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 are required for a Bachelor of Science in Education with a specialization in Earth and Space Science. Required courses include:
Science
BIOLOGY.114 Concepts Biology
CHEM.115 Chem for the Sciences 1
CHEM.116 Chem for the Sciences 2
GEOSCI.120 Physical Geology
GEOSCI.130 Historical Geology
GEOSCI.255 Meteorology
GEOSCI.259 Oceanography
PHYSICS.110 Astronomy
PHYSICS.111 Introductory Physics I
PHYSICS.112 Introductory Physics II
Secondary Education
Choose one of the following three courses:
- EDFOUND.204 Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning
- EDFOUND.350 Instructional Design Systems
- EDFOUND.351 Virtual Learning Communities
EDFOUND.206 Teachers, Schools and Society
EDFOUND.251 Psychological Foundations of Education
EDFOUND.291 Principles of Teaching
EDFOUND.311 Classroom Measurement and Assessment
- EDFOUND.406 Multicultural Education
EDFOUND.453 Teaching of Science
EDFOUND.497 Teaching in Education: First Experience
EDFOUND.498 Teaching in Education: Second Experience
SPECED.275 Linking Assessment
SPECED.358 Methods of Instruction
General Education
Among 50 credits of general education courses, the following are required:
ENGLISH.101 Foundations of College Writing
ENGLISH.201 Composition II or a Writing Intensive Course:
- ENGLISH.131 The Bible as Literature
- ENGLISH.151 Introduction to Literature
- ENGLISH.152 Literature and Society
- ENGLISH.156 Popular Literature
- ENGLISH.226 European Literature I
- ENGLISH.227 European Literature II
- ENGLISH.236 American Literature I
- ENGLISH.237 American Literature II
- ENGLISH.246 British Literature I
- ENGLISH.247 British Literature II
- ENGLISH.256 Non-Western Literature I
- ENGLISH.257 Non-Western Literature II
Choose one of the following two courses
- COMMSTUD.103 Public Speaking
- COMMSTUD.104 Interpersonal Communication
AUDSLP.415 ELL: Basics of Language and Communications or
PROFSTUD.494 ELL: Strategies and Methods
PSYCH.101 General Psychology
PSYCH.212 Adolescent Psychology
SOC.211 Principles of Sociology
SPECED.101 Introduction to Exceptional Individuals
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:
- MATH.113 Pre-calculus
- MATH.123 Essentials of Calculus
- MATH.125 Calculus I
- MATH.126 Calculus II
Students should select remaining credits from approved list of Earth and Space Science electives:
GEOSCI.261 Mineralogy
GEOSCI.262 Petrology
GEOSCI.320 Remote Sensing of the Earth
GEOSCI.360 Paleontology
GEOSCI.365 Geomorphology
GEOSCI.369 Structural Geology
GEOSCI.370 Principles of Hydrology
GEOSCI.420 Planetary Geology
GEOSCI.451 Field Tech in Earth & Space Sciences
GEOSCI.470 Groundwater Hydrology