BIOLOGY SECONDARY EDUCATION
SCHOOL
OF SCIENCES

Beginning fall 2007 – ALWAYS CONTACT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR CHANGES

 

YEAR

FALL SEMESTER

SPRING SEMESTER

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

FRESHMAN

 

DGN 1101 The Responsible Self 2 cr

ENG 1110 First Year Composition 4cr (or spring semester)

BIO 1110 General Biology I 4 cr

CHM 1110 General Chemistry I 4 cr

*EDU 1540 Introduction to Teaching 2 cr (must take EDU 1505 during same term)

*EDU 1505 Introductory Field Experience 1 cr (must take EDU 1540 during same term)

 

*May be taken fall or spring.

 

DGN 1102 And Dignity for All 2 cr

CTA 1102 Human Communication 4cr (or fall Semester)

BIO 1120 General Biology II 4 cr

CHM 1120 General Chemistry II 4 cr

MTH 1111 Elementary Functions I 4 cr

General Education/Concentration Courses

 

*Praxis (PPST) Exam

 

 

*May be taken fall or spring./Concentration Courses

Freshman Requirement (12 Credits) - Dignitas

DGN 1101 (2 cr) and 1102 (2 cr) and ENG 1110 and CTA 1102

General Education - Pathways

(1)            CULTURAL DIVERSITY (may meet a second general education requirement)

(2)            SOCIAL SCIENCE

(3)            WORLD LANGUAGE

(4)            LITERATURE

(5)            ANALYTICAL REASONING (met by MTH 1111)

(6)            NATURAL SCIENCE (met by BIO 1110 or CHM 1110)

(7)            HISTORY

(8)            FINE ARTS

(9)            PHILOSOPHY (not PHL 1105)

(10)         RELIGIOUS STUDIES

(11)         GENERAL EDUCATION UPPER DIVISION

   ELECTIVE WRITING COURSE (PSC 4150)

 

 

SOPHOMORE

 

BIO 2110 Anat Phys I 4 cr

EDU 2102 Secondary Drug and Health Ed. 2 cr

*EDU 2200 Education Psychology/Needs of Learners 4 cr

*EDU 2300 Human Relations 2 cr

PSC 2001 Physics I 4 cr.

General Education/Concentration Courses

 

*May be taken fall or spring.

 

BIO 2120 Anat Phys II 4 cr

EDU 2800 Classroom Environment: Middle/Secondary 4 cr

EDU 2805 Field Experience 1 cr (must be taken with EDU 2800)

General Education/Concentration Courses

PSC 2002 Physics II 4 cr

 

Application to the Middle/Sec. EDU major is made during the FALL semester of the SOPHOMORE year.

JUNIOR

 

*BIO 3500 Genetics 4 cr

BIO 4170 Ecology 4 cr (Fall semester of the So., Jr. or Sr. year)

EDU 3800 Teaching Process 4 cr

NSC 3333 Science Methods 4 cr

NSC 3335 Field Experience 1 cr

General Education/Concentration Courses

*May be taken fall or spring.

NSC 3333 & NSC 3335 offered fall semester 2007 & 2009

 

*EDU 3250 Special Needs Education 2 cr

PSC 4150 Science and Culture 4 cr

General Education/Concentration Courses

 

 

*May be taken fall or spring

SENIOR

ESC 1202 Cosmic Systems 4 cr (take during any fall semester)

General Education/Concentration Courses

 

*May take either Fall or Spring Semester

** Take General Education Academic Profile Exam

**Praxis II Exams- Take Pedagogy and Content Area Exams

EDU 4700 Student Teaching 14 cr (must take EDU 4710 during same term)

*EDU 4710 Student teaching Seminar 2 cr (must take EDU 4700 during same term)

General Education/Concentration Courses

Must take BIO 3210 – Plant Anatomy and Physiology - 4 credits (alt yrs F2008, F2010, etc.) or BIO 3220 – Plant Systematics - 4 credits, and 4 more credits in Biology electives.

Elective recommendations: BIO 2250-Microbiology, BIO 3130-Embryology, BIO 3220-Plant Systematics.

32 biology credits (minimum grade of “C”) are required for the major.