B.S. in Biology - Secondary Education Concentration

The Biology, B.S., Secondary Education Concentration provides students with an in-depth, well-rounded biology education that will allow them to master the content needed to teach science in secondary education. Furthermore, students will take a full slate of education courses, and work in tandem with an advisor in the education department, to develop the teaching skills needed to communicate these concepts effectively. Students in this program complete their undergraduate coursework in seven semesters, and then spend their final semester doing student teaching for an area school. Major Requirements: BIOL 110 - Introduction to Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Plant Biology BIOL 111 - Introduction to Biology: Molecules, Cells, and Animal Physiology BIOL 131 - Biology Freshman Seminar BIOL 231 - Biology Sophomore Seminar BIOL 301 - Genetics BIOL 302 - General Microbiology BIOL 331 - Biology Junior Seminar BIOL 402 - Evolution BIOL 431 - Senior Seminar One course from the Ecology Cluster: BIOL 203 - Ecology BIOL 208 - Animal Behavior BIOL 220 - Conservation Biology BIOL 320 - Natural History of the Vertebrates BIOL 322 - Field Biology BIOL 326 - Freshwater Aquatic Biology One course from the Organismal Biology Cluster: BIOL 204 - Invertebrate Zoology BIOL 205 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I BIOL 206 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II BIOL 211 - Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy BIOL 212 - Developmental Biology BIOL 218 - Marine Biology BIOL 306 - Animal Nutrition BIOL 403 - Advanced Botany BIOL 406 - Vertebrate Physiology One additional course from the following: Any Cluster course listed above, or BIOL 420-424 Biology Research, or Any 300-, 400- or 500- level Biology course Collateral Requirements: MATH 112 - Calculus or MATH 121 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I One of the following statistics courses: BIOL 315 - Biostatistics MATH 215 - Introductory Statistics STAT 205 - Essentials of Statistics PHYS 104 - An Introduction to Physics I and PHYS 105 - An Introduction to Physics II or PHYS 121 - General Physics I and PHYS 122 - General Physics II CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II CHEM 221 - Organic Chemistry I CHEM 222 - Organic Chemistry II Education Courses (33 credits): EDUC 150 - Educational Psychology EDUC 205 - Introduction to Special Education EDUC 240 - The Diverse Learner in Secondary Settings EDUC 261 - Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom EDUC 333 - Reading and Writing in the Content Areas in Middle and High School EDUC 429 - Middle/ Secondary Methods I EDUC 430 - Methods II EDUC 451 - Student Teaching Collateral Courses: PHIL 319 - Philosophy, Ethics, and Education CORE 407 - General Education Keystone Seminar