Bachelor degree requirements

Students seeking this teacher licensure program must complete the bachelor degree requirements for secondary education, including the general education requirements, teacher education courses, and the teaching field requirements listed here.

Licensure requirement (62 credit hours)

• GEOL 100 - Earth in Action Credits: 3
• GEOL 102 - Earth Through Time Credits: 3
• GEOL 103 - Geology Laboratory Credits: 1
• GEOL 105 - Oceanography Credits: 3
• GEOL 502 - Mineralogy Credits: 3
• GEOL 510 - Geology of Planets Credits: 3

• or

• GEOL 540 - Geologic Record of Climate Change Credits: 3
• GEOL 520 - Geomorphology Credits: 3

• or

• GEOL 630 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Credits: 3

Supporting courses required

• BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: 4
• CHM 210 - Chemistry I Credits: 4
• CHM 230 - Chemistry II Credits: 4
• EDSEC 614 - Laboratory Techniques in Teaching Science Credits: 3
• GEOG 121 - Introductory Physical Geography: Earth Systems Science Credits: 3
• GEOG 535 - Global Climatology and Climate Change Credits: 4
• MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3
• MATH 150 - Plane Trigonometry Credits: 3
• PHYS 113 - General Physics I Credits: 4
• PHYS 114 - General Physics II Credits: 4
• PHYS 191 - Descriptive Astronomy Credits: 3
• STAT 325 - Introduction to Statistics Credits: 3

Note

It is highly recommended that additional courses be selected to fulfill requirements for an additional teaching area in biology, physics, or chemistry. The course selection should be made in consultation with the science education advisor.