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Biology Education

Our Biology Education degree provides a solid foundation in biology and includes all the education courses required for licensure and certification to teach Biology at the secondary (grades 6 through 12) level.

Required Biology Hours: 24 hours

Course Number

Course Name

Credit Hours

BIOL 1414

Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, & Diversity

4

BIOL 1514

Introductory Biology: Molecules, Cells, & Physiology

4

BIOL 1314

Environmental Science

4

BIOL 2812

Medical Vocabulary

2

BIOL 2314

Introductory Microbiology or

 

BIOL 3114

General Microbiology

4

BIOL 3003

Genetics

3

BIOL 3103

Introductory Biochemistry

3

Required Biology Elective Hours: 4 hours 

Any combination of 3000- or 4000- level BIOL-prefix courses. 

Required Additional Science Hours: 11 hours

Course Number

Course Name

Credit Hours

CHEM 1104

General Chemistry I

4

CHEM 1141

General Chemistry I Lab

1

CHEM 1204

General Chemistry II

4

CHEM 1241

General Chemistry II Lab

1

SCI 1041

Integrated Science Lab

1

Required Education Hours: 31 hours

Course Number

Course Name

Credit Hours

EDUC 2001

Introduction to Teaching

1

EDUC 3103

Human Development

3

EDUC 3113

Psychology and Assessment of Learning

3

EDUC 3213

Students with Exceptionalities

3

EDUC 4413

Technology in the Classroom

3

EDUC 4433

Methods of Teaching Science

3

EDUC 4513

Classroom Management

3

EDUC 4663

Student Teaching Seminar

3

EDUC 4739

Student Teaching Secondary

9

*All students earning the Bachelor of Science in Biology Education degree are required by the ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ Office of Educational Quality and Accreditation (OEQA) to have completed at least two courses in a single foreign language. 

A minimum of 124 credit hours, including General Education hours, are required for a degree.

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