Education: Interdisciplinary Middle Grades Teaching, 6-8 Licensure

General education for 6-8 licensure program:

Students may seek middle grades licensure (grades 6-8 endorsement) by majoring in the general studies interdisciplinary middle grades teaching major and choosing two areas of specialization (Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies).

• LU 1203 - Lipscomb Experience (3) or
• LUHP 2033 - Great Ideas in History (3) F, SP, SU
• LUMS 2003 - Explorations in Math/Science: Power of Science I/Biology and Chemistry (3) F, SP

• and LUMS 2093

• BI 1073 - The Story of Jesus (3) F
• BI 1083 - The Story of the Church (3) SP
• BI 1093 - The Story of Israel (3) F and

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• BI 3213 - Faith and Culture (3) SP or
• BI 3433 - Disciplines for Christian Living (3) F, SP or
• BI 4213 - Biblical Ethics (3) F, SP

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• Engagements
• plus 3 hours embedded in  ED 4403 - Student Teaching Seminar (3) F, SP
• CO 1003 - Introduction to Communication (3) F, SP
• EN 1313 - University Writing (3) F, SP, SU

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• EN 2153 - Survey of World Literature I (3) F, SP, SU or
• EN 2163 - Survey of World Literature II (3) F, SP or
• LULT 2043

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• EN 1113 - Introduction to University Writing (3) F, SP

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• MA 1043 - Survey of the Fundamentals of Mathematics (3) F, SP, SU
• PE 2012 - Lifetime Wellness (2) F, SP
• PS 1113 - Introduction to Psychology (3) F, SP, SU
• PS 3243 - Human Development and Learning (3) F, SP, SU

Professional education for 6-8 licensure program:

• ED 2313 - Schooling in America (3) F, SP
• ED 3323 - Planning for Learning (3) F, SP
• ED 3476 - Reading and Language Arts (6) F, SP
• ED 3636 - Clinical Practice I (6) F, SP
• ED 3649 - Clinical Practice II (9) F, SP
• ED 4403 - Student Teaching Seminar (3) F, SP
• ED 473C - Clinical Practice III - 4-8 (12) F, SP

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• Foreign language 8 hours of a foreign language and
• FL 4514 - Introduction to Teaching Foreign and Second Languages: Theory and Practice (4) F, SU

Interdisciplinary major

• ED 3343 - Cultural Perspectives in Education (3) F, SP, SU
• EN 3013 - Advanced Composition and Rhetoric (3) F, SP
• HI 2213 - History of the United States I (3) F, SP, SU
• MA 1053 - Survey of Algebra and Statistics (3) SP
• MA 3053 - Survey of Geometry (3) F, SP, SU

Areas of specialization

Students must choose 1 of the following areas of specialization: