Middle Level Science Education Major, Bachelor of Arts in Education (BAE)
Completion of this major, the General Degree Completion Requirements for Elementary or Secondary Education, satisfies the state requirements for an Elementary or Secondary Education teaching endorsement and a Middle Level Science teaching endorsement.
Students can choose either the Elementary or the Secondary Core to complete the Natural Science Education-Middle Level Science major.
| Prerequisites apply | ||
| BAE students must complete the required Elementary or Secondary Education Core and the following courses. | ||
| Required Middle Level Science Education Courses | ||
| Life Science | ||
| BIOL 115 | LIFE SCIENCE FOR TEACHERS | 5 |
| BIOL 171 | BIOLOGY I | 5 |
| BIOL 172 | BIOLOGY II | 5 |
| Earth Science | ||
| GEOS 115 | EARTH SCIENCE FOR TEACHERS | 5 |
| GEOS 204 | HOT EARTH: PEOPLE AND CLIMATE CHANGE | 5 |
| or GEOS 314 | WEATHER FORECASTING | |
| Physical Science | ||
| CHEM 161 & 161L | GENERAL CHEMISTRY FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES | 5 |
| PHYS 115 | INVESTIGATING PHYSICAL SCIENCE | 5 |
| PHYS 121 | DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY | 5 |
| Additional Requirements | ||
| EDUC 417 | CULTURE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL | 3 |
| MATH 141 | PRECALCULUS I | 5 |
| SCED 390 | SCIENCE TEACHING METHODS | 5 |
| Required Senior Capstones–must be taken concurrently | ||
| SCED 490A | SCIENCE TEACHING CAPSTONE SEMINAR | 3 |
| SCED 490B | SCIENCE TEACHING CAPSTONE FIELD APPLICATION | 2 |
| Total Credits | 58 | |
| Elementary Education Core | ||
| There are general education science and social science courses that are strongly recommended for the Elementary Education candidate. See the general requirements section of this catalog. Please see an Education advisor for clarification. | ||
| EDUC 304 | INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY READING | 3 |
| EDUC 303 & EDUC 310 & EDUC 338 & EDUC 340 & EDUC 386A | FOUNDATIONS OF ASSESSMENT and LITERACY METHODS, MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL STUDIES METHODS 1: INTEGRATED LANGUAGE ARTS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL STUDIES METHODS 2: INTEGRATED SOCIAL STUDIES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and FIELD EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICUM | 18 |
| EDUC 308 & EDUC 380 & EDUC 381 & EDUC 386B | FOUNDATIONS OF ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT and INTEGRATED STEM METHODS 1 and INTEGRATED STEM METHODS 2 and FIELD EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICUM | 14 |
| EDUC 423 | ELEMENTARY STUDENT TEACHING K-8 | 12 |
| EDUC 427 | GENERAL STUDENT TEACHING K-12 (Variable credit. A minimum of 3 credits are required.) | 3-15 |
| Total Credits | 50-62 | |
| Secondary Education Core | ||
| EDUC 303 & EDUC 309 & EDUC 341 & EDUC 386A & EDUC 413 | FOUNDATIONS OF ASSESSMENT and FOUNDATIONS OF SECONDARY CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT and SECONDARY STRATEGIES, MANAGEMENT, ASSESSMENT and FIELD EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICUM and CONTENT AREA LITERACY: MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION CANDIDATES | 15 |
| EDUC 386B & EDUC 427 | FIELD EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICUM and GENERAL STUDENT TEACHING K-12 (These are variable credit courses. The minimum for each is 3 credits.) | 6-15 |
| EDUC 426 | SECONDARY STUDENT TEACHING 7-12 | 12 |
| Total Credits | 33-42 | |
University Competencies and Proficiencies
English
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB
General Education Requirements (GER)
- Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours
- 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
- 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
- Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)
Humanities and Arts
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
University Graduation Requirements (UGR)
Diversity Course List
Foreign Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Degree Works calculates based on these two catalog years.
- The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who successfully earn a BAE in Middle Level Science Education from EWU should be able to do the following:
- apply science and engineering practices in NGSS;
- appropriately respond to potential safety hazards in different learning environments, e.g., laboratory, classroom, field;
- explain how cross-cutting ideas bridge disciplinary boundaries, uniting core ideas throughout the fields of science and engineering;
- explain the disciplinary core ideas of earth and space, life and physical science and guide the learning of others in key principles of each of the science domains outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards;
- incorporate instructional materials and teaching strategies to a community of diverse students.