Middle Childhood Education

School of Health Professions and Education

Undergraduate Education Programs

Program Requirements

Middle Childhood Education (Grades 5 – 9)

The program in middle childhood education requires that students select a major in the subject area which they plan to teach. The areas open to students at Utica College are English, mathematics, sciences (majors in biology, chemistry, or physics), the social sciences (majors in economics, history, government and politics, social studies, or sociology and anthropology), and business and distributive education (majors in management or computer science). Certification in business and distributive education also requires a year of work experience in addition to college course work. See the Director of Teacher Education for further information.

In addition to the requirements in their majors and the courses in the middle childhood education program listed below, students must fulfill the following requirement (which may be satisfied by the requirements of the Utica College core curriculum):

• one year of college-level work in a language other than English 

Course Requirements		Credits	Year
EDU 111	Introduction to Teaching	1	1
EDU 201	Applied Educational Psychology	3	2,3
EDU 215	Diversity, Disabilities, and Success	3	2,3
EDU 301	Foundations of Literacy	3	2,3
EDU 303	Literacy and Comprehension: Middle-Adolescence	3	3
EDU 312	Practical Teaching Methodologies	3	3
EDU 313	Methods and Curriculum in Teaching	3	3
EDU 316	Social Studies/Literacy Methods: Birth-Childhood	3	3
EDU 321	Foundations of American Education	3	3,4
EDU 344	Science and Technology Methods, Birth-Childhood	3	3
EDU 345	Mathematics Methods, Birth-Childhood	3	3
PSY 321	Infancy and Childhood	3	2,3
PSY 322	Adolescent Psychology	3	2,3
EDU 471	Student Teaching Seminar	0	4
EDU 475	Student Teaching I	6	4
EDU 476	Student Teaching II	6	4

NOTE: Students completing the middle childhood education program with majors in biology, chemistry, English, economics, history, mathematics, physics, government and politics, social studies, or sociology and anthropology must complete at least 90 credit hours in the liberal arts. Students completing majors in management or computer science must complete at least 60 hours in the liberal arts. Education courses are not liberal arts courses. Consult as early as possible with your adviser or with the Director of Teacher Education to be sure that you fulfill this requirement.



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