolescence, grades 4-8 Credit Hours: 6-12
PHS 1070 - Physical Science for Educators Credit Hours: 4
or CHEM 1010/1010L - General Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
or CHEM 1040/1040L - College Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
RDNG 3120 - Foundations of Reading Credit Hours: 3
RDNG 4130 - Adolescent Literacy Credit Hours: 3
RDNG 4150 - Disciplinary Literacy Credit Hours: 3
SPED 4190 - Professional Educator Elementary/Middle Level/SPED B-K/SPED K-12 Credit Hours: 3
TESL 4330 - Methods of Second Language Teaching Credit Hours: 3
or TESL 4350 - 2nd Language Assessment Credit Hours: 3
or TESL 4370 - Cross-Cultural Aspects of English as a Second Language Credit Hours: 3
or TESL 4390 - Second Language Acquisition Credit Hours: 3

Remaining Bible/Electives: 4 Hour

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here.

Locations

Locations

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

Requirements

Middle Level Education Liberal Arts: 50 Hours

Major: 77 Hours

To be completed prior to admission to the program: 22 hours

To be completed after admittance to the program: 55 Hours

Remaining Bible/Electives: 4 Hour

Total Hours: 131