Secondary Education Certification in Biological Sciences with Unified Science

Requirements

85 credit hours Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences with Unified Science

39-41 credit hours Minor in Secondary Education (9-12)

In addition to the education courses required for a minor in secondary education (9-12) students seeking secondary certification in biological sciences with a unified science emphasis must complete the following courses:

Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences with Unified Science Emphasis

BSC 22700Human Anatomy and Physiology I

4

BSC 22800Human Anatomy and Physiology II

4

BSC 24000Introduction to Biological Diversity

4

BSC 24400Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology

4

BSC 24800Introduction to Ecology and Evolution

4

BSC 28500Methods and Writing for Biology

1

BSC 32000Plant Biology

4

BSC 32400Animal Biology

4

BSC 40400Cell Biology

4

BSC 40800Genetics

4

BSC 46400Evolution

3

BSC 46500General Ecology

4

BSC 48500Biology Seminar

1

BSC 48600Senior Synthesis

1

CHM 23000General Chemistry 1

3

CHM 23100General Chemistry 2

3

CHM 24100General Chemistry 2 Laboratory

1

CHM 23200General Chemistry 3

3

CHM 24200General Chemistry 3 Laboratory

1

ESC 10000Physical Geology with Lab

4

ESC 11000Introductory Meteorology

3

ESC 11100Meteorology Lab

1

MTH 15100College Algebra

3

MTH 15200Pre-calculus: Elementary Functions

3

MTH 24100Statistics for Natural Science

3

PHY 25100Introductory Physics I

4

PHY 25200Introductory Physics II

4

Students must take one of the following courses:

SCI 21200History of Science

3

PHL 26500Philosophy of Science

3

Methods of Teaching

EDU 33000Secondary Methods of Teaching Science

3

See the unified science biological sciences description in the School of Sciences section of the catalog.