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Middle Childhood Education (B.A.)

Admission Process

  1. Pre-Admission

    The first part of the teacher education admission and retention process takes place when the prospective student applies for admission to WLU and indicates that he or she is interested in pursuing a teaching major or when the student changes his or her major to a major in teacher education from another major. The formal declaration of a teaching major on the admission form or with the Registrar's office gives the Teacher Education Program the ability to communicate with the student regarding items of importance to education majors.

  2. Formal Admission into the WLU Teacher Education Program

    Students who have completed the requirements for admission into Teacher Education apply for admission using an online form available through the Teacher Education website.

    The criteria for admission into Teacher Education are:

    See Teacher Education Student Policy Manual.

  3. Admission to Clinical Practice (Student Teaching)

    See the Teacher Education Student Policy Manual.

  4. Graduation and Certification

    During the period of the clinical practice, the student is required to follow the schedule of his or her cooperating teacher and of the school in which he or she is placed. The Student Teaching Syllabus lists all of the requirements and expectations that the student must meet in order to receive credit for the experience.

    Students who are pursuing the BA degree must submit an Application for Graduation to the Registrar's Office by the deadline established by that office. The Registrar's Office staff determines if the candidate has met the graduation requirements.

Teaching Certification

To qualify for West Virginia teaching certification, each graduate must also pass all of the required Praxis II tests for the subject area that he or she intends to teach. A list of the required Praxis II tests, along with the required passing scores, is available at the ETS website (http://www.ets.org/praxis) or the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) web site.

Graduates may obtain certification packets at the dean’s office or by requesting a packet from WVDE. Fingerprinting must be completed at a WVDE approved location.

Required Courses and Professional Components

Professional Education Component

EDUC 100Intro To Professional Educ

1
EDUC 201Human Development

3
EDUC 207Foundations Of Educ

3
EDUC 290Instructional Technology

3
EDUC 301Educational Psychology

3
SPED 241Intro To Exceptionalities

3

Methods and Materials Block Semester

These courses must be scheduled together during the semester prior to the professional semester. Students must be admitted to Teacher Education before enrolling in the Elementary Education Methods and Materials Block semester. Students must be eligible for the M&M Block to register for the courses listed below.

EDUC 293Instr Design Asses for Mid/Sec

3
EDUC 341M&M for Middle Sch Educ

2
EDUC 342M&M Lab for Secondary Teachers

1
READ 302Read for Content Area Instr

3
SPED 320Collab Tech Sec Stud Exception

3
EDUC 309Field Practicum II

0

Professional Semester Courses

EDUC 409School Law & Org

1
EDUC 470Professional Seminar

1
EDUC 484Tchg MCE

4
EDUC 484Tchg MCE

4

Choose two areas of interest from the following:

Art

ART 104Drawing I

3
ART 1102D Foundation Design

3
ART 140Art Appreciation

3
ART 1603D Foundation Design

3
ART 220Ceramics I

3
ART 260Sculpture I

3
Studio Emphasis

6
Choose 3 hours from the following:
ART 210Watercolor Painting I

3
ART 215Oil/acrylic Painting I

3
Choose 3 hours from the following:
ART 341History of Art I

3
ART 342History of Art II

3

English:

ENG 200Lit Foundations for ENG Majors

3
ENG 275Structure of English

3
ENG 320Young Adult Literature

3
ENG 385Advanced Composition

3
ENG 400Composition Theory

3
Any 300-400 ENG

3
Choose 3 hours from the following:
ENG 204Brit Lit Through 18th Century

3
ENG 214British Lit after 18th Cent

3
Choose 3 hours from the following:
ENG 205American Lit Before Civil War

3
ENG 215American Lit after Civil War

3
Choose 3 hours from the following:
ENG 360Creative Writing-Poetry

3
ENG 361Creative Writing: Fiction

3
ENG 362Creative Writing-Nonfiction

3
Choose 3 hours from the following:
ENG 490World Literature I

3
ENG 492World Literature II

3

General Science

BIO 124Biological Principles

1
BIO 125Biological Principles Lab

1
BIO 140Life Sci I for Elem Teachers

3
BIO 340Life Sciences II for Elem/5-9

0
CHEM 100Foundations Of Chemistry

3
CHEM 101Foundations Of Chemistry Lab

1
MATH 145Pre-Calculus

3
PHYS 101Elem Physics I

3
PHYS 110Elem Physics Lab I

1
PHYS 315Trends & Issues in Sci Educ

3
PHYS 340Phys Sci II for Elem/5-9 Tchrs

4
PHYS 345Earth and Space Science

4
PHYS 346Earth and Space Science Lab

1
Choose one course from the following:
GEO 444Weather And Climate

3
PHYS 400Oceanography & Climatology

2

Math

MATH 240Math for Elem & 5-9 Teachers I

4
MATH 245Math for Elem & 5-9 Teacher II

4
MATH 145Pre-Calculus

3
MATH 160Intro to Statistics

5
MATH 264Manipulatives In Mathematics

2
MATH 309Calc & Geo For Gen Math 5-9

3
MATH 327History Of Mathematics

3
MATH 373Finite Mathematics

3
MATH 481

1

Social Studies

ECON 103Principles of Microeconomics

3
ECON 203Principles of Macroeconomics

3
GEO 205Introduction To Geography

3
GEO 206World Regional Geography

3
HIST 103Hist Of Civilization I

3
HIST 104Hist Of Civilization II

3
HIST 210Hist of U.S. I to 1876

3
HIST 211Hist of U.S. II Since 1876

3
HIST 302WV & the Appalachian Region

3
POLS 201American Government

3