SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH BIOLOGY TEACHER CERTIFICATION

I. Core (26 hrs)

BIOL 241 College Biology I / Organization of Life (4)
BIOL 242 College Biology II / Diversity of Life (4) 
BIOL 243 College Biology III / Processes of Life (4)
BIOL 252  Modeling the Systems of Life (4)
BIOL 321 Human Physiology (4)
BIOL 364 Microbiology and Immunology (4) 
BIOL 494 The Integrated Biologist (2)

SCI 321 Science for Sec Teachers (2)

II. Required supporting courses (24 hrs)

CHEM 221 & 222 General Chemistry I & II (8) OR
      CHEM 236 and 237
CHEM 241 Principles of Organic Chemistry (4)
GEOL 211 Physical Geology (4)
PHYS 221 General Physics (4)
ASTR 301 Planetary Astronomy (2) OR
      ASTR 302 Stellar Astronomy (2)
SCI 321 Science for Sec Teachers (2)

50 Credit Hours

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SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH CHEMISTRY TEACHER CERTIFICATION

I. Core (28)

CHEM 236 General Chemistry (4)
CHEM 237 Inorganic Chemistry (4)
CHEM 341 Organic Chemistry I (4)
CHEM 342 Organic Chemistry II (4)
CHEM 355 Analytical Chemistry (2)
CHEM 371 Physical Chemistry I (4)
CHEM 461 General Biochemistry (4)  
CHEM 494 Chemistry in Context (2)

II. Required Supporting Courses (22)

PHYS 221 General Physics I (4)
PHYS 222 General Physics II (4)
ASTR 301 Planetary Astronomy (2) OR
     ASTR 302 Stellar Astronomy (2)
SCI 321 Science for Sec Teachers (2) Spring
BIOL 201 Principles of Biology (4)
GEOL 211 Physical Geology (4)

48 credit hours

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SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH PHYSICS TEACHER CERTIFICATION

I. Physics Courses (26)

PHYS 231 Introductory Physics I (4)
PHYS 232 Introductory Physics II (4)
PHYS 333 Frontiers of Physics (2)
PHYS 335 Modern Science Skills Lab (2)
PHYS 341 Analytical Mechanics (4)
PHYS 351 Analog Electronics (2)
PHYS 353 Introductory Optics (2)
PHYS 494 Physics Seminar (2)
4 Credit Hours in a 300 OR
     400 level Physics Course(s)

II. Supporting Courses (16)

CHEM 236 General Chemistry I (4)
ASTR 301 Planetary Astronomy (2) OR
      ASTR 302 Stellar Astronomy (2)
BIOL 201 Principles of Biology (4)
GEOL 211 Physical Geology (4)
SCI 321 Science for Secondary Teachers (2)

III. Mathematics Courses (10)

MATH 231 Calculus I (4)
MATH 232 Calculus II (4)
MATH 333 Differential Equations (2)

 

52 Credit Hours

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SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH GEOLOGY TEACHER CERTIFICATION

1. Geology Courses (32)

GEOL 211 Physical Geology (4) OR
    GEOL 221 - Physical Geology for Science Majors (4) OR
    GEOL 201
GEOL 321 Earth History and Stratigraphy (4)
GEOL 336 Process Geomorphology (4)
GEOL 342 Fundamentals of Geochemistry (2) or equivalent
GEOL 343 Fundamentals of Mineral Science (2)
GEOL 344 General Petrology & Petrography (4)
GEOL 412 Field Geology (6) [Summer ONLY] or equivalent
GEOL 443 Structural Geology (4)
GEOL 494 Geology (2) Seminar in Geology

 

II. Supporting Courses (16)

PHYS 221 General Physics I (4)
CHEM 236 Introductory Chemistry (4)
BIOL 201 Principles of Biology (4)
ASTRO 301 Planetary Astronomy or
     302 Stellar Astronomy (2)
SCI 321 Science for Secondary Teachers (2)

48 Credit Hours

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