Middle Grade General Science

Middle Grade General Science

Any teacher candidate applying for an initial IL teaching license and seeking a subsequent middle grade science endorsement to be added to an elementary or high school license will need to meet Illinois middle grade science requirements of

Christ at the Core general education SP and SIP courses count towards these 18 hours of science.

While Illinois no longer designates coursework to meet the middle grade science endorsement requirements, we strongly recommend coursework from each of the following three areas:

Any science course counted toward the middle grade endorsement must have a final grade of C- or higher.

For Secondary Education/Science (bio, phy, chem) double majors

For Elementary Education majors

Part One: (4-8 hrs for CATC SP & SIP tags)

Part Two: (4 hours)

Part Three: (6-10 hours, for a minimum of 18 required hours)

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