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Minimum GPA

2.70

Middle 50% GPA

3.10 — 3.63

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Chris McDermott
(309) 438-5873
DeGarmo Hall 56

Required Courses for Admission

None

Recommended Courses for Admission

To find the course equivalencies at an Illinois community college, please review our Course Articulation Guides.

Recommended for all Middle Level Teacher Education Majors:

  • Composition I (ENG 101)
  • Writing in the Disciplines (ENG 145)
  • Fundamentals of Speech (COM 110)

English Language Arts Endorsement

Take one of the following:

  • English Literature (ENG 110)
  • Survey of American Literature (ENG 130)
  • Children’s Literature (ENG 170)
  • Literary Narrative (ENG 125)
  • Introduction to African-American Literature & Culture (ENG 165)
  • Multimodal Composition (ENG 239)

Mathematics Endorsement

  • None

Science Endorsement

  • Fundamental Concepts in Biology (BSC 101)
  • Chemistry and Society (CHE 102), Fundamentals of Chemistry (CHE 110) or General Chemistry I (CHE 140)
  • Fundamentals of Physics (PHY 105)
  • Principles of Geology (GEO 102)

English Language Learner (ESL) Endorsement

  • Unity and Diversity in Language (ENG 143)

Take one of the following: 

  • Cross Cultural Teaching and Learning (TCH 110)
  • Culture Power and Civic Life (ANT 176)
  • Cultures of the World: Introduction to Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology (ANT 185)
  • Contemporary Social Problems in Global Perspectives (SOC 108)
  • American Diversity (SOC 111)
  • Global Social Change (SOC 220)

Social Science Endorsement

  • World Geography (GEO 135)
  • United States Government and Civic Practices (POL 106)
  • Macroeconomics (ECO 101) or Microeconomics (ECO 102)
  • One additional course with an AMALI designation

Take one of the following:

  • Western Civilization to 1500 (HIS 101)
  • Western Civilization after 1500 (HIS 102)
  • World History (HIS 105)
  • History of the US to 1865 (HIS 135)
  • History of the US after 1856 (HIS 136)

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