2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog | 20263

Science Education, B.S. major
Earth and Space Science Specialty (Teacher