Secondary Education - Earth and Space Science
Effective Fall 2009
Students seeking Secondary Education Certification in Earth and Space Science must declare majors in both Geoscience (Earth Science) and Secondary Education (Earth and Space Science) and complete the full Geoscience (Earth Science) 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 129 Credits is required for a bachelor of science in education with a specialization in Earth and Space Science. Required courses include:
Science
50.114 Concepts Biology
51.120 Physical Geology
51.130 Historical Geology
51.255 Meteorology
51.259 Oceanography
52.115 Chem for the Sciences 1
52.116 Chem for the Sciences 2
54.110 Astronomy
54.111 Introductory Physics I
54.112 Introductory Physics II
Secondary Education
Choose one of the following three courses:
- 60.204 Educational Computing and Technology
- 60.350 Instructional Design Systems
- 60.351 Virtual Learning Communities
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
60.453 Teaching of Science
60.497 Teaching in Education: First Experience
60.498 Teaching in Education: Second Experience
70.275 Linking Assessment
70.358 Methods of Instruction
General Education
Among 50 credits of general education courses, the following are required:
20.101 Composition I
20.201 Composition II or a Writing Intensive Course:
- 20.131 The Bible as Literature
- 20.151 Introduction to Literature
- 20.152 Literature and Society
- 20.156 Popular Literature
- 20.226 European Literature I
- 20.227 European Literature II
- 20.236 American Literature I
- 20.237 American Literature II
- 20.246 British Literature I
- 20.247 British Literature II
- 20.256 Non-Western Literature I
- 20.257 Non-Western Literature II
Choose one of the following two courses
45.211 Principles of Sociology
48.101 General Psychology
48.212 Adolescent. Psychology
70.101 Introduction to Exceptional Individuals
72.415 ELL: Basics of Language and Communications or
79.494 ELL: Strategies and Methods
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.
Among natural sciences and mathematics requirements, three departments must be represented from Biological and Allied Health Sciences, Chemistry; Geography and Geosciences; Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, and Physics and Engineering Technology, including one mathematics course from the following:
Students should select remaining credits from approved list of Earth and Space Science electives:
51.261 Mineralogy
51.262 Petrology
51.320 Remote Sensing of the Earth
51.360 Paleontology
51.365 Geomorphology
51.369 Structural Geology
51.370 Principles of Hydrology
51.451 Field Tech in Earth & Space Sciences
51.470 Groundwater Hydrology
51.420 Planetary Geology