Middle School Education (BA)
Lindenwood University
Key Information
Campus location
Saint Charles, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 9,550 / per semester
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Introduction
In Missouri, middle school certification is defined as grades 5-9. Middle school teachers often work in teams and typically only teach one or two subjects. Middle school certification is specific to a content area. While all middle school majors take education courses, you must also complete courses for the specific subject area you intend to teach. At Lindenwood, we offer the following middle school certifications:
- Business Emphasis
- English / Language Arts Emphasis
- Mathematics Emphasis
- Science Emphasis
- Social Science Emphasis
Lindenwood University’s middle school teacher education program prepares you for a career as a teacher of grades 5-9 in the state of Missouri by emphasizing the development of professionally trained specialists in teaching early adolescents. You are given a top learning experience as you contemplate a variety of teaching philosophies and methods as well as master your content area. Throughout the program, you are encouraged to challenge yourself as an educator in order to improve lessons and teaching strategies so you are ready for real-world experience. Besides the work you complete in the Lindenwood University classroom, you will participate in multiple observations and field experiences, which involve working with adolescents and experienced teachers. With a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in middle school education from Lindenwood University, you are ready for the grades 5-9 classroom as a highly qualified educator.
Each content area has a separate Missouri Content Assessment. Students must pass the appropriate assessment before being placed for student teaching. This assessment is a certification requirement.
Lindenwood University Middle School Education Certification Faculty
The highly credentialed and experienced education faculty at Lindenwood University brings both academic and real-world professional achievement to the classroom. They collaborate with colleagues from many schools and community partnerships to deliver outstanding innovative learning opportunities for you and all of our education students at every level of experience.
Career Opportunities
27% Higher Income | 93% Success Rate |
Our graduates have a 27% higher income than the national median 10 years after enrolling. Source: US Department of Education's College Scorecard/ Department of Treasury 2018. | Investing in a Lindenwood education sets you up for success. 93% of Lindenwood graduates are employed or enrolled in graduate programs within 6 months of graduation. |
When you complete your degree in middle school education from Lindenwood University, you are a certified teacher ready to teach grades 5-9 in the classroom.
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Curriculum
Lindenwood University offers a bachelor of arts (BA) in education with middle school certification, which requires 48-50 credit hours in middle school education and 3-6 credit hours in methods of teaching. Topics of study include psychology of teaching and learning, education of the exceptional child, middle school psychology, and more.
Business Emphasis
Major Coursework
50 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- EDU 11110 Orientation to Educational Experiences with Field Experiences
- EDU 20200 Psychology of Teaching and Learning
- EDU 21501 Teacher Education Seminar I
- EDU 30710 Content Literacy for Diverse Learners
- EDU 32100 Middle/High School Classroom Teaching and Technology
- EDU 33600 Secondary Methods of Teaching Business Education
- EDU 34100 Education of the Exceptional Child
- EDU 34310 Middle/High School Differentiation and Classroom Management with Field Experiences
- EDU 37300 Implementing Vocational Business Education Programs
- EDU 38700 Reading/Writing Across Curriculum
- EDU 38800 Middle School Psychology
- EDU 38910 Middle School Philosophy, Curriculum, and Instruction
- EDU 40400 Advanced Measurement and Evaluation to Enhance Learning
- EDU 41000 Student Teaching
Oral Communications Coursework
3 credit hours of coursework from the following option:
- SW 20000 Intercultural Communication
Social Science Coursework
