Biology Education 6-12 (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (10 to 11 hours)
IA: Rhetoric		ENGL 1101							Rhetoric and Composition	3
IB: Mathematical Reasoning									Choose course from approved list	3 to 4
IC: Critical Thinking		EDUC 3307							Learning and Cognition	3
ID: Scientific Method		BIOL 1101L							General Biology I Lab	1
Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)
IIA: Freshman Composition		ENGL 1102							Literature and Composition	3
IIB: Speaking									Choose course from approved list	3
IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences									Choose course from approved list	3
IID: Humanities									Choose course from approved list	3
IIE: Government									Choose course from approved list	3
Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)
IIIA: Modern Language									Choose sequence from approved list	6
IIIB: History of Other Cultures									Choose course from approved list	3
IIIC: Fine Arts									Choose course from approved list	3
Category IV: The Natural World (7 hours)
IVA: Natural Science		BIOL 1101							General Biology I	3
		BIOL 1102							General Biology II	3
		BIOL 1102L							General Biology II Lab	1
Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)
VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics		ENVS 2070							Environmental Science	3
Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
VIA: First-Year Experience		PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

48-49

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Science Foundations

BIOL 2240	Genetics	4
BIOL 3500	Vertebrate Natural History	4
	OR
BIOL 4200	Invertebrate Zoology	4
BIOL 3650	Comparative Physiology	3
	OR
BIOL 3700	Animal Behavior	3
BIOL 4500	Organic Evolution	4
	OR
BIOL 4700	Ecology	4
CHEM 1101	General Chemistry I	3
CHEM 1101L	General Chemistry I Lab	1
CHEM 1102	General Chemistry II	3
CHEM 1102L	General Chemistry II Lab	1
NASC 3990	Philosophy and Methodology of Science	3
Total Credit Hours:		26

Biology Education 6-12 Major

EDSE 3335	Science Methods, 6-12	3
EDUC 1199	Introduction to Education	3
EDUC 2000	Introduction to Professional Practice	3
EDUC 2250	Media and Technology for Educators	3
EDUC 3355	Exceptional Children	3
EDUC 4479	Internship I	1
EDUC 4489	Internship II	3
EDUC 4495	Educational Assessment for All Learners	3
EDUC 4497	Classroom Management	3
EDUC 4498	Senior Seminar: Reflection and Application	3
EDUC 4499	Internship III	6
ENGL 4440	Reading and Writing in the Content Areas	3
Total Credit Hours:		37

General Electives

	General Electives	9-10
Total Credit Hours:		9-10

Total Credit Hours: 121

 

NOTICE: GACE II must be passed prior to Apprentice Teaching II.