Adolescence Education: Earth Science, 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: 32-35 s.h.

• GEOL 220 - Earth History and the Fossil Record  4 s.h.
• METR 110 - Introduction to Meteorology  4 s.h.
• ESCI 215 - Earth Materials  4 s.h.
• GEOL 370 - Geomorphology  4 s.h.
• ASTR 271 - Stars and Galaxies  3 s.h. (spring)
• BIOL, CHEM, ENVS, PHYS 100 -PHYS 399  elective 3-4 s.h.
• ESCI, GEOL, METR, OCEA, ASTR 200-300 level elective 3-4 s.h.
• ESCI, GEOL, METR, OCEA, ASTR 300 level elective 3-4 s.h.

Related Work: 30-36 s.h.

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

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• MATH 105 - Pre-calculus  3 s.h.

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• MATH 223 - Calculus I  4 s.h.

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• STAT 101 - Introduction to Statistics  3 s.h.

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• PHYS 103 - General Physics I (Non-Calculus)  4 s.h.

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• PHYS 203 - General Physics I  4 s.h.

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• PHYS 104 - General Physics II (Non-Calculus)  4 s.h.

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• PHYS 204 - General Physics II  4 s.h.

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• ESCI 315 - Laboratory Techniques in Earth Science  2 s.h.
• SCIN 315 - Technologies in General Science  2 s.h. (spring)
• 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: 2-7 s.h.

Electives dependent upon selections and with advisement

Total: 122-125 s.h.