Academic Catalog 2025-2026

Middle Level Endorsements

Communication Arts and Literature 5-8 Endorsement (33 credits)

COM 110Basic Communication4
EDU 220Introduction to Middle Level Education3
EDU 320
& EDU 321		Pedagogy and the Young Adolescent Learner
and Integrated Literacy in the Content Areas		3
EDU 406
& EDU 407		Methods in Teaching 5-8 English
and Middle Level Education Field Experience in English		4
EDU 491Student Teaching in Middle Level3
ENJ 202Juvenile Literature4
Choose one from the following:4
ENJ 210A
Prose Studio 1
ENJ 312AZ
Travel Writing 1
Choose one from the following: 4
ENJ 102
British Literature
ENJ 103
Topics in American Literature
Choose one from the following:4
ENJ 200L
Story in Modern America 1
ENJ 203U
World Literature 1
Total Credits33

Mathematics 5-8 Endorsement (34-35 credits)

EDU 220Introduction to Middle Level Education3
EDU 320
& EDU 321		Pedagogy and the Young Adolescent Learner
and Integrated Literacy in the Content Areas		3
EDU 410
& EDU 411		Methods in Teaching 5-8 Mathematics
and Mathematics Education Field Experience in grades 5-8 or 5-12		4
EDU 491Student Teaching in Middle Level3
MAT 121MPrecalculus 1, 34
MAT 124MCalculus 1 14
MAT 125Calculus 24
MAT 242Introduction to Proofs2
MAT 451Modern Geometry4
Choose one of the following courses:3-4
MAT 207M
Statistical Analysis 1, 2
MAT 330
Probability and Statistics
Total Credits34-35

Social Studies 5-8 Endorsement (35 credits)

ECO 202Principles of Microeconomics2
ECO 203Principles of Macroeconomics2
EDU 220Introduction to Middle Level Education3
EDU 320
& EDU 321		Pedagogy and the Young Adolescent Learner
and Integrated Literacy in the Content Areas		3
EDU 4195-8 Social Studies Methods and Field Experience2
EDU 491Student Teaching in Middle Level3
GEO 120Introduction to Geography4
GEO 320KHistory and the Human Environment 14
HIS 200LHistory of the United States 1, 44
POS 100American Politics and Government4
SOC 101Introduction to Sociology4
Total Credits35
1

Students may also choose to use this course to meet a General Education requirement.

2

Due to Minnesota teacher licensure requirements, PSY 230M may not be substituted for this statistics course.

3

Students may test out of this course based on their performance on the Math and Computer Science department placement exam requirements.

4

Students already take this course if enrolled in the K-6 Elementary Education program.

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