Biology Education 6-12 (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)
Rhetoric and Composition		ENGL 1101*							Rhetoric and Composition	3
Literature and Composition		ENGL 1102*							Literature and Composition	3
Communication									Choose course from approved list	3
II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)
Modern Languages									Choose sequence from approved list	6
English Literature									Choose one 2000-level English Literature course (ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 may NOT be used)	3
Philosophy and Religion									Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the 1000-2000 level	3
Fine Arts									Choose course from approved list	3
III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)
World History									Choose course from approved list	3
Government									Choose course from approved list	3
Social Science		EDUC 2207							Learning and Cognition	3
IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (11-12 hours)
Mathematics*									Choose course from approved list	3 to 4
Natural Science		BIOL 1101							General Biology I	3
		BIOL 1101L							General Biology I Lab	1
		BIOL 1102							General Biology II	3
		BIOL 1102L							General Biology II Lab	1
V. Ethics (3 hours)
Ethics		ENVS 2070							Environmental Science	3
VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
First-Year Experience   *Grade of C or higher required.		PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

47-49

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

General Electives

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

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 3330	Foundations of Literacy	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 4499	Internship III	9
Total Credit Hours:		37

Total Credit Hours: 121

 

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