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A major in Middle Level Social Studies is meant to prepare students for a career as a highly qualified teacher education candidate skilled to teach any core subject at the 4th-6th grade level and skilled to teach Social Studies at the 7th-8th grade level. For state certification, students must meet all the competency standards set by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

To successfully complete the Middle Level Social Studies Certification major, the following coursework is required:

• 39 credits of Major Requirements
• 47 credits of Education Requirements
• 40 CORE credits
• A minimum of 126 credits are required for a degree, the last 30 of which must be completed at La Roche College. Developmental coursework does not count towards the required number of credits for graduation.

Education Requirements: 47 credits
EDML2010	ML Teaching Science Methods Lab
EDML2023	ML Teaching Mathematics Methods Lab
EDML3010	Developing Reading Communities
EDML3013	ML Teaching Social Studies Methods Lab
EDML3050	Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines
EDML4010	Advanced Teaching Methods for Middle Level
EDML4050	ML Student Teaching (Grades 4-6)
EDML4055	ML Student Teaching (Grades 7-8)
EDSP2015	Introduction to High Incidence Disabilities, Accommodations and Adaptations
EDSP2025	Learning Environments, Classroom Behavior Management, Accommodations and Adaptations
EDSP3040	Evaluation and Authentic Assessment within a Standards Aligned System
EDSP4015	Development of the IEP and Inclusion in Least Restrictive Environment
EDUC1010	Introduction to Education
PSYC1021	Introduction to Psychology
PSYC2040	Adolescence Psychology
PSYC2061	Educational Psychology
Major Requirements: 39 credits
ADMG1005	Macroeconomics
BIOL1001	Life Science
GEOG3013	Geography and World Affairs
HIST1010	U.S. History: The Foundation of a Republic (1600-1865)
HIST2XXX OR 3XXX	Non-US History 2000 or 3000 level course
HIST2XXX OR 3XXX	Non-US History 2000 or 3000 level course
HISTXXXX	2000-3000 Level History(HS) Course
MATH1040	Probability and Statistics
MATH2000	Mathematics for the Liberal Arts
MATH2023	Geometry and Measurement
NSCI2045	Geology
POLI1022	American Government
SLSC1006	Introduction to Physical Science: Motion, Matter and Mind