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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biological Science Education (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
BIOL 198  - Principles of Biology   4   KSC 040  
EDCI 110  - Foundations of Education   3      
ENGL 100  - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
MATH 100  - College Algebra   3   KSC 030  
PSYCH 110  - General Psychology   3   KSC 050  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
CHM 210  - Chemistry I   4      
COMM 106  - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
ENGL 200  - Expository Writing II   3   KSC 010  
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
CHM 230  - Chemistry II   4      
EDCI 200  - Teaching as a Career   1      
EDCI 230  - Early Field Experience   1      
MATH 150  - Plane Trigonometry   3   KSC 030  
PHYS 113  - General Physics I   4      
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
STAT 225  - Introduction to Statistics   3      
BIOL 255   - General Microbiology   4      
CHM 350  - General Organic Chemistry   3      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 330  - Public Health Biology   3      
BIOL 398  - Principles of Genetics   4      
CHM 351  - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory   2      
EDCI 315  - Educational Psychology   3      
EDCI 320  - Core Teaching Skills and Lab   3      
EDSP 323  - Exceptional Students in the Secondary School   2      
Total Credits: 17      
       
Semester 2      
EDCI 318  - Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning   1      
EDCI 405  - Middle-Level Education   2      
EDCI 764  - Engineering Design Practices in Secondary Science Teaching   3      
BIOL 541  - Cell Biology   3       
BIOL 221   - Organismic Biology   5      
Total Credits: 14      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
EDSEC 455   - Teaching in a Multicultural Society   1      
EDSEC 477  - Content Area Literacies and Diverse Learners   3       
EDSEC 542  - Science Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools   3      
EDSEC 543  - Science Methods Practicum   2      
EDSEC 614  - Laboratory Techniques in Teaching Science   3      
EDSEC 525  - Interpersonal Relations in the Schools   1      
Elective 1    
Total Credits: 13      
       
Semester 2      
EDSEC 586  - Teaching Internship in Secondary Schools   1-12      
Total Credits: 12      
       
Total Program Hours: 120