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• Degree Requirements

A student earning a BS degree with teacher licensure in middle childhood education with an emphasis in language arts/social studies is currently authorized by the Arkansas Department of Education to teach language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science.

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Degree Requirements

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The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

FRESHMAN YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	English Composition Requirement	1 & 4
3	MATH 1403 College Algebra or MATH with Col Alg as a prereq	4
4	Science Requirement	1
3	History/Government Requirement	1
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science Requirement	1
FRESHMAN YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 14 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	English Composition Requirement	1 & 4
4	Science Requirement	1
3	SPCH 1203 Intro to Speech Communication	4
2	FORL 1322 Beginning Conv. Spanish I	2
2	FORL 1332 Beginning Conv. Spanish II	2
Summer Term(s): 13 hours
Following courses need to be scheduled during one or more summer terms prior to the senior year.
3	History/Government Requirement	1
3	HIST 4153 History of Arkansas	2
4	PHSC 2654 Earth Science	2
3	MATH 2333 Structures of Arithmetic	2
SOPHOMORE YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	EDUC 2753 Introduction to Education	2 & 4
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science Requirement	1
3	Program Requirements ENGL	2 & 3
3	History/Government Requirement	1
3	HIST 1123 Civ. of the World to 1500	2
1	Program Requirements PHYE	2 & 3
SOPHOMORE YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	EDUC 3003 Introduction to Educ. Technology	2 & 4
3	Program Requirements ENGL	2 & 3
3	Program Requirements ENGL	2 & 3
3	HIST 1133 Civ. of the World since 1500	2
3	MATH 2343 Informal Geometry	2
Admission to the College of Education, Teacher Education Program: Students must be admitted into the College of Education prior to enrollment in particular courses.
JUNIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 15 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science Requirement	1
3	Program Requirements ENGL	2 & 3
3	MATH 2503 Probability and Statistics	2
3	MLED 3563 Middle School Concepts	2 & 5
3	MLED 4113 Middle-level Literacy and Literature	2 & 5
JUNIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 16 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Science Requirement	1
3	ENGL 3403 Grammar and Language Awareness	2
2	EDUC 3112 Literacy Development in the Content Area	2 & 5
2	EDUC 3222 Practicum I	2 & 5
3	MLED 4143 Integrating Methods in Middle Level Math/Science Education	2 & 5
3	EDUC 3013 Human Development and Learning	2 & 5
SENIOR YEAR- FALL SEMESTER: 14 hours
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
3	Program Requirements ENGL	2 & 3
3	MLED 4123 Integrating Methods in Middle Level Social Studies/Language Arts	2 & 5
2	EDUC 4222 Assessment	2 & 5
2	EDUC 3612 Classroom and Behavioral Management	2 & 5
1	EDUC 4211 Practicum II	2 & 5
2	SPED 3022 Survey of Diverse Populations	2 & 5
1	Program Requirements PHYE	2 & 3
SENIOR YEAR- SPRING SEMESTER: 12 hours
Courses must be taken concurrently and student must be formally admitted to internship.
Credit Hours	Courses	Notes	Grade
2	EDUC 4802 Seminar in Education	2 & 5
10	MLED 490A Teaching in the Middle School	2 & 5
Total Hours: 131 At least 45 hours must be upper-level.

The prerequisites and corequisites of the degree requirements are subject to change.

NOTES
1: General Education Core Requirements, see Graduation Requirements section of the catalog. Follow requirements in this degree plan with the following stipulations: Composition-select sequence one or three, may not use ENGL 1223; science-PHSC 2754 and BIOL 1153/1151 are required; humanities- ENGL 2803 is required; history/government-POLS 2753, HIST 2753 and 2763 are all required; social sciences-GEOG 2753 and ECON 2803 are required.
2: These courses are used to determine major courses in residency, Graduation Requirements this catalog. Student must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 in these courses to meet graduation requirements, College of Education.
3: Program Requirements, 17 hours- Required PHYE activity courses: Select two from PHYE 1011, 1101, 1021, 1261, 1321, 1551, 1561, 1571, 1621, 1841, 2571, or 2841. Required English courses: ENGL 2783, 2793, 2763 or 2773, and 2813. RHET 2863 is required; if taken for composition requirement, select another ENGL course.
4: Requirements for Admission in Teacher Education Program (TEP): Must be completed with required grades for admission requirements. Consult with faculty advisor regarding College of Education Admission requirements and for courses taken after admission to program.
5:Must be admitted to the College of Education, Teacher Education Program.

Transfer Course Information

The Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS) contains information about the transferability of courses within Arkansas public colleges and universities. Students are guaranteed the transfer of applicable credits and the equitable treatment of the application of credits for the admissions and degree requirements. Courses transferability is not guaranteed for courses listed in ACTS as "No Comparable Courses." Courses with a D grade will not transfer unless an appeal for exception is submitted in writing to the provost prior to the first day of class. ACTS-Arkansas Course Transfer System http://acts.adhe.edu -select Course Transfer. Students may also view the UA Fort Smith Transfer Credit Guide at www.uafortsmith.edu/Transfer/TransferCreditGuide.