Business Education (Grades 5-9) Certification

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CIP Code: 13.1303

NOTE: Middle school candidates may opt to complete certification in one or two concentration areas. In addition, middle school certification may be combined with secondary certification in the same content area, earning subject-specific certification in grades 5-12.

Subject-Specific Certification Requirements:
A 24-credit-hour area of concentration is required for middle school certification. Areas of concentration offered by Missouri Baptist University include Business Education, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, and Speech/Theatre. Candidates pursuing middle/secondary combined certification must satisfy all the subject-specific secondary content area requirements, which will also fulfill the middle school concentration area requirements.

Content area courses are undergraduate-only unless otherwise noted.

See your advisor for certification requirements.

Professional Requirements

Content Planning and Delivery/Individual Student Needs/Schools and the Teaching Profession

EDUC 201 - Professional Growth and Folio Development I Semester Hours: One ^¹
EDUC 200 - Continuing Portfolio Development for Teacher Candidates Semester Hours: Zero (must be enrolled concurrently with EDUC 201)¹
EDUC 203 - Teaching in a Diverse Society Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDUC 303 - Methods of Teaching and Differentiated Instruction Semester Hours: Three ^¹
EDUC 573 - Applications of Technology Semester Hours: Three
ECTA 323 - Curriculum, Assessment, and Data-Based Decision Making Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDPS 313 - Psychology of Learning & Development Semester Hours: Three ⁑¹
EDPS 453/553 - The Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three
EDMS 443/543 - Middle School: Philosophy and Organization Semester Hours: Three
EDRD 423/523 - Integration of Literacy in Content Areas: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ‡
EDRD 463/563 - Reading and Writing Strategies for Middle and Secondary Content Areas Semester Hours: Three
ETOP 423/523 - Classroom and Behavior Management Semester Hours: Three ^
EDUC 401 - Professional Growth and Folio Development II Semester Hours: One †^²
EDTR 413/513 - Trauma Informed Classroom I Semester Hours: Three (must be taken concurrently with Student Teaching)

Total: 35 Hours

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¹ Undergraduate-only courses required for admission to the Teacher Education Program.
² Undergraduate-only course required in preparation for approval to student teach.
^ Teacher Education Program Gateway course - requires a grade of B or better (may be repeated once)
† Requires enrollment in GoReact as co-requisite/pre-requisite.

⁑ For students transferring professional education course work, the combination of Educational Psychology (or equivalent) and a course that covers child and adolescent growth and development (generally a prerequisite to Educational Psychology) will be substituted for .
‡ Students who transfer in a course for which does not include an equivalent field experience must complete: .

Field and Clinical Experiences

EDCL 211 - Teaching Field Experience I Semester Hours: One (must be in grades 5-9 in a middle school setting) †‡^¹
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Business Education (Grades 5-9) Certification

Professional Requirements

Content Planning and Delivery/Individual Student Needs/Schools and the Teaching Profession

Total: 35 Hours

Note

Field and Clinical Experiences

Instructional Strategies and Techniques in Content Specialty Area

Content Area Requirements

Total: 76 Hours