Education, Add-on Certifications

Add-On Certification By Institutional Endorsement:

Individuals who possess a teaching license may add the institutional endorsements listed below by completing the appropriate program of studies. For institutional endorsement add-ons, all courses must be taken at MUW and no course substitutions are allowed. These programs are being reviewed by the Mississippi Department of Education and may change prior to the printing of the next catalog.

Education of the Mildly/Moderately Disabled (Grades K-8):

• ED 306 - Introduction to Exceptional Learners
• EDS 313 - Introduction to Special Education
• EDS 320 - Education of the Mildly/Moderately Handicapped
• EDS 330 - Procedures for the Resource Room
• EDS 414 - Practicum in the Elementary Resource Room (6 hours)
• EDS 324 - Teaching in the Inclusion Classroom

Education of the Mildly/Moderately Disabled (Grades 7-12):

• ED 306 - Introduction to Exceptional Learners
• EDS 313 - Introduction to Special Education
• EDS 320 - Education of the Mildly/Moderately Handicapped
• EDS 330 - Procedures for the Resource Room
• EDS 415 - Practicum in the Secondary Resource Room
• EDS 324 - Teaching in the Inclusion Classroom

Health:

(may only be added to a license in Biology, Kinesiology/PE, or Family & Consumer Sciences)

• HED 207 - Emergency Health Care
• HED 380 - Methods of Teaching Health Education
• SOC 305 - Marriage and the Family
• FS 470 - Health, Drugs and Chemical Dependencies

Physical Science:

(may only be added to a license in Biology, General Science, Chemistry, Physics, or Earth Science)

• Select any lab-based Chemistry: (8 Semester Hours)

• PSC 111 - General Chemistry I
• PSC 111L - General Chemistry I Laboratory
• PSC 112 - General Chemistry II
• PSC 112L - General Chemistry II Laboratory

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• Select any lab-based Physics: (8 Semester Hours)

• PSP 211 - General Physics
• PSP 212 - General Physics
• PSP 213 - General Physics (Calculus Based)
• PSP 214 - General Physics (Calculus Based)

Computer Applications:

• ED 297 - The Computer and the Classroom
• ED 498 - Instructional Technology

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• Select two of the following: (6 Semester Hours)

• MIS 157 - Information Systems Using Microcomputers *
• MIS 160 - Spreadsheet Applications *
• MIS 296 - Object Oriented Programming
• SM 125 - Fortran
• SM 135 - Programming in C++

Add-On Certification by Mississippi Department of Education Routes:

Add-on certification may also be added for some teaching fields by completing 21 semester hours of content in the discipline or by passing the Praxis II – Specialty Area test in the discipline. See the Mississippi Department of Education web site for details.

Add-On Certifications at the Graduate Level

MUW also offers the Add-On Certification in Reading/Literacy and in Gifted Studies with the completion of 15 hours of graduate classes. See the current Graduate Bulletin for information on these programs.