2019-2020 Catalog

Secondary Education General Science Major

Students electing a major in General Science apply to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and meet admission requirements that include a 2.50 in their content grade point average (GPA) and a minimum grade of C. Students must maintain the content GPA of 2.50 for retention and, along with satisfactorily completing required courses in secondary education (minimum grade B-), complete the following courses to obtain General Science certification:

Requirements

Secondary Education

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
SED 303Inquiry into STEM

2

Fall.
SED 316Practicum in Secondary Education: Science

4

Spring.
SED 416Socio-Scientific Issues in the Classroom

4

Fall.

SPED 433Special Education: Best Practices and Applications

3

Fall, Spring.
-Or-

TESL 402Applications of Second Language Acquisition

3

Fall, Spring.

Biology

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
BIOL 111Introductory Biology I

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 112Introductory Biology II

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.

Chemistry

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
CHEM 103General Chemistry I

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 104General Chemistry II

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.

History

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
HIST 108History of Science and Medicine

4

Annually.

Mathematics

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MATH 209Precalculus Mathematics

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.

TWO COURSES from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
PSCI 211Introduction to Astronomy

4

Fall, Spring.
PSCI 212Introduction to Geology

4

Fall, Summer.
PSCI 214Introduction to Meteorology

4

Fall.
PSCI 217Introduction to Oceanography

4

Spring.

Physics

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
PHYS 101Physics for Science and Mathematics I

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHYS 102Physics for Science and Mathematics II

4

Fall, Spring, Summer.

ONE RESEARCH COURSE from:

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
BIOL 491-494Research in Biology

1

Fall, Spring, Summer
CHEM 491-493Research in Chemistry

1

As needed.
PHYS 491-493Research in Physics

1

As needed.
PSCI 491-493Research in Physical Science

1

As needed.

Total Credit Hours: 54