3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- ECON 23010 Survey of Economics
- ECON 23020 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 23030 Principles of Macroeconomics
Business Emphasis Coursework
21 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- ACCT 21010Principles of Financial Accounting
- COM 30300 Written Communication for Business
- CSC 10011 Introduction to Computer Science: Python
- EDU 37300 Implementing Vocational Business Education Programs
- ENTR 37510 Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- FIN 32000 Principles of Finance
- MGMT 14000 Microcomputer Applications
- MGMT 24000 Introduction to Information Systems
- MGMT 26032 Principles of Management
- MRKT 35010 Principles of Marketing
- MTH 14100 Basic Statistics
English / Language Arts Emphasis
Major Coursework
47 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- EDU 11110 Orientation to Educational Experiences with Field Experiences
- EDU 20200 Psychology of Teaching and Learning
- EDU 21501 Teacher Education Seminar I
- EDU 30710 Content Literacy for Diverse Learners
- EDU 32100 Middle/High School Classroom Teaching and Technology
- EDU 33400 Secondary Methods of Teaching English
- EDU 34100 Education of the Exceptional Child
- EDU 34310 Middle/High School Differentiation and Classroom Management with Field Experiences
- EDU 38700 Reading/Writing Across Curriculum
- EDU 38800 Middle School Psychology
- EDU 38910 Middle School Philosophy, Curriculum, and Instruction
- EDU 40400 Advanced Measurement and Evaluation to Enhance Learning
- EDU 41000 Student Teaching
Oral Communications Coursework
3 credit hours of coursework from the following option:
- SW 20000 Intercultural Communication
English/Language Arts Emphasis Coursework
3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- ENGL 20100 Premodern World Literature
- ENGL 20101 Modern World Literature
- ENGL 20500 British Literature: Fact, Fiction, and Everything In-Between
- ENGL 23500 American Literature: Slavery and War
- ENGL 24100 Celtic Literature
- ENGL 24200 Viking Literature
- ENGL 25300 The Arthurian Legend
- ENGL 25400 Mythology and Folklore
- ENGL 25900 Existentialism: Absurdity, Angst, and the Meaning of Life
- ENGL 26000 Gothic Literature: Monsters & Madness
Elective Coursework I
6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- ENGL 30700 The Teaching of Writing
- ENGL 37200 Grammar and Writing
Elective Coursework II
3 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- EDU 24700 Adolescent Literature
- ENGL 37100 Reading and Writing of the Young Adult Novel
Elective Coursework III
15 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- ENGL 20000-20099 Introduction to Literature
- ENGL 22200 Writing about Reality
- ENGL 25600 Greek Myth, Epic, and Tragedy
- ENGL 30100 Methods of Literary Study
- ENGL 33200 Chaucer
- ENGL 33300 Shakespeare
- ENGL 33800 Medieval Literature
- ENGL 33900 Early Modern Literature
- ENGL 34101 London in the Eighteenth Century
- ENGL 34200 Politics, Passion, Poetry and Problems: The Romantic Movement
- ENGL 34300 Victorians: Vile or Virtuous?
- ENGL 35300 Twentieth-Century American Literature
- ENGL 35500 Literary Modernism: Experiment, Method, and Mystery
- ENGL 37600 African American Literature
- ENGL 40400 History of the English Language
Note: No duplication of coursework is allowed.
Mathematics Emphasis
Major Coursework
47 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- EDU 11110 Orientation to Educational Experiences with Field Experiences
- EDU 20200 Psychology of Teaching and Learning
- EDU 21501 Teacher Education Seminar I
- EDU 30710 Content Literacy for Diverse Learners
- EDU 32100 Middle/High School Classroom Teaching and Technology
- EDU 33100 Secondary Methods of Teaching Mathematics
- EDU 34100 Education of the Exceptional Child
- EDU 34310 Middle/High School Differentiation and Classroom Management with Field Experiences
- EDU 38700 Reading/Writing Across Curriculum
- EDU 38800 Middle School Psychology
- EDU 38910 Middle School Philosophy, Curriculum, and Instruction
- EDU 40400 Advanced Measurement and Evaluation to Enhance Learning
- EDU 41000 Student Teaching
Oral Communications Coursework
3 credit hours of coursework from the following option:
- SW 20000 Intercultural Communication
Mathematics Emphasis Coursework
24 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- CSC 14400 Computer Science I
