Biology Major for Teacher Certification (B.S.)

Required Foundation Courses (43 cr)

• CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I Lecture (GE4) 4 cr
• CHEM 111L - General Chemistry I Lab (GE4) 1 cr
• CHEM 112 - General Chemistry II Lecture 4 cr
• CHEM 112L - General Chemistry II Lab 1 cr
• CHEM 230 - Organic Chemistry I Lecture 4 cr
• CHEM 231 - Organic Chemistry I Lab 1 cr
• CS 160 - Microcomputer Software 3 cr
• RPW 304 - Technical Report Writing 3 cr
• MATH 132B - Statistical Methods: Biostatistics (GE3) 4 cr
• PHYS 106A - Earth & Space Science: Physical Geology (GE4) 4 cr

Major Required Courses (42 cr)

• BIOL 181 - Intro to Ecology, Evolution, Diversity 3 cr
• BIOL 181L - Ecology, Evolution, Diversity Lab 1 cr
• BIOL 182 - Intro to Cell and Molecular Biology 3 cr
• BIOL 182L - Cell and Molecular Biology Lab 1 cr
• BIOL 232 - Physiology & Anatomy I 4 cr
• BIOL 233 - Physiology & Anatomy II 3 cr
• BIOL 260 - Genetics 4 cr
• BIOL 291 - Developing Professionals in Biology 1 cr
• BIOL 331 - Microbiology 4 cr
• BIOL 352 - Evolution 3 cr
• BIOL 360 - Cell Biology 4 cr
• BIOL 370 - Developmental Biology 4 cr
• BIOL 380 - Ecology 4 cr
• BIOL 491 - Undergraduate Seminar Biology 1 cr

• Two courses from:

• BIOL 211 - Botany 3 cr
• BIOL 212 - Zoology 3 cr
• BIOL 213 - Microbe Diversity 3 cr

Required Education Courses

Students must be admitted to the Teacher Education program  and complete an approved minor and  secondary education  professional studies courses as well as the course listed below.

• TEMS 311 - Teaching Science in Mid/Sec Schools 3 cr