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Biology Curriculum

BS, Teaching Science, Grades 7-12

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128 Total Credits Required

Liberal Arts Requirements, 28 Credits. Program Requirements, 100 credits.

College Core Curriculum (CORE)

28 Credits

Foreign Language - 4 Credits
Expository Writing - 8 Credits
EXPOS-UA 1
Writing the Essay
4 Credits
ACE-UE 110
The Advanced College Essay: Education and the Professions
4 Credits
Foundations of Contemporary Culture - 12 Credits
CORE-UA 06xx/ST-CORE-UE
Societies and Social Sciences
4 Credits
CORE-UA 05xx/ST-CORE-UE
Cultures and Contexts
4 Credits
CORE-UA 04xx/ST-CORE-UE
Texts and Ideas
4 Credits
Quantitative Reasoning - 4 Credits
MATH-UA 121
Calculus I
4 Credits

Additional Requirements

SAHS-UE 1
New Student Seminar
0 Credits
SAHS-UE WPE
Writing Proficiency Examination
0 Credits

Content Core

52 Credits

BIOL-UA 11
Principles of Biology I
4 Credits
BIOL-UA 12
Principles of Biology II
4 Credits
BIOL-UA 21
Molecular & Cell Biology I
4 Credits
BIOL-UA 22
Molecular & Cell Biology II
4 Credits
CHEM-UA 125
General Chemistry I and Laboratory
5 Credits
CHEM-UA 126
General Chemistry II and Laboratory
5 Credits
CHEM-UA 225
Organic Chemistry I & Laboratory
5 Credits
PHYS-UA 11
General Physics I
5 Credits
Biology Electives by Advisement taken four times for 16 credits.

Pedagogical Core

33 Credits

Common Pedagogical Core - 21 Credits
TCHL-UE 1
Inquiries into Teaching and Learning I
4 Credits
TCHL-UE 1030
Language Acquisition and Literacy Education in a Multilingual and Multicultural Context
4 Credits
TCHL-UE 5
Field Observations in Schools and Other Educational Settings
0 Credits
TCHL-UE 1999
Drug and Alcohol Education/Child Abuse Identification and School Violence Prevention/D.A.S.A.: The Social Responsibilities of Teachers
1 Credit
APSY-UE 20
Human Development I
2 Credits
APSY-UE 23
Human Development II: Application for Educators of Early Adolescents
2 Credits
SPCED-UE 1005
Teaching Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms
4 Credits
SOED-UE 1015
Education as a Social Institution
4 Credits
Or
HSED-UE 610
Education and the American Dream: Historical Perspectives
4 Credits
Or
TCHL-UE 41
American Dilemmas: Race, Inequality, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Public Education
4 Credits
Specialized Pedagogical Core - 12 Credits
SCIED-UE 1911
Supervised Student Teaching of Science in the Middle School
3 Credits
SCIED-UE 1922
Supervised Student Teaching of Science in High School
3 Credits
SCIED-UE 1039
Methods I: Teaching of Science in Middle School and High School
3 Credits
SCIED-UE 1040
Teaching Science in the Middle and High Schools II: Methods and Curriculum
3 Credits

Unrestricted Electives

15 Credits

The following courses satisfy Liberal Arts and Content Core requirements: BIOL-UA 11/12/21/22, PHYS-UA 1