- MGMT 26014 Excel for Professionals
- MTH 14100 Basic Statistics
- MTH 14800 Mathematical Structures for Teachers I
- MTH 15100 College Algebra
- MTH 15200 Pre-calculus: Elementary Functions
- MTH 17300 Survey of Calculus
- MTH 23000 Geometry with Geometric Software
- MTH 24100 Statistics for Natural Science
- MTH 27100 Calculus I
- MTH 27200 Calculus II
- MTH 28500 Introduction to Mathematical Proof Writing
- MTH 31100 Differential Equations
- MTH 31300 History of Mathematics
- MTH 31500 Linear Algebra I
- MTH 31600 Linear Algebra II
- MTH 32000 Abstract Algebra
- MTH 32400 Theory of Financial Mathematics I
- MTH 32500 Theory of Financial Mathematics II
- MTH 32600 Models for Financial Economics
- MTH 34100 Probability and Mathematical Statistics I
- MTH 34200 Probability and Mathematical Statistics II
- MTH 34500 Regression Analysis
- MTH 35100 Numerical Methods
- MTH 36100 Partial Differential Equations
Science Emphasis
Major Coursework
47 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- EDU 11110 Orientation to Educational Experiences with Field Experiences
- EDU 20200 Psychology of Teaching and Learning
- EDU 21501 Teacher Education Seminar I
- EDU 30710 Content Literacy for Diverse Learners
- EDU 32100 Middle/High School Classroom Teaching and Technology
- EDU 33000 Secondary Methods of Teaching Science
- EDU 34100 Education of the Exceptional Child
- EDU 34310 Middle/High School Differentiation and Classroom Management with Field Experiences
- EDU 38700 Reading/Writing Across Curriculum
- EDU 38800 Middle School Psychology
- EDU 38910 Middle School Philosophy, Curriculum, and Instruction
- EDU 40400 Advanced Measurement and Evaluation to Enhance Learning
- EDU 41000 Student Teaching
Oral Communications Coursework
3 credit hours of coursework from the following option:
- SW 20000 Intercultural Communication
Science Emphasis Coursework
24 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- BSC 10000 Concepts in Biology
- BSC 10700 Human Biology
- BSC 24000 Introduction to Biological Diversity
- BSC 24800 Introduction to Ecology and Evolution
- BSC 32000 Plant Biology
- BSC 40400 Cell Biology
- BSC 40800 Genetics
- BSC 46400 Evolution
- CHM 10000 Concepts in Chemistry
- CHM 23000 General Chemistry 1
- ESC 10000 Physical Geology with Lab
- ESC 10500 Survey of Geology
- ESC 11000 Introductory Meteorology
- ESC 13000 Introductory Astronomy
- ESC 13100 Astronomy Lab
- ESC 13200 Introductory Astronomy with Lab
- GEO 11500 Physical Geography
- PHY 11100 Concepts of Physics
- PHY 11200 Concepts of Physics Laboratory
- PHY 25100 Introductory Physics I
- SCI 21200 History of Science
Social Science Emphasis
Major Coursework
47 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- EDU 11110 Orientation to Educational Experiences with Field Experiences
- EDU 20200 Psychology of Teaching and Learning
- EDU 21501 Teacher Education Seminar I
- EDU 30710 Content Literacy for Diverse Learners
- EDU 32100 Middle/High School Classroom Teaching and Technology
- EDU 33500 Secondary Methods of Teaching Social Studies
- EDU 34100 Education of the Exceptional Child
- EDU 34310 Middle/High School Differentiation and Classroom Management with Field Experiences
- EDU 38700 Reading/Writing Across Curriculum
- EDU 38800 Middle School Psychology
- EDU 38910 Middle School Philosophy, Curriculum, and Instruction
- EDU 40400 Advanced Measurement and Evaluation to Enhance Learning
- EDU 41000 Student Teaching
Oral Communications Coursework
3 credit hours of coursework from the following option:
- SW 20000 Intercultural Communication
Social Science Emphasis Coursework
9 credit hours of coursework from the following options:
- ECON 23010 Survey of Economics
- ECON 23020 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 23030 Principles of Macroeconomics
- GEO 10100 World Regional Geography
- GEO 10200 Concepts of Geography
- HIST 11300 US History: The American Century
- HIST 11500 US History: America through Gender
- HIST 11600 US History: America through the History of Race
- HIST 15500 US Government: Politics and History
- HIST 26100 History of the Contemporary World
- HIST 26300 History of Latin America
- HIST 26400 History of Asia
- PS 15500 American Government: The Nation
- PS 15600 American Government: The States
- PSY 10000 Principles of Psychology
- SOC 10200 Basic Concepts of Sociology
Note: No duplication of coursework is allowed.