Science Education (Concentration in Earth Sciences), B.S.ED.

Liberal Studies Hours: 42

Liberal Studies Program Requirements 

Professional Education Sequence (23 hours)

• EDCI 201 - Teacher Leadership in a Diverse Society Credits: (3)
• PSY 323 - Understanding Development, Learning and Assessment for Responsive Instruction Credits: (3)
• SPED 339 - Designing Classrooms as Responsive Learning Communities Credits: (3)
• EDSE 322 - Principles and Methods of Teaching Credits: (2)
• SCI 491 - Supervised Student Teaching in the Sciences, 9-12 Credits: (3)
• EDSE 490 - Supervised Student Teaching Credits: (6)
• EDSE 495 - Seminar Credits: (3)

Science and Math Requirements in Earth and Science Concentration (65 hours)

The major requires 65 hours as follows:

• SCI 150 - Introduction to Secondary Science Education Credits: (1)
• SCI 301 - Nature & Science Credits: (3)
• SCI 422 - Principles and Methods of Science Education Credits: (3)
• MATH 146 - Precalculus Credits: (4)
• MATH 153 - Calculus I Credits: (4)

• or

• MATH 170 - Applied Statistics Credits: (3)
• BIOL 140 - Principles of Biology I Credits: (4)
• BIOL 141 - Principles of Biology II Credits: (4)
• CHEM 139 - General Chemistry I Credits: (4)
• CHEM 140 - Advanced General Chemistry Credits: (4)
• GEOL 150 - Methods in Geology Credits: (4)
• GEOL 155 - Historical Geology Credits: (4)
• PHYS 130 - Introductory Physics I Credits: (4)
• PHYS 131 - Introductory Physics II Credits: (4)
• AST 103 - The Solar System Credits: (3)

• or

• AST 104 - Cosmic Evolution Credits: (3)
• GEOG 300 - Weather and Climate Credits: (4)
• GEOL 302 - Geomorphology Credits: (4)

• or

• GEOL 305 - Soils and Hydrology Credits: (4)
• Approved Geology 200 or higher level electives (3)
• Approved upper-level science electives (1-2)

Additional Requirements

7-16 hours of  general electives are required to complete the program depending on the number of hours taken in the major that also fulfill Liberal Studies requirements.

Visit the department’s website at http://www.wcu.edu/as/GeosciencesNRM/index.html to view the 8 semester curriculum guide.