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* Field experience embedded throughout the semester (6-15 hours) ++ Field experience embedded throughout the semester (30 hours) + Field experience embedded throughout the semester (60 hours) ** Three-week field experience (90 hours) • All education courses require a grade of C or better. • Foundational and Integrative English, Literature, and the six credits of math (Math 103 and Qualitative Reasoning or higher level math) require a grade of C or better. • A GPA of 3.0 or greater is required of all students seeking teacher certification. • Education majors must apply for SOE formal acceptance between 48 and 60 credit hours.
MIDDLE LEVEL 4-8 EDUCATION Bachelor of Science Degree Mission of the Middle Level Program: Gannon University’s Middle Level Grades 4-8 program prepares skilled professionals who improve the educational experiences of young adolescents by designing and delivering multifaceted, integrative, challenging, and engaging curricula, instruction, and assessment. Gannon’s Grades 4-8 Middle Level Certification programs lead to a Bachelor of Science degree with certification in nine possible areas. The curriculum provides extensive fieldbased experiences in both self-contained and content-specific classrooms in rural, urban and suburban classrooms. The professional education core creates a foundation for successful clinical practice. This core set of courses emphasizes middle level philosophy and strategies for success with young adolescents, regardless of whether the school is an elementary, middle or junior high school. The curriculum includes courses designed to provide content-area expertise as well as foundational knowledge in all core subject areas. These courses require field-based experiences that total approximately 340 hours before student teaching.
Middle Level Education 4-8 Concentration: English/Language Arts and Reading Curriculum (Numerals in front of courses indicate credits) FRESHMAN Fall 3 Foundations of Education*/EDCR 106 3 History of US to 1865/HIST 221 3 Quantitative Literacy/MATH 103 3 Foundational English/ENGL 101 3 Foundational Theology/THEO 101 0 Gannon 101/FRSH 101 15
Spring 3 Instructional Design/Classroom Management+/EDCR 105 3 College Algebra/MATH 111 3 Special Education Overview/SPED 101 3 Foundational Philosophy/PHIL 101 3 Integrative English 15
