Biology Education, BS

Departmental/Program Major Courses (29 credits)

*A 2.0 average is required in these courses

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (xx-xx credits)

• CHM 12901 - General Chemistry With A Biological Focus
• Organic CHM 1 Selective - Credit Hours: 4.00
• Organic CHM 2 Selective - Credit Hours: 4.00
• PHYS 1 Selective - Select from PHYS 23300  or 17200  (satisfies Science Selective for core) - Credit Hours: 4.00
• PHYS 2 Selective - Select from PHYS 23400  or 27200  - Credit Hours: 4.00
• STAT 50300 - Statistical Methods For Biology
• Computer Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 4.00

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core)

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• Language & Culture 1 Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Language & Culture 2 Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Language & Culture 3 Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• COM 21700 - Science Writing And Presentation (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
• General Education 1 Selective (may satisfy Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education 2 Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education 3 Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Teambuilding & Collaboration Selective - Credit Hours: 0.00 - 3.00
• Great Issues Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Multidisciplinary Selective - Credit Hours: 1.00 - 3.00
• EDCI 20500 - Exploring Teaching As A Career
• EDCI 28500 - Multiculturalism And Education (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core)
• EDPS 23500 - Learning And Motivation (satisfies Behavioral Social Sciences for core)
• EDPS 26500 - The Inclusive Classroom (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core)
• EDCI 30900 - Reading In Middle And Secondary Schools: Methods And Problems
• EDCI 27000 - Introduction To Educational Technology And Computing (satisfies Information Literacy Selective for core)
• EDST 20010 - Educational Policies And Laws
• EDPS 32700 - Assessment Literacy
• EDCI 42100 - The Teaching Of Biology In Secondary Schools
• EDCI 42800 - Teaching Science In The Middle And Junior High School
• EDCI 49800 - Supervised Teaching

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

Program Requirements

Note

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.5 Biology Content Area gpa is required.

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

Degree Requirements

The student is ultimately responsible for knowing and completing all degree requirements.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.