Adolescence Education: Biology, B.S. - 4-Year Degree Map

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First Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
BIOL 180 - Biology I: Cells to Organisms	4	BIOL 181 - Biology II: Ecology and Evolution	4
CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I	4	CHEM 112 - General Chemistry II	4
*EDUC 106 - Issues, Philosophy, and Foundations of Education	3	COMP 100 - Composition	3
MATH 105 OR MATH 223	3	Gen Ed Elective	3
		Gen Ed Elective	3
TOTAL	14	TOTAL	17

Second Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
BIOL 201 - Cell and Molecular Biology	4	EPSY 275 - Psychological Foundations of Education: Learning and Motivation	3
EDUC 201 - Diversity and Teaching	3	BIOL 212 - Genetics	4
*EPSY 250 - Adolescent Growth and Development	3	CHEM 330 OR CHEM 331	3
CHEM 226 OR CHEM 221	4	300-level BIOL elective	3
Foreign Language I	3	Foreign Language II	3
TOTAL	17	TOTAL	16

Third Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
EPSY 229 - Survey of Exceptional Children	3	BIOL 315 - Lab Techniques in Biology	2
STAT 101 - Introduction to Statistics	3	EDUC 213 - Education Law Requirements	1
EDUC 246 - Development of Language and Adolescent Literacies	3	EDUC 346 - Teaching Reading in Content Areas	3
300-level BIOL elective	3	SCIN 315 - Technologies in General Science	2
Liberal Arts Elective	3	300-level BIOL elective	3
		Elective	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	14

Fourth Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
BIOL 393 - Senior Seminar	1	SCED 396 - Student Teaching in Secondary Science	6
SCIN 390 - Interdisciplinary Science Capstone	3	SCED 396 - Student Teaching in Secondary Science	6
SCED 392 - Research, Theory and Practice in Middle and High School Science Education	4	SCED 398 - Seminar in Middle and High School Science Education	3
BIOL 397 OR BIOL 399	1
300-level BIOL elective	3
TOTAL	12	TOTAL	15

Total Credits for Degree: 120

Elective Key

Gen Ed Elective: a course carrying one or more Gen Ed area attributes: Basic Communication (BC3), Math (M3), American History (AH3), Other World Civilizations (OWC3), Foreign Language (FL3), Social Sciences (SS3), Humanities (H3), The Arts (A3), Natural Sciences (NS3), Western Civilization (WC3). Elective courses and major courses carrying Gen Ed attributes apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s Gen Ed requirements .

Liberal Arts Elective: any course that carries a Liberal Arts (LA) attribute. SUNY Oneonta’s minimum LA requirements vary by degree award.

Upper Division Elective: any elective course at the 200- or 300-level. All courses (required and elective) at this level apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s upper-division requirement .

Upper Division Liberal Arts Elective: any course at the 200- or 300-level carrying an LA attribute.

Elective: any course outside the major. Electives apply toward the total credits required by a degree program. Electives may also be needed to satisfy other degree requirements , including the minimum number of credits outside the department of the major.