2022-2023 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.  In addition to the requirements below, students must choose an additional area of certification (CUS in biology, CUS in chemistry, CUS in physics, or middle level certification) to pair with the General Science certification requirements.

Requirements

Secondary Education

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
SED 303Inquiry into STEM

2

Fall.
SED 316Teaching Science, Society, and Technology

4

Spring.
SED 416Practicum in Secondary Science Education

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

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