Middle-Grade General Science

Elementary Education 

Any elementary teacher candidate applying for an initial Illinois Professional Educator
license and seeking a subsequent middle-grade general science endorsement to be added
to the license will need to

• complete 18 semester hours of approved science-related coursework including the
  2-credit course SCI 325 Methods of Teaching Middle-Grade Science. (Wheaton
  elementary education majors will automatically have completed 2 credits toward
  the endorsement by completing the required course SCI 322. Also, students will
  have completed 8 additional credits toward this endorsement by taking courses to
  receive their SP and SIP tags as part of the Wheaton’s general education
  curriculum).
• pass the state’s middle-level general science content exam. This is in addition to
  passing the elementary content exam.
• complete a Wheaton-approved practicum in a middle school. Any science course counted toward the middle-grade endorsement must have a final grade
  of C- or higher.

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

Secondary Education 

Secondary Education students who are also science majors will automatically receive the
middle-grade science endorsement as part of their program; however, they will need to
pass the state’s middle-level general science content exam.