Biological Sciences, BS, Biology Education Concentration

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First Year

Fall Semester

ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
MATH 1610 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA ^†† ^G
BIOL 1510 - GENERAL BIOLOGY I ^†† ^G
BIOL 1520 - GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB I ^††
PSYC 1010 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I ^G
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^{†† G} Credits / Units: 3
MATH 1620 - TRIGONOMETRY ^†† ^G
BIOL 1530 - GENERAL BIOLOGY II ^†† ^G
BIOL 1540 - GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB II ^††
CHEM 1210 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS ^†† ^G
CLAB 1230 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS ^††
COMM 2100 - COMMUNICATING IN THE CLASSROOM ^G

Total Credit Hours: 17

Second Year

Fall Semester

HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
BIOL 2000 - CELL BIOLOGY ^††
BIOL 2050 - GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY ^††
or BIOL 2230 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
BIOL 2070 - GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB ^††
or BIOL 2240 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
CHEM 1220 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS ^††
CLAB 1240 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS ^††
EDCI 1010 - INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION: SCHOOL AND SOCIETY ^†††

Total Credit Hours: 17

Spring Semester

BIOL 3120 - GENETICS ^††
CHEM 2610 - SURVEY OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ^††
BIOL 2410 - THE PROFESSION OF BIOLOGY, OR GETTING WHAT YOU CAME FOR ^††
BIOL 3950 - GENERAL ECOLOGY ^††
BIOL 3970 - GENERAL ECOLOGY LABORATORY ^††
EDES 1500 - MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE MODERN MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY ^*

Total Credit Hours: 15

Third Year

Fall Semester

HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
BIOL 3020 - COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF THE VERTEBRATES ^††
CHEM 2810 - SURVEY OF BIOCHEMISTRY ^††
EDCI 2510 - TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS ^††
BIOL 3410 - PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY ^††
EDCI 2460 - CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS *

Total Credit Hours: 17

Spring Semester

BIOL 4050 - EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY ^††
BIOL 4410 - BIOLOGY SEMINAR ^††
BIOL 3920 - ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY ^††
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
EDCI 4720 - CONTENT AREA READING AND SUPPORT FOR DYSLEXIA AND OTHER DIVERSE LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS *

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

BIOL 4980 - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE FOR TEACHERS ^††
EDCI 4530 - TEACHING RESIDENCY ^†††
EDCI 4850 - SPECIAL METHODS IN HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS *
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

EDCI 4860 - TEACHING RESIDENCY CAPSTONE †††

Total Credit Hours: 9

Total Semester Hours Required 120

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

^†††Requires a grade of “B” or higher.

^†† A grade of “C” or higher must be earned in these major courses.

* A grade of “C” or higher must be earned.

Honors Diploma in the Discipline

For information on earning Sophomore Honors Distinction, Senior Honors Distinction, or the Honors Diploma, please consult the Honors Program section of this catalog, the Director of the Honors Program, and/or your Department Head.