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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology (B.S.) Secondary Education 4-Year Plan

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This plan is an example only. Please see your advisor to develop your individualized plan. Course rotation and course offerings are subject to change based on faculty availability and enrollment minimums.

Fall 1st Year:

BIOL 12000 - Biology Resource Seminar Cr. 1.
CHM 11500 - General Chemistry Cr. 4.
EDU 10100 - Laboratory/Field Experience Cr. 0.
EDU 20000 - Examining Self As A Teacher Cr. 3.
ENGL 13100 - Reading, Writing, And Inquiry I Cr. 3.
MA 22900 - Calculus For The Managerial, Social, And Biological Sciences I Cr. 3.
Civics Literacy Proficiency requirement Cr. 0-3. (movable)

Total Credits: 14

Spring 1st Year:

BIOL 11900 - Principles Of Structure And Function Cr. 4.
CHM 11600 - General Chemistry Cr. 4.
COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication Cr. 3.
ENGL 23301 - Intermediate Expository Writing Cr. 3.
STAT 24000 - Statistical Methods For Biology Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 17

Summer 1st Year:

BIOL 11700 - Principles Of Ecology And Evolution Cr. 4.

Total Credits: 4

Fall 2nd Year:

BIOL 21700 - Intermediate Ecology Cr. 3.
BIOL 21900 - Principles Of Functional Biology Cr. 4.
CHM 25400 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory Cr. 1.
CHM 25500 - Organic Chemistry For The Life Sciences I Cr. 3.
EDU 34001 - Education And American Culture Cr. 3.
STAT 34000 - Elementary Statistical Methods II Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 17

Spring 2nd Year:

BIOL 21800 - Genetics And Molecular Biology Cr. 4.
CHM 25600 - Organic Chemistry For The Life Sciences II Cr. 3.
CHM 25800 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory Cr. 1.
Biology Elective with Lab Cr. 4.
Ethics & Diversity requirement Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 15

Summer 2nd Year:

Ethics & Diversity requirement Cr. 3-6

Total Credits: 3-6

Fall 3rd Year:

CHM 53300 - Introductory Biochemistry Cr. 3. (if pursuing Genetics concentration)
EDU 20100 - Laboratory/Field Experience Cr. 0-3. (Cr. 0.)
EDU 25000 - General Educational Psychology Cr. 3. (Cr. 3.)
EDU 30600 - Teaching Students With Special Needs In Secondary Classrooms Cr. 3.
PHYS 22000 - General Physics Cr. 4.
Biology Elective with Lab Cr. 4.

Total Credits: 14-17

Spring 3rd Year:

EDU 30100 - Laboratory/Field Experience Cr. 0-3. (Cr. 0.)
EDU 40500 - The Middle And Junior High School Cr. 3.
EDU 47500 - Adolescent Development And Classroom Management Cr. 3.
PHYS 22100 - General Physics Cr. 4.
Biology Elective Cr. 3.
Gen Ed B6 Humanities Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 16

Summer 3rd Year:

Gen Ed A or B Elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 3

Fall 4th Year:

BIOL 49100 - Senior Biology Seminar Cr. 1 or 3. (Cr. 3.)
EDU 40100 - Laboratory/Field Experience Cr. 0-3. (Cr. 0.)
EDU 40101 - Critical Reading In The Content Area Cr. 1-3. (Cr. 3.)
EDU 44900 - Methods Of Teaching Science In The Secondary Schools Cr. 3.
Biology Elective Cr. 3.
Biology Elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 15

Spring 4th Year:

EDU 40100 - Laboratory/Field Experience Cr. 0-3. (Cr. 0.)
EDU 48000 - Student Teaching In The Secondary School Cr. 1-16. (Cr. 12.)

Total Credits: 12

Total Credits: 130-133