2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Teaching Major in Middle School Science Education (BS)

The Middle School Science Education major is designed to prepare students for teaching science effectively at the middle grade level. This program includes completing:

Core classes from across disciplines in science including physical sciences, life sciences and earth & space sciences to meet performance standards for licensure

Professional education classes to prepare students for teaching in middle grade settings

Content methods courses that provide pedagogical knowledge for teaching science and fulfill other professional requirements of the teacher education program

85 credits

Science Requirements, 46 credits

46 credit hours in content-based classes from CSH Course List below.

ASTR 100Introductory Astronomy: A Study of the Solar System and Beyond

3

BIO 111Principles of Biology 1

4

BIO 112Principles of Biology 2

4

BIO 210Introduction to Botany

3

BIO 214Genetics

3

or

BIO 215Cell Biology

3

or

BIO 216Ecology

3

CHEM 111General Chemistry 1

4

CHEM 112General Chemistry 2

4

GEOL 101Planet Earth's Geological Environment

3

GEOL 105Laboratory in Physical Geology

1

GEOL 201Earth, Life, and Time

3

GEOG 265Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

3

METC 230Elementary Meteorology

3

PHYC 110General Physics 1

4

PHYC 112General Physics 2

4

Professional Education Requirements, 39 credits

39 credit hours in Professional Education from Course List below.

SCI 150Introduction to Teaching Science in Secondary Schools

3

SCI 395Methods of Secondary Science Teaching, Curriculum & Research

3

SCI 396Using Science Methods and Materials

3

EDMU 205Introduction to Multicultural Education

3

EDPS 251Human Growth and Development for Secondary Education

3

EDPS 390Learning & Assessment in Secondary Education

3

EDSE 320Reading for Diverse Learners in Secondary Content Classes

3

EDJH 385Principles of Teaching in the Middle School

3

EDFO 420Social, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of Education

3

EDSE 460Student Teaching: Secondary School

6-7

EDSE 465Elective Student Teaching: Secondary, Junior High/Middle, or All-Grade

3 OR 5

Total Credit Hours: 85