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Recommended Courses for Teacher Certification Candidates Middle Grades Ed.

Middle Grades Education Concentration Area—Language arts

Required and recommend course requirements below are a result of the collaborative effort of the VSU academic committees.  The selection of courses was based upon Praxis II descriptors, QCC content and skills teachers must address, Georgia Performance Standards, and national organization standards.

Arts & Sciences faculty teaches all courses in matrixes below that are found in bold.

Language Arts and General Concentration Matrix

Concentration Area

Required

Select Courses from Recommended Ones

Language Arts

Required

Select from these courses

* Highly recommended

Area F

  • Select 6 hours for primary concentration
  • Select 3 hours for secondary concentration

ENGL 2060 Introduction to English Studies  - 3 semester hours

COMM 2500 Fundamentals of Intercultural Communication - 3 semester hours (Communication Arts Faculty)

*ENGL 2110 World Literature I- 3 semester hours

*ENGL 2120 World Literature 2 - 3 semester hours *

*ENGL 2130 World Literature 3  - 3 semester hours *

 ENGL 2140 World Literature 4 – 3 semester hours

Major side

Required

Select one from these courses

ENGL 3080 Grammar & Editing - 3 semester hours

MGED 3210 Preadolescent Literature - 3 semester hours (Education Faculty)

LING 4000 Elements of Linguistics- 3 semester hours

ENGL 3110 British Literature 1 - 3 semester hours

ENGL 3120 British Literature II- 3 semester hours)

ENGL 3210 American Literature- 3 semester hours