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

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First Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
BIOL 1002 OR BIOL 1004 OR BIOL 1006	3	BIOL 1002 OR BIOL 1004 OR BIOL 1006	3
BIOL 1001 - Investigative Biology Laboratory	1	CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II	4
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I	4	COMP 1000 - Composition	3
EDUC 1060 - Issues, Philosophy, and Foundations of Education	3	MATH 1050 OR MATH 2230	4
STAT 1010 - Introduction to Statistics	3	DRGN 1000 - Red Dragon Seminar	3
World Language I	3
TOTAL	17	TOTAL	17

Second Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
BIOL 2000 OR BIOL 2006	4	EPSY 2075 - Psychological Foundations of Education: Learning and Motivation	3
EPSY 2050 - Adolescent Growth and Development	3	BIOL 2002 OR BIOL 2004	4
CHEM 2212 OR CHEM 2262	4	BIOL Upper Division Elective	4
PHYS 1030 OR PHYS 2030	4	PHYS 1040 OR PHYS 2040	4
World Language II	3	Gen Ed Elective	3
TOTAL	18	TOTAL	18

Third Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
EPSY 3029 - Survey of Exceptional Children	3	BIOL 3001 - Lab Techniques in Biology	2
EDUC 3001 - Diversity and Teaching	3	EDUC 3013 - Education Law Requirements	1
EDUC 2046 - Development of Language and Adolescent Literacies	3	EDUC 3046 - Teaching Reading in Content Areas	3
BIOL Upper Division Elective	3	SCIN 3015 - Technologies in General Science	2
Gen Ed Elective	3	BIOL Upper Division Elective	3
		Gen Ed Elective	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	14

Fourth Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
SCIN 3098 - Interdisciplinary Science Capstone	3	SCED 4096 - Student Teaching in Secondary Science	6
SCED 4092 - Research, Theory, and Practice in Middle and High School Science Education	4	SCED 4096 - Student Teaching in Secondary Science	6
BIOL Upper Division Elective	3	SCED 4098 - Seminar in Middle and High School Science Education	3
BIOL Upper Division Elective	3
TOTAL	13	TOTAL	15

Elective Key and Math Course Guidance

Dragon Academy Elective: a course carrying one or more General Education area attribute(s): Oral Communication (OCOM), Written Communication (WCOM), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice (DESJ), Quantitative Reasoning (MAT), Scientific Reasoning (NSCI), Humanities (HUMA), Social Sciences (SOSC), Arts (ARTS), US History & Civic Engagement (UHCE), World History & Global Awareness (WHGA), World Languages (WLAN), Critical Thinking and Reasoning (CTR), Information Literacy (IL), and Global Literacy (GL). 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 numbered 3000 and above. All courses (required and elective) at this level apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s upper division requirement .

Upper Division Liberal Arts Elective: any course numbered 3000 and above that carries 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 Math Pathways site.