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 (62-63 credit hours)

• BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: 4
• BIOL 401 - Organismic Biology Credits: 5
• BIOL 330 - Public Health Biology Credits: 3
• BIOL 455 - General Microbiology Credits: 4
• BIOL 541 - Cell Biology Credits: 3
• BIOL 303 - Ecology of Environmental Problems Credits: 3

• or

• BIOL 529 - Ecology Credits: 3
• ASI 500 - Genetics Credits: 3

• or

• BIOL 450 - Modern Genetics Credits: 4

Chemistry courses required

• CHM 210 - Chemistry I Credits: 4
• CHM 230 - Chemistry II Credits: 4
• CHM 350 - General Organic Chemistry Credits: 3
• CHM 351 - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory Credits: 2

Other required courses

• EDSEC 614 - Laboratory Techniques in Teaching Science Credits: 3
• GEOL 100 - Earth in Action Credits: 3
• GEOL 103 - Geology Laboratory Credits: 1
• MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: 3
• MATH 150 - Plane Trigonometry Credits: 3
• PHYS 115 - Descriptive Physics Credits: 5
• PHYS 191 - Descriptive Astronomy Credits: 3
• STAT 325 - Introduction to Statistics Credits: 3