Core Curriculum (16 Credit Hours)

For details on the required courses, refer to the Core Curriculum  program. For student in this major, the following course will satisfy both major and core curriculum requirement:ENGL 1102  COMM 2200  MATH 1540  BIOL 1105  EDUC 2201  

Professional Education (49 Credit Hours)

• ENGL 1102 - Written English II Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2200 - Introduction to Education Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2200L - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 0
• EDUC 2201 - Instructional Technology Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2203 - Human Development, Learning & Teaching Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2240 - High Incidence Disabilities for Educators Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2241 - Field Experience 2: The Learner and Learning Environment Credit Hours: 1
• EDUC 2260 - Instructional Design I Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2261 - Field Experience 3: Learning Context and Teaching Credit Hours: 2
• EDUC 3331 - Reading in the Content Areas Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 3334 - Field Experience 4: Disciplinary Literacy and Assessment Credit Hours: 2
• EDUC 3340 - Instructional Design II Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 3341 - Residency 1: Teaching Practice and Assessment Credit Hours: 5
• EDUC 3351 - Inclusive Classroom Practices for Individual Differences Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 4483 - Residency 2: Student Teaching for Secondary Credit Hours: 10
• EDUC 4485 - Action Research Credit Hours: 1
• EDUC 4486 - Portfolio Credit Hours: 1

General Science Program (51 Credit Hours)

*All courses and Praxis II Exam must be completed prior to admission to Secondary Student Teaching.

• BIOL 1105 - Biological Principles I Credit Hours: 4
• BIOL 1106 - Biological Principles II Credit Hours: 4
• CHEM 1105 - Chemical Principles Credit Hours: 5
• CHEM 2200 - Foundational Biochemistry Credit Hours: 4
• COMM 2200 - Introduction to Human Communication Credit Hours: 3
• GEOL 1102 - Historical Geology Credit Hours: 4
• GEOL 1101 - Physical Geology Credit Hours: 4
• GEOS 3100 - Informal Science Field Experience Credit Hours: 1
• MATH 1540 - Trigonometry Credit Hours: 3
• PHSC 4430 - Science Integration Seminar Credit Hours: 1
• PHSC 4431 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Science Credit Hours: 3
• PHYS 1101 - Introduction to Physics I Credit Hours: 4

• OR

• PHYS 1001 - General Physics I Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 1002 - General Physics II Credit Hours: 4

• OR

• PHYS 1102 - Introduction to Physics II Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 2202 - Astronomy Credit Hours: 3
• SCIE 1120 - Introduction to Meteorology Credit Hours: 4

Free Electives (4 Credit Hours)

Students must complete 4 credit hours of electives to complete degree requirements.