Bachelor of Science in Education - Secondary Science Education - Biology

Area A Essential Skills
Req. Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1112/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options
Req. Hours: 5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
CSUS 1106/ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2745/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755/ LEAD 1705/LEAD 1706/LEAD 2705/LEAD 2706/LIBR 1105/UNIV 1105

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts
Req. Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 1105
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both human-ities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology
Req Hours: 10
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or non-lab:
ANTH 1145 (no lab); ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional); ASTR 1106/1305; BIOL 1215 (lab included); BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1225 (lab included); CHEM 1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L ; ENVS 1105 (no lab); GEOL 1121 (lab included); GEOL 1122 (no lab); ITDS 1215 (lab included); PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional)
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105/MATH 1112/MATH 1113/MATH 1125/MATH 1131/MATH 1132/MATH 1127/MATH 1165/PHIL 2105

Area E Social Sciences
Req. Hours: 12
HIST 2110
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2135/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH1106/ANTH2105/ENGL 2136/ENGL 2137/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/HIST 2116/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement
Req Hours: 3
PELM 1205
Select any one PED course.

Area F Courses Rel. to Major
Req. Hours: 18
EDUF 2116 Human Dev, Motivation, Learning
EDUF 2215 The American Educ Experience
BIOL 2285 Research Methods in Biology
ITDS 2749 Ethics/Legal Issues in the Prof
Select one of the following groups:
Group 1:
CHEM 1211 Principles of Chemistry 1
CHEM 1211L Principles of Chem 1 Lab
CHEM 1212 Principles of Chemistry 2
CHEM 1212L Principles of Chem 2 Lab
Group 2:
PHYS 1111 Introductory Physics 1
PHYS 1111L Introductory Phys 1 Lab
PHYS 1112 Introductory Physics 2
PHYS 1112L Introductory Phys 2 Lab

Area G Prog. Requirements
Req. Hours: 51
BIOL 3215 Cell Biology
BIOL 3216 Genetics
BIOL 3217 Ecology
BIOL 3218 Systematic and Biodiversity
BIOL 4795 Capstone Senior Seminar
BIOL 5515 Sel. Topics: Cell/Molecular Biol
BIOL 5525 Sel. Topics: Organ Biol (take twice)
BIOL 5535 Sel. Topics: Ecol/Evol Biology
EDCI 4455 Practicum 2 or Mid Grds/Sec Educ
EDSE 4135 Curr/Methods in Sec Science
SPED 3255 Learn/Beh Char of Child/Youth with Disabilities, Gifts, and Talents
Student Teaching Experience:
EDCI 4485 Student Teaching
EDCI 4795 Student Teaching Seminar
EDUF 4115 Classroom Management
SPED 4255 Instruc. Strat for Teaching Children/Youth w/Disabilities/Gifts

Area H General Electives
Req. Hours: 9

Total Hours Required: 123

Also see the program requirements listed on the College of Education page.