Middle Grades STEM, B.S.

Offered by Education , the Middle Grades STEM, B.S. provides students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be successful middle grades STEM teachers in diverse settings, following standards established by the Association for Middle Level Education. Moreover, students will be prepared for teacher certification in middle grades science and mathematics, making them uniquely marketable in the state and region.

University Requirements

Completion of Minimum University Requirements for an Undergraduate Baccalaureate Degree .

Minimum 120 credits and minimum GPA of 2.0
Completion of 45 upper-level credits, residence requirement, Writing Intensive requirement, and General Education requirement

Major Requirements

Minimum 104 credits
Minimum grade of ‘C’ in courses applied to the major

Course Requirements

Education Major Requirements (41 credits)

Complete the following:

STEM Content Courses (61-62 credits)

Complete the following:

Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s Programs

Qualified students may apply to an accelerated program, which allows them to share courses between a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. Students take graduate courses as undergraduate students and later apply those courses to master’s degrees. An undergraduate may apply to participate in an accelerated program even if the desired graduate program is in a department other than the one in which the student is majoring. More information is available from the Graduate School website: https://gradschool.umbc.edu/admissions/nontraditional/accelerated/