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 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G
BIOL 1510 - GENERAL BIOLOGY I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G
BIOL 1520 - GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB I 1 Credit Hour(s) ^††
PSYC 1010 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^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 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G
BIOL 1530 - GENERAL BIOLOGY II 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G
BIOL 1540 - GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB II 1 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CHEM 1210 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ^G
CLAB 1230 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS 1 Credit Hour(s) ^††
COMM 2100 - COMMUNICATING IN THE CLASSROOM 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G

Total Credit Hours: 17

Second Year

Fall Semester

HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
BIOL 2000 - CELL BIOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
BIOL 2050 - GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or BIOL 2230 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
BIOL 2070 - GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB 1 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or BIOL 2240 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY 1 Credit Hour(s)
CHEM 1220 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CLAB 1240 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS 1 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDCI 1010 - INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION: SCHOOL AND SOCIETY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^†††

Total Credit Hours: 17

Spring Semester

BIOL 3120 - GENETICS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CHEM 2610 - SURVEY OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
BIOL 2410 - THE PROFESSION OF BIOLOGY, OR GETTING WHAT YOU CAME FOR 1 Credit Hour(s) ^††
BIOL 3950 - GENERAL ECOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
BIOL 3970 - GENERAL ECOLOGY LABORATORY 2 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDES 1500 - MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE MODERN MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^*

Total Credit Hours: 15

Third Year

Fall Semester

HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
BIOL 3020 - COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF THE VERTEBRATES 4 Credit Hour(s) ^††
CHEM 2810 - SURVEY OF BIOCHEMISTRY 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDCI 2510 - TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
BIOL 3410 - PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY 1 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDCI 2460 - CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS 3 Credit Hour(s) *

Total Credit Hours: 17

Spring Semester

BIOL 4050 - EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 4 Credit Hour(s) ^††
BIOL 4410 - BIOLOGY SEMINAR 1 Credit Hour(s) ^††
BIOL 3920 - ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 4 Credit Hour(s) ^††
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
EDCI 4720 - CONTENT AREA READING AND SUPPORT FOR DYSLEXIA AND OTHER DIVERSE LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS 3 Credit Hour(s) *

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

BIOL 4980 - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE FOR TEACHERS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
EDCI 4530 - TEACHING RESIDENCY 6 Credit Hour(s) ^†††
EDCI 4850 - SPECIAL METHODS IN HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS 3 Credit Hour(s) *
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

EDCI 4860 - TEACHING RESIDENCY CAPSTONE 9 Credit Hour(s) ^†††

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.