Biology Certification
Courses Required
Biology as a first certification area
Descriptor | Credits | Courses |
MATH 201 | 2 | MATH 201 |
Writing Course | 1 | Any W1 course |
English Literature | 1 | not including the W1 course |
BIOL 205 | 1 | BIOL 205 or BIOL 202 |
BIOL 206 | 1 | BIOL 206 or BIOL 201 |
BIOL 207 | 1 | BIOL 207 or BIOL 191 |
BIOL 208 | 1 | BIOL 208 or BIOL 203 |
CHEM 211 | 1 | CHEM 211 |
CHEM 212 | 1 | CHEM 212 |
Area I | 1 | One 300 level course in Area I (Molecules to Organisms) |
Area II | 1 | One 300 level course from Area II (Organisms to Ecosystems) |
Two Biology electives | 2 | Two BIOL 300 or above, 399 only counts once |
EDUC 355 | 1 | EDUC 355 Teaching of Science in Secondary School (Spring only, to be taken Junior year) |
EDUC 101 | 1 | |
EDUC 201 and EDUC 202 | 1 | EDUC 201 Educational Psychology and EDUC 202 Educational Psychology Practicum |
EDUC 240 | 1 | EDUC 240 Literacy and Learning in the Diverse Classroom |
EDUC 335 or 334 | 1 | EDUC 334 Later Childhood and Adolescence or EDUC 335 Child and Adolescent Development |
EDUC 359 | 3 | |
EDUC 459 | 1 |
Biology as as a second certification area
Descriptor | Credits | Courses |
BIOL 205 | 1 | BIOL 205 or BIOL 202 |
BIOL 206 | 1 | BIOL 206 or BIOL201 |
BIOL 207 | 1 | BIOL 207 or BIOL 191 |
BIOL 208 | 1 | BIOL 208 or BIOL 203 |
Area I | 1 | One from Area I |
Area II | 1 | One from Area II |
EDUC 334 or EDUC 335 | 1 | EDUC 334 Later Childhood and Adolescence or EDUC 335 Child and Adolescent Development |
EDUC 355 | 1 |

