Biology

Sample Course Sequence

BA in Biology with preparation for certification, going abroad in the Fall of the Junior year, Student teaching in Fall of Senior Year.

Fall 1

Spring 1

BIOL 205 Molecules and Cells
CHEM 211 Organic I
FOUN 09x Foundation Seminar (select a W1)
MATH 201 Calculus I

EDUC 101 Social Foundations of Education
CHEM 212 Organic II
MATH 216 Statistics
BIOL 206 Organismal

Fall 2

Spring 2

EDUC 201 Educational Psychology EDUC 202 Educational Psychology Practicum
BIOL 207 Genetics
1st BIOL AREA course
English Literature

EDUC 240 Literacy and Learning (Spring only)
EDUC 334 Later Childhood and Adolescence
BIOL 208 Population and Community
2nd BIOL AREA course

Fall 3

Spring 3

ABROAD
Humanities Elective
Humanities Elective
Social Science Elective (not EDUC)
Elective 1

BIOL 300 level elective
EDUC 355 Teaching of Science in Secondary School
Humanities Elective
Elective 2

Fall 4

Spring 4

EDUC 459 Professional Seminar in Secondary Education W2
EDUC 359 Student Teaching: Secondary (3 credits)

BIOL 300 level elective
Elective 3
Elective 4
Elective 5

 

BS in Biology with preparation for certification,
going abroad in the Fall of the Senior year, Student teaching in Spring of Senior Year.

Fall 1

Spring 1

BIOL 205 Molecules and Cells
CHEM 211 Organic I
ENGL 090 or HUMN 098 (W1)*
MATH 201 Calculus I

CHEM 212 Organic II
MATH 216 Statistics
BIOL 206 Organismal
HUMN 150 or humanities elective

Fall 2

Spring 2

EDUC 101 Social Foundations of Education
BIOL 207 Genetics
1st BIOL AREA course
English Literature

EDUC 201 Educational Psychology EDUC 202 Educational Psychology Practicum
EDUC 334 Later Childhood and Adolescence
BIOL 208 Population and Community
2nd BIOL AREA course

Fall 3

Spring 3

PHYS 211
BIOL 300 level elective
BIOL elective
BIOL elective

BIOL 300 level elective
EDUC 355 Teaching of Science in Secondary School
PHYS 212
EDUC 240 Literacy and Learning (Spring only)

Fall 4

Spring 4

ABROAD
Humanities Elective 1
Social Science Elective (not EDUC)
BIOL electives

EDUC 459 Professional Seminar in Secondary Education W2
EDUC 359 Student Teaching: Secondary (3 credits)

*ENGL 090 and HUMN 098 count as Foundation Seminar, W1 and a humanities course, thus would allow an elective in the senior year.

 

DUAL Preparation: Biology and General Science, with BA in Biology,
going abroad in the Fall of the Junior year, Student teaching in Fall of Senior Year.

Fall 1

Spring 1

BIOL 205 Molecules and Cells
CHEM 211 Organic I
ENGL 090 or HUMN 098 (W1)*
MATH 201 Calculus I

CHEM 212 Organic II
MATH 216 Statistics
BIOL 206 Organismal
HUMN 150 or humanities elective

Fall 2

Spring 2

EDUC 101 Social Foundations of Education
BIOL 207 Genetics
ASTR 101 Our Solar System
PHYS 211 Classical and Modern Physics I

EDUC 201 Educational Psychology
EDUC 202 Educational Psychology Practicum
EDUC 334 Later Childhood and Adolescence
BIOL 208 Population and Community
GEOG 231 Climate (caution, semester varies)

Fall 3

Spring 3

ABROAD
English Literature
Humanities Elective
Elective 1
Elective 2

BIOL 300 level elective
EDUC 355 Teaching of Science in Secondary School
1st BIOL AREA course
EDUC 240 Literacy and Learning (Spring only)

Fall 4

Spring 4

EDUC 459 Professional Seminar in Secondary Education W2
EDUC 359 Student Teaching: Secondary (3 credits)

BIOL 300 level elective
2nd BIOL AREA course
GEOL 103, 104, 105 or 106
Elective 3

*ENGL 090 and HUMN 098 count as Foundation Seminar, W1 and a humanities course, thus would allow an elective in the senior year.