Secondary Education - Biology
Effective Fall, 2010
Students seeking Secondary Education Certification in Biology must declare majors in both Biology (BA) and Secondary Education (Biology) and complete the full Biology (BA) course sequence as well as the Secondary Education Professional Course and Certification requirements. Students must consult their advisers in both departments each semester regarding course selection and other certification requirements.
A total of 127 credits is required to earn a bachelor of science in education degree with specialization in Biology. Required courses include:
Biology Courses (26 Credits)
50.114 Concepts in Biology I
50.115 Concepts in Biology II
50.242 Biology of Microorganisms
50.271 Cell Biology
50.332 Genetics
50.351 Ecology
Physiology Requirement (3 Credits) - choose one of the following five (5) courses:
50.472 Animal Cell Physiology
50.474 Vertebrate Systems Physiology
50.477 Plant Physiology
50.478 Microbial Physiology
50.480 Comparative Animal Physiology
Other Science Requirements (8 credits)
52.230 Fund. Organic Chemistry
54.111 Intro Physics I
Electives 9 Credits from Biology:
Choose One Biology Field Course from:
50.200 Dendrology
50.252 Field Zoology
50.253 Freshwater Biology
50.263 Field Botany
50.452 Limnology
50.457 Entomology
50.459 Ornithology
Choose one of the following two courses:
50.333 Molecular Biology or
52.341 Biochemistry I
Students should select remaining credits from approved list of biology electives:
50.430 Evolution is strongly recommended
Secondary Education (38 Credits)
60.206 Teachers, Schools and Society
60.251 Psychological Foundations of Education.
60.291 Principles of Teaching
*60.311 Classroom Measurement and Assessment
60.406 Multicultural Education
60.497 Teaching in Education: First Experience
60.498 Teaching in Education: Second Experience
*65.453 Teaching of Science
70.275 Linking Assessment
70.358 Methods of Instruction
*79.320 Field-Based Inclusion Practicum (6 cr) can substitute for 60.311 and 65.453
Choose one of the following three courses:
60.204 Educational Computing and Technology
60.350 Instructional Design Systems
60.351 Virtual Learning Communities
General Education
Among 50 credits of general education courses, the following are required:
20.101 Composition I
45.211 Principles of Sociology
48.101 General Psychology
48.212 Adolescent. Psychology
50.290 Writing in Biology
53.141 Introduction to Statistics
70.101 Introduction to Exceptional Individuals
72.415 ELL: Basics of Language and Communications or
79.494 ELL: Strategies and Methods
Choose one of the following two courses
25.103 Public Speaking
25.104 Interpersonal Communication
Among courses chosen to meet humanities requirement, three departments must be represented from Art and Art History, Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, English, Languages and Cultures, Music History, and Philosophy, including one of the following:
10.101 French 1 12.102 Spanish 2
10.102 French 2 12.203 Spanish 3
10.203 French 3 12.204 Spanish 4
10.204 French 4 13.102 Russian 2
11.101 German 1 13.103 Russian 3
11.102 German 2 13.104 Russian 4
11.203 German 3 14.102 Italian 2
11.204 German 4 18.102 Latin 2
12.101 Spanish 1 19.102 Chinese 2
Among courses to meet the natural sciences and mathematics requirement, students must select one Earth or Space Science course from the following:
50.479 Physiology Lab 51.100 Environmental Geology
51.101 Physical Geology
51.255 Meteorology
51.259 Oceanography
52.115 Chem for the Sciences I
52.116 Chem for the Sciences II