Program: Middle Level Education English/Language Arts/Social Sciences Major 4-8 (MLES), BA - Harding University

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 32 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete the 47-hour Liberal Arts program. The following Liberal Arts courses are met within the content of the major:

PHS 1070/1070L or PHS 1010 /PHS 1010L satisfies 3 hours of Inquiry, Investigation, and Reasoning.
History satisfies 6 hours of Historical and Literary Perspective.
EDFD 2030 or POLS 1787 and GEOG 2506 or GEOG 2551 satisfy 6 hours of Self and Society.

Note:

MATH 1200 or higher is required to satisfy 3 hours of Inquiry, Investigation, and Reasoning in accordance with the Liberal Arts policy.

Major: 87 Hours

To be completed prior to admission to the program: 46 Hours

ECON 2010 - Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
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
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
HIST 1020 - American History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2100 - Western Civilization to 1500 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 2110 - Western Civilization Since 1500 Credit Hours: 3
PHS 1070/1070L - Physical Science for Educators Credit Hours: 4
or PHS 1010 - Earth Science Credit Hours: 3

and PHS 1010L - LAB: Earth Science Credit Hours: 1
POLS 1787 - American National Government Credit Hours: 3
SOC 2030 - General Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SPED 3030 - Teaching the Child with Exceptionalities Credit Hours: 3
TESL 4330 - Methods of Second Language Teaching Credit Hours: 3
or ENG 3000 - Advanced Composition Credit Hours: 3

or ENG 3130-3133 - Writing Fiction Credit Hours: 3

or RDNG 3500 - Children’s Literature Credit Hours: 3

Note(s):

See Cannon-Clary College of Education for admission requirements to the Teacher Preparation Program. A grade of C or higher is required in the following courses COMM 1010 , EDFD 2020 , EDFD 2030 , ENG 1110 and ENG 2110 , and MATH 1200 or higher.

To be completed after admission to the program: 41 Hours

ENG 4200 - Teaching Young Adult Literature Credit Hours: 3
MLED 3160 - The Middle School Credit Hours: 3
MLED 3200 - Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Arkansas History Credit Hours: 3
MLED 4140 - Managing the Learning Environment-Internship I Credit Hours: 2
MLED 4420 - Supervised Teaching: Middle Level 4-8 Credit Hours: 6-12
(Must be taken for 12 hours of credit to fulfill program requirements.)
RDNG 3120 - Foundations of Reading Credit Hours: 3
RDNG 4130 - Adolescent Literacy Credit Hours: 3
SPED 3130 - Family, School, and Community: Cultural Perspectives Credit Hours: 3
SPED 4160 - Literacy Interventions for Students with Exceptionalities Credit Hours: 3
SPED 4190 - Professional Educator Elementary/Middle Level/SPED B-K/SPED K-12 Credit Hours: 3
Additional 3 hours of Social Science or History elective (approved by advisor)

Remaining Bible/Electives: 9 Hours

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here .

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