Course Number and Title

Credits

Foundational Studies Program requirements indicated in bold.

ENGL 101 Introduction to College Writing

3

ENGL 102 Intro to College Writing and Research

3

UF 100 Intellectual Foundations

3

UF 200 Civic and Ethical Foundations

3

DLM MATH 160 Survey of Calculus or MATH 170 Calculus I

(MATH 170 is recommended for students planning to enter graduate or professional school.)

4

DLN BIOL 191 General Biology I

4

DLN CHEM 111, 111L General Chemistry I with Lab

4

DLV Visual and Performing Arts

3

DLL Literature and Humanities

3-4

DLS ED-CIFS 201 Foundations of Education

3

DLS Social Sciences course in a second field

3

BIOL 192 General Biology II

4

BIOL 301 Cell Biology

3

CID BIOL 323 Ecology

4

BIOL 343 Genetics Lecture

3

BIOL 400 Organic Evolution

3

BIOL 488 Senior Outcomes Assessment

0

CHEM 112, 112L General Chemistry II with Lab

4

CHEM 301-302 Survey of Organic Chemistry and Lab or

CHEM 307, 308-309, 310 Organic Chemistry I & II with Labs

5-10

Two or more of these communication courses including at least one COMM course:

COMM 101 Fundamentals of Communication

COMM 112 Reasoned Discourse

COMM 231 Public Speaking

COMM 356 Communication in the Small Group

ENGL 201 Nonfiction Writing

ENGL 202 Technical Communication

COMM 101, COMM 112, and ENGL 202 may be counted as fulfilling part of DLS requirements

6

EDTECH 202 Education Technology: Classroom Applications

3

ED-CIFS 301* Teaching Experience I

1

ED-CIFS 302* Learning and Instruction

4

ED-CIFS 401* Professional Year -- Teaching Experience II*

2

ED-CIFS 404* Teaching Secondary Science

3

ED-LTCY 444* Content Literacy for Secondary Students

3

ED-SPED 350* Teaching Students with Exceptional Needs at the Secondary Level

3

Teaching Experience III/IV*

16

*You must apply for admission to secondary teacher education in order to enroll in these upper-division education courses.

Completion of all requirements for graduation with a secondary education option may require more than 120 credit hours. See Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundational Studies for more information.

MATH 143-144 College Algebra and Analytic Trigonometry or

MATH 147 Precalculus

5

MATH 254 Applied Statistics with Computers

3

Physiology (one course):

FF BIOL 415 Microbial Physiology

FF BOT 401 Plant Physiology

FF ZOOL 401 Human Physiology

FF ZOOL 409 General and Comparative Physiology

4

Single Field Endorsement in Biological Science

BIOL 205 Introductory Microbiology

4

Taxonomy-intensive courses (one course):

BIOL 412 General Parasitology

BOT 305 Systematic Botany

BOT 330 Mycology

ZOOL 305 Entomology

ZOOL 341 Ornithology

ZOOL 355 Vertebrate Natural History

ZOOL 421 Mammalogy

ZOOL 425 Aquatic Entomology

3-4

Upper-division BIOL, BOT, and ZOOL electives to total 45 biology credits

(A maximum of 2 credits total in any combination of department approved workshops, internship, and independent study may be counted towards upper-division biology credit.)

12-13

Total

129-141

Endorsement in Biological Science with an Endorsement in a Second Field

Upper-division BIOL, BOT, and ZOOL courses to total 30 biology credits, including one ZOOL course and BOT course This represents a minimum: students should take more biology courses if possible, including BIOL 205 Introductory Microbiology.

5

Teaching endorsement in a second field (note that some courses taken above will count toward teaching endorsement in second field; please see your advisor).

20-32

Total

134-158