Adolescence Education: Biology, B.S.

Professional Education Sequence: 41 s.h.

• EDUC 106 - Issues, Philosophy, and Foundations of Education  3 s.h.
• EDUC 201 - Diversity and Teaching  3 s.h.
• EPSY 229 - Survey of Exceptional Children  3 s.h.
• EPSY 275 - Psychological Foundations of Education: Learning and Motivation  3 s.h.
• EPSY 250 - Adolescent Growth and Development  3 s.h.
• EDUC 246 - Development of Language and Adolescent Literacies  3 s.h.
• EDUC 346 - Teaching Reading in Content Areas  3 s.h.
• EDUC 213 - Education Law Requirements  1 s.h.
• SCED 392 - Research, Theory and Practice in Middle and High School Science Education  4 s.h.
• SCED 396 - Student Teaching in Secondary Science  12 s.h.
• SCED 398 - Seminar in Middle and High School Science Education  3 s.h.

Content Courses: 34-39 s.h.

• BIOL 180 - Biology I: Cells to Organisms  4 s.h.
• BIOL 181 - Biology II: Ecology and Evolution  4 s.h.
• BIOL 201 - Cell and Molecular Biology  4 s.h.
• BIOL 212 - Genetics  4 s.h.
• BIOL 315 - Lab Techniques in Biology  2 s.h.
• BIOL 393 - Senior Seminar  1 s.h.

Related Courses: 27-34 s.h.

• MATH 105 - Pre-calculus  3 s.h.

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• MATH 223 - Calculus I  4 s.h.

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• CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I  4 s.h.
• CHEM 112 - General Chemistry II  4 s.h.

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• CHEM 226 - Elementary Organic Chemistry  4 s.h.

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• CHEM 221 - Organic Chemistry I  4 s.h.

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• CHEM 330 - Introductory Biochemistry  4 s.h.

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• CHEM 322 - Organic Chemistry II  4 s.h.

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• STAT 101 - Introduction to Statistics  3 s.h.
• SCIN 315 - Technologies in General Science  2 s.h.
• SCIN 390 - Interdisciplinary Science Capstone  3 s.h.
• Any Foreign Language at the 102 level or higher OR meeting the education foreign language requirement in related work via a proficiency score on the foreign language exam of 250 or higher OR via three years of progressive study of the same foreign language in high school. 0-6 s.h.

General Education Coursework:

Must complete at least 7 of the 10 general education areas with a minimum of 30 s.h.. These courses may overlap with other requirements.

Electives: 3-8 s.h.

Electives dependent upon science selections and with advisement

Total: 122-126 s.h.