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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology, Licensure in Grades 6-12 Concentration, B.S.

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CIP Code: 26.0101

(SLO) Expected Outcomes:

Teacher candidates shall demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to succeed in careers within the field.
Teacher candidates shall complete clinical practice and a seminar course in the last semester of their senior year.
Teacher candidates of the licensure program will pass the appropriate Praxis II exam.

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)

General Education Core

Core Requirements to include:

MAT 141 - Precalculus Credits: 5
OR
MAT 231 - Statistics Credits: 3
CHE 111 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4
CHE 112 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4
PSY 113 - General Psychology Credits: 3

Additional Required Courses (5)

EDU 101 - Education as Profession Credits: 2
PSY 211 - Developmental Psychology-Lifespan Credits: 3

Required Biology Courses (26)

BIO 115 - General Biology I for Majors Credits: 4
BIO 116 - General Biology II for Majors Credits: 4
BIO 301 - Genetics Credits: 4
BIO 310 - Biology Seminar Credits: 2
BIO 331 - Cell Biology Credits: 4
BIO 341 - Ecology Credits: 4
BIO 361 - Biology of Microorganisms Credits: 4

Biology Electives [choose from the following] (8)

BIO 201 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I Credits: 4
BIO 202 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II Credits: 4
BIO 261 - Microbiology for Health Sciences Credits: 4
BIO 312 - Topics in Biology Credits: 3
BIO 313 - Topics in Biology Lab Credits: 1
BIO 317 - Marine Biology Credits: 4
BIO 318 - Conservation Biology Credits: 3
BIO 350 - Botanical Diversity Credits: 4
BIO 399 - Bioethics Credits: 3
BIO 411 - Immunology Credits: 3
BIO 426 - Vertebrate Development Credits: 4
BIO 440 - Invertebrate Zoology Credits: 4
BIO 441 - Vertebrate Zoology Credits: 4
BIO 444 - Independent Research Credits: 1-3
PSY 424 - Neuropsychology Credits: 3

Professional Education Courses (36)

EDU 201 - Planning and Procedures for Teacher Education Credits: 2
EDU 308 - Psychology of Learning and Cognition Credits: 3
EDU 315 - Exceptional Child Credits: 3
EDU 331 - Educational Assessment Credits: 4
EDU 342 - Classroom Management Credits: 3
EDU 360 - Multicultural Education Credits: 3
OR
SOW 360 - Multicultural Education Credits: 3
EDU 415 - Teaching Reading in Grades 6-12 Credits: 3
EDU 425 - Strategies for Teaching Grades 6-12 Credits: 3
EDU 456 - Clinical Practice in Secondary Grades 6-12 Credits: 11
EDU 457 - Clinical Practice Seminar, 6-12 Credits: 1

For the Bachelor of Science Degree: Computer Literacy (3)

EDU 410 - Technology in Education Credits: 3

General Electives (0-2)

All required sections of the Praxis II shall be passed prior to the clinical practice semester.

Total Credit Hours: 120

Recommended Four-Year Plan for Biology, Licensure in Grades 6-12 Concentration

Freshman Year

Fall Semester (15)

FYE 101 - First Year Experience Credits: 1
ENG 101 - Composition I Credits: 3
BIO 115 - General Biology I for Majors Credits: 4
MAT 231 - Statistics Credits: 3
PSY 113 - General Psychology Credits: 3
PE Activity Credits: 1

Spring Semester (15)

EDU 101 - Education as Profession Credits: 2
ENG 102 - Composition II Credits: 3
BIO 116 - General Biology II for Majors Credits: 4
COMM 221 - Speech Communication Credits: 3
Religion/Philosophy Core Credits: 3

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester (14)

BIO 301 - Genetics Credits: 4
CHE 111 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4
Literature Core Credits: 3
History Core Credits: 3

Spring Semester (15)

CHE 112 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4
EDU 201 - Planning and Procedures for Teacher Education Credits: 2
PSY 211 - Developmental Psychology-Lifespan Credits: 3
Humanities Core Credits: 3
Fine Arts Core Credits: 3

Junior Year

Fall Semester (16)

BIO 310 - Biology Seminar Credits: 2
BIO 341 - Ecology Credits: 4
EDU 308 - Psychology of Learning and Cognition Credits: 3
EDU 331 - Educational Assessment Credits: 4
EDU 360 - Multicultural Education Credits: 3
OR
SOW 360 - Multicultural Education Credits: 3

Spring Semester (17)

BIO 331 - Cell Biology Credits: 4
BIO 361 - Biology of Microorganisms Credits: 4
EDU 342 - Classroom Management Credits: 3
EDU 315 - Exceptional Child Credits: 3
EDU 415 - Teaching Reading in Grades 6-12 Credits: 3

Senior Year

Fall Semester (16)

EDU 410 - Technology in Education Credits: 3
EDU 425 - Strategies for Teaching Grades 6-12 Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 4
Elective Credits: 4
General Elective Credits: 2

Spring Semester (12)

EDU 456 - Clinical Practice in Secondary Grades 6-12 Credits: 11
EDU 457 - Clinical Practice Seminar, 6-12 Credits: 1