Secondary Education - Biology
Effective Fall, 2009
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
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
52.230 Fund. Organic Chemistry
54.111 Intro Physics I
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
Electives (17 Credits)
Choose one biology field course from the following courses:
50.200 Dendrology
50.252 Field Zoology
50.253 Freshwater Biology
50.263 Field Botany
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 the approved list of Biology electives available in the Department of Educational Studies and Secondary Education. Of these, 50.430 Evolution is strongly recommended.
Secondary Education
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
65.453 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
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
50.479 Physiology Lab
52.115 Chem for the Sciences I
52.116 Chem for the Sciences II
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:
10.102 French II
11.102 German II
12.102 Spanish II
13.102 Russian II
14.102 Italian II
16.106 Chinese II
Among courses to meet the natural sciences and mathematics requirement, students must select one Earth or Space Science course from the following five courses:
51.100 Environmental Geology
51.101 Physical Geology
51.102 Historical Geology
51.255 Meteorology
51.259 Oceanography