Science Education (Concentration in Biology), B.S.ED.

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Total number of hours for the program: 128.

(9 credit hours taken in the major fulfill requirements in Liberal Studies.)

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 - Psychology Applied to Learning and Teaching 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 for Biology 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)
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)
BIOL 240 - Introduction to Genetics Credits: (4)
BIOL 241 - Introduction to Ecology and Evolution Credits: (4)
BIOL 306 - Evolutionary Biology Credits: (3)
Approved upper-level science electives (4)

Capstone (3 hours)

BIOL 480 - Research in Biology Credits: (1-3, R6)

Additional Requirements

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