Science Education - Biology Concentration, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Curriculum and Degree Requirements for College of Science

A College of Science degree is conferred when a student successfully completes all requirements in their degree program.  Students will complete coursework or approved experiential learning activities to meet the following three degree components:

1. Major
2. Science Core Curriculum
3. Electives

Students may use any of the following options to meet College of Science degree requirements:

• Purdue Coursework
• Ap, IB, and CLEP credit.  The use of AP and IB coursework varies between College of Science degree plans.
• Transfer Credit. Students should consult the Admissions Transfer Credit Resource page for all available transfer options.

College of Science degree programs vary widely in their approval and use of the proceeding options and thus students are strongly encouraged to work closely with their academic advisors and to regularly consult their MyPurduePlan to view the use of each option in their degree plan. 

Most College of Science degree programs contain elective credits students may use to pursue courses that relate to their interests or which support their major area of study. The elective area of a degree plan may also be used to complete minors, second majors and certificates such as the Entrepreneurial Certificate. With the exception of courses on the No Count List, any Purdue course may be used to meet the elective area of a student’s degree plan.

College of Science Core Requirements

All Students starting Purdue University Fall semester, 2007 or later are required to pursue the 2007 Science Core curriculum.

The College of Science Core Curriculum requires the completion of approved coursework and/or experiential learning opportunities in the following academic areas:

• Composition and Presentation  
• Computing   
• Culture and Diversity   
• General Education  
• Great Issues in Science   
• Laboratory Science   
• Mathematics    
• Multidisciplinary Experience  
• Statistics   
• Teambuilding and Collaboration    
• No Count List   

Earning Core Curricular Requirements through Experience

Students may meet selected core curriculum requirements through approved experiential learning opportunities. Interested students should contact their academic advisor for more information on this option and incorporating experiential learning into their four-year program of study. For more information on earning requirements through experience, please click here.

Departmental/Program Major Courses

Required Science Education Core Courses (25-30 credits)

Educational Program Course Requirements (36 credits)

Professional Education GPA Average ≥ 3.00 - no grade lower than C

• EDCI 20500 - Exploring Teaching As A Career
• EDCI 27000 - Introduction To Educational Technology And Computing
• EDCI 28500 - Multiculturalism And Education
• EDPS 23500 - Learning And Motivation
• EDPS 26500 - The Inclusive Classroom
• EDST 20010 - Educational Policies And Laws
• EDPS 32700 - Classroom Assessment
• EDPS 43010 - Secondary Creating And Managing Learning Environments
• EDCI 30900 - Reading In Middle And Secondary Schools: Methods And Problems
• EDCI 42100 - The Teaching Of Biology In Secondary Schools
• EDCI 49800 - Supervised Teaching
• EDCI 42800 - Teaching Science In The Middle And Junior High School or
• EDCI 55800 - Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics (STEM) Education Methods-Secondary

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (22-27 credits)

*Requirement may be met with a zero credit experiential learning option. See your advisor for more information

• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core) or
• SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication and Information Literacy for core)

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• Language I Option* - (Select courses COULD satisfy Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 4.00
• Language II Option* - (Select courses COULD satisfy Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 4.00
• Technical Writing Option and Technical Presenting Option - (Select courses COULD satisfy Oral Communication for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00 - 6.00
• General Education I Option - (Select courses COULD satisfy Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science or Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education II Option - (Select courses COULD satisfy Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science or Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Great Issues Option - Credit Hours: 3.00

Biology Concentration (37-38 credits)

Overall GPA for Biology Concentration courses with the Departmental/Program Major Courses must be ≥ 2.5

• Required courses for the Biology Concentration that a met within Department/Program requirements, but included in the content GPA for this concentration:

  • MA 16010/16100/16500
  • MA 16020/16200/16600
  • PHYS 23300/17200
  • PHYS 23400/27200 or PHYS 24100/25200
  • STAT 50300
  • CS 17700/15800
  • CHM 12901
• CHM 25500 - Organic Chemistry

• and

• CHM 25501 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory

• OR

• CHM 26505 - Organic Chemistry and
• CHM 26300 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory

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• CHM 25600 - Organic Chemistry and
• CHM 25601 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory

• OR

• CHM 26605 - Organic Chemistry and
• CHM 26400 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory

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• BIOL 12100 - Biology I: Diversity, Ecology, And Behavior (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
• BIOL 13100 - Biology II: Development, Structure, And Function Of Organisms
• BIOL 23100 - Biology III: Cell Structure And Function
• BIOL 23200 - Laboratory In Biology III: Cell Structure And Function
• BIOL 24100 - Biology IV: Genetics And Molecular Biology
• BIOL 24200 - Laboratory In Biology IV: Genetics And Molecular Biology
• BIOL 28600 - Introduction To Ecology And Evolution
• BIOL 13500 - First year Biology Laboratory or
• BIOL 14501 - First Year Biology Laboratory With Neuro Research Project or
• IT 22600 - Biotechnology Laboratory I

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• or

  BIOL 19500 Year I Bio Lab: Disease Ecology - Credit Hours: 2.00

  or 

  BIOL 19500 Year I Bio Lab: Phages to Folds - Credit Hours 2.00

Optional Concentration

K-12 Integrated STEM Optional Concentration for Education  

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

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

Note:  This degree is intended to give students many options.  Students need to consult with a College of Science Academic Advisor regarding requirements.

*Satisfies a University Core Requirement

2.0 average in BIOL courses required to graduate.

2.5 average in Biology concentration ^ courses required to graduate

3.0 average in Professional Education courses required to graduate (No grade below a C-)

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.

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