Department of Teaching and Learning

Science Education

Program of Study

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Teaching Biology: Grades 7-12

Undergraduate Program of Study Form
Total Points: 128

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Texts and Ideas (MAP-UA 04xx)
Writing the Essay (EXPOS-UA 0001)
Calculus I (MATH-UA 0121)
General Chemistry I (CHEM-UA 0101)
General Chemistry I Lab (CHEM-UA 0125)
New Student Seminar (SAHS-UE 0001)

4
4
4
4
2
0

Cultures and Contexts (MAP-UA 05xx)
Advanced College Essay (ACE-UE 0110)
Inquiries into Teaching and Learning I (TCHL-UE 0001)
General Chemistry II (CHEM-UA 0102)
General Chemistry II Lab (CHEM-UA 0126)

4
4
4
4
2

TOTAL

18

TOTAL

18

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Foreign Language
Liberal Arts Elective
General Physics I (PHYS-UA 0011)
Principles of Biology I (BIOL-UA 0011)
Field Observations (TCHL-UE 0005)

4
4
5
4
1

Societies and Social Sciences (by advisement)
Liberal Arts Elective
Human Development I (APSY-UE 0020)
Human Development II: Early Adolescence and Adolescence (APSY-UE 0023)
Principles of Biology II (BIOL-UA 0012)

4
4
2

2
4

TOTAL

18

TOTAL

16

Junior Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Language Acquisition and Literacy Education (TCHL-UE 1030)
Molecular and Cell Biology I (BIOL-UA 0021)
Biology by Advisement (BIOL-UA xxxx)
Teaching of Science: Middle and High School (SCIED-UE 1039)

4
4
4
3

Molecular and Cell Biology II (BIOL-UA 0022)
Biology by Advisement (BIOL-UA xxxx)
Biology by Advisement (BIOL-UA xxxx)
Teaching of Science: Middle and High School II (SCIED-UE 1040)

4
4
4
3

TOTAL

15

TOTAL

15

Senior Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Organic Chemistry I (CHEM-UA 0210)
Organic Chemistry I Lab (CHEM-UA 0225)
Supervised Student Teaching of Science in Middle School (SCIED-UE 1911)
Education as a Social Institution (SOED-UE 1015)
Drug/Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse Id/School Violence (TCHL-UE 1999)

4
2

3
3

1

Liberal Arts Elective
Biology by Advisement (BIOL-UA xxxx)
Supervised Teaching of Science in High School (SCIED-UE 1922)
Teaching Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom (SPCED-UE 1005)

4
4

3

4

TOTAL

13

TOTAL

15

Total Points: 128

Updated June 2011

Teaching Earth Science: Grades 7-12

Undergraduate Program of Study Form
Total Points: 129

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Conversations of the West (MAP-UA 04xx)
Writing the Essay  (EXPOS-UA 0001)
Calculus I  (MATH-UA 0121)
Evolution of the Earth (ENVST-UA 0210)
New Student Seminar (SAHS-UE 0001)
Field Observations (TCHL-UE 0005)

4
4
4
4
0
1

World Cultures (MAP-UA 05xx)
Advanced College Essay (ACE-UE 0110)
Earth System Science (ENVST-UA 0340)
Inquiries into Teaching and Learning I (TCHL-UE 0001)

4
4
4
4

TOTAL

17

TOTAL

16

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Environmental Systems Science (ENVST-UA 0100)
Societies and Social Sciences by advisement
Liberal Arts Elective
General Chemistry I (CHEM-UA 0101)
General Chemistry I Lab (CHEM-UA 0125)

4
4
4
4
2

Foreign Language
Living Environment (BIOL-UA 0008)
Human Development I (APSY-UE 0020)
Human Development II: Early Adolescents and Adolescents (APSY-UE 0023)
General Chemistry II (CHEM-UA 0102)
General Chemistry Lab II (CHEM-UA 0126)

4
4
2

2
4
2

TOTAL

18

TOTAL

18

Junior Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Field Laboratory in Ecology (BIOL-UA 0016)
Principles of Biology I (BIOL-UA 0011)
Language Acquisition and Literacy Education (TCHL-UE 1030)
Methods I: Teaching of Science in Middle
School & High School (SCIED-UE 1039)
Education as a Social Institution (SOED-UE 1015)

4
4
4

3
3

Earth Science upper level elective (ENVST-UA 03xx)
Principles of Biology II (BIOL-UA 0012)
Liberal Arts Elective
Teaching Science in Middle & High Schools II: Methods and Curriculum (SCIED-UE 1040)

4
4
4

3

TOTAL

18

TOTAL

15

Senior Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Earth Science upper level elective (ENVST-UA 03xx)
Supervised Student Teaching of Science in Middle School (SCIED-UE 1911)
Liberal Arts Elective
Drug Alcohol/Child Abuse Id/School Violence (TCHL-UE 1999)

4

3
4
1

Liberal Arts Elective
Supervised Student Teaching of Science in High School (SCIED-UE 1922)
Teaching Students with Disabilities in the General Ed Classroom (SPCED-UE 1005)
Earth Science upper level elective  (ENVST-UA 03xx)

4

3

4
4

TOTAL

12

TOTAL

15

Total Points: 129

Updated June 2011

Teaching Chemistry: Grades 7-12

Undergraduate Program of Study Form
Total Points: 131

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Conversations of the West (MAP-UA 04xx)
Writing the Essay (EXPOS-UA 0001)
Calculus I (MATH-UA 0121)
General Chemistry I (CHEM-UA 0101)
General Chemistry Lab I (CHEM-UA 0125)
New Student Seminar (SAHS-UE 0001)

4
4
4
4
2
0

The Advanced College Essay (ACE-UE 0110)
Calculus II (MATH-UA 0122)
General Chemistry II (CHEM-UA 0102)
General Chemistry II Lab (CHEM-UA 0126)
Inquiries into Teaching and Learning I (TCHL-UE 0001)

4
4
4
2
4

TOTAL

18

TOTAL

18

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Societies and Social Sciences
Foreign Language
Organic Chemistry I (CHEM-UA 0210)
Organic Chemistry Lab I (CHEM-UA 0225)
World Cultures (MAP-UA 05xx)

4
4
4
2
4

Liberal Arts Elective
Organic Chemistry II (CHEM-UA 0244)
Organic Chemistry Lab II (CHEM-UA 0226)
Human Development I (APSY-UE 0020)
Human Development II: Early Adolescence and Adolescence (APSY-UE 0023)
Field Observations (TCHL-UE 0005)

4
4
2
2

2
1

TOTAL

18

TOTAL

15

Junior Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

General Physics I (PHYS-UA 0011)
Physical Chemistry I (CHEM-UA 0651)
Language Acquisition and Literacy Education (TCHL-UE 1030)
Methods I: Teaching of Science in Middle School & High School (SCIED-UE 1039)

5
4
4

3

General Physics II (PHYS-UA 0012)
Physical Chemistry II (CHEM-UA 0652)
Experimental Methods (CHEM-UA 0661)
Teaching Science in Middle & High Schools II (SCIED-UE 1040)

5
4
4
3

TOTAL

16

TOTAL

16

Senior Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Chemistry elective (by advisement)
Liberal Arts Elective
Liberal Arts Elective
Supervised Student Teaching of Science in Middle School (SCIED-UE 1911)
Drug/Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse Id/School Violence (TCHL-UE 1999)

4
4
4

3

1

Supervised Student Teaching of Science in High School (SCIED-UE 1922)
Education as a Social Institution (SOED-UE 1015)
Liberal Arts Elective
Teaching Students with Disabilities in the General Ed Classroom (SPCED-UE 1005)


3
3
4

4

TOTAL

16

TOTAL

14

Total Points: 131

Updated June 2011

Teaching Physics: Grades 7-12

Undergraduate Program of Study Form
Total Points: 130

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Conversations of the West (MAP-UA 04xx)
Writing the Essay (EXPOS-UA 0001)
Calculus I (MATH-UA 0121)
Physics I  (PHYS-UA 0091)
New Student Seminar (SAHS-UE 0001)
Field Observations (TCHL-UE 0005)

4
4
4
3
0
1

World Cultures (MAP-UA 05xx)
Advanced College Essay (ACE-UE 0110)
Calculus II (MATH-UA 0122)
Inquiries into Teaching and Learning I (TCHL-UE 0001)

4
4
4
4

TOTAL

16

TOTAL

16

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Calculus III (MATH-UA 0123)
Societies and Social Sciences
Foreign Language
Physics II (PHYS-UA 0093)
Physics Lab II (PHYS-UA 0094)

4
4
4
3
2

Liberal Arts Elective
Mathematical Physics (PHYS-UA 0106)
Physics III (PHYS-UA 0095)
Physics Lab III (PHYS-UA 0096)
Human Development I (APSY-UE 0020)
Human Development II: Early Adolescence and Adolescence (APSY-UE 0023)

4
3
3
2
2

2

TOTAL

17

TOTAL

16

Junior Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Modern Physics I (PHYS-UA 0103)
Language Acquisition and Literacy Education (TCHL-UE 1030)
Electricity and Magnetism I (PHYS-UA 0131)
Education as a Social Institution (SOED-UE 1015)
Methods I: Teaching of Science in Middle School and High School (SCIED-UE 1039)

5
4
3
3

3

Modern Physics II (PHYS-UA 0104)
Liberal Arts Elective
Electricity and Magnetism II (PHYS-UA 0132)
Teaching Science in Middle & High Schools II: Methods and Curriculum (SCIED-UE 1040)

5
4
3

3

TOTAL

18

TOTAL

15

Senior Year

Fall Semester

Pts

Spring Semester

Pts

Liberal Arts Elective
Liberal Arts Elective
Upper Level Physics Course (by advisement)
Experimental Physics (PHYS-UA 0112)
Supervised Student Teaching of Science in Middle School (SCIED-UE 1911)
Drug/Alcohol Ed/Child Abuse Id/School Violence (TCHL-UE 1999)

4
4
3
3

3

1

Liberal Arts Elective
Teaching Students with Disabilities in the General Ed Classroom (SPCED-UE 1005)
Supervised Student Teaching of Science in High School (SCIED-UE 1922)
Upper Level Physics Course (by advisement)

4

4

4
4

TOTAL

18

TOTAL

14

Total Points: 130

Updated June 2011