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

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First Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
SPAN 101 - Introductory Spanish I	3	CHEM 112 - General Chemistry II	4
CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I	4	GEOL 220 - Earth History and the Fossil Record	4
*EDUC 106 - Issues, Philosophy, and Foundations of Education	3	STAT 101 - Introduction to Statistics	3
GEOL 115 OR GEOL 120	4	COMP 100 - Composition	3
MATH 105 OR MATH 223	3	SPAN 102 - Introductory Spanish II	3
TOTAL	17	TOTAL	17

Second Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
*EPSY 250 - Adolescent Growth and Development	3	METR 212 - Climate Change and Variability	3
PHYS 103 OR PHYS 203	4	PHYS 104 OR PHYS 204	4
METR 110 - Introduction to Meteorology	4	EPSY 275 - Psychological Foundations of Education: Learning and Motivation	3
EDUC 201 - Diversity and Teaching	3	ESCI 215 - Earth Materials	4
ESCI 110 - Introduction to Oceanography	3	Gen Ed Elective	3
TOTAL	17	TOTAL	17

Third Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
EDUC 246 - Development of Language and Adolescent Literacies	3	ASTR 108 OR ASTR 110 OR ASTR 115 OR ASTR 270 OR ASTR 271 OR GEOL 250	3
GEOL 370 - Geomorphology	4	EDUC 346 - Teaching Reading in Content Areas	3
Gen Ed Elective	3	EPSY 229 - Survey of Exceptional Children	3
300-Level ESCI, GEOL, ASTR Elective	4	ESCI 315 - Laboratory Techniques in Earth Science	2
		SCIN 315 - Technologies in General Science	2
TOTAL	14	TOTAL	13

Fourth Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
EDUC 213 - Education Law Requirements	1	SCED 396 - Student Teaching in Secondary Science	6
SCED 392 - Research, Theory and Practice in Middle and High School Science Education	4	SCED 396 - Student Teaching in Secondary Science	6
SCIN 390 - Interdisciplinary Science Capstone	3	SCED 398 - Seminar in Middle and High School Science Education	3
BIOL, CHEM, ENVS, PHYS Elective	3
Elective	1
TOTAL	12	TOTAL	15

Elective Key and Math Course Guidance

Gen Ed Elective: a course carrying one or more Gen Ed area attribute(s): Basic Communication (BC3), Mathematics (M3), American History (AM3), World Civilizations (OW3), 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 .

OCS Elective: any course that carries an Oral Communication Skills (OCS) attribute. This is a degree requirement for students matriculating in or after Fall 2020.

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.

Math Course Guidance

SUNY Oneonta recognizes that students enter college with different math backgrounds. For guidance on the math course(s) most suited to your preparation and program of study, visit the College’s Math Pathways site.