Biology Certification

Courses Required

Teaching certification is based on fulfillment of requirements for the major.

Descriptor

Credits

Courses

MATH 201
MATH 216

2

MATH 201
MATH 216

Writing Course

1

Any W1 course

English Literature

1

not including the W1 course

BIOL 205

1

BIOL 205

BIOL 206

1

BIOL 206

BIOL 207

1

BIOL 207

BIOL 208

1

BIOL 208

CHEM 211

1

CHEM 211

CHEM 212

1

CHEM 212

Area I

1

One 300 level course in Area I (Cellular/Molecular)

Area II

1

One 300 level course from Area II (Organismal)

Area III

1

One 300 level course from Area III (Ecological/Evolutionary

Biology elective

1

One additional elective 300 or above

EDUC 355

1

EDUC 355 Teaching of Science in Secondary School (spring only, to be taken Junior year)

EDUC 101

1

EDUC 101 Social Foundations of Education

EDUC 201

1

EDUC 201 Educational Psychology

EDUC 230

1

EDUC 230 Foundations of Assessment

(required for class of 2014 and beyond)

EDUC 240

1

EDUC 240 Literacy and Learning in the Diverse Classroom

EDUC 334 or EDUC 335

1

 

EDUC 334 Later Childhood and Adolescence or EDUC 335 Child and Adolescent Development

EDUC 339

1

EDUC 339 The Inclusive Classroom

(required for class of 2014 and beyond)

EDUC 359

3

EDUC 359 Student Teaching: Secondary

EDUC 459

1

EDUC 459 Professional Seminar in Secondary Education

 

Sample Certification Course Sequence