Biology Certification

Courses Required

Biology as a first certification area

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 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 101 Social Foundations of Education

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
(required for class of 2006 and beyond)

EDUC 335 or 334

1

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

EDUC 359

3

EDUC 359 Student Teaching: Secondary

EDUC 459

1

EDUC 459 Professional Seminar in Secondary Education



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

EDUC 355 Teaching of Science in Secondary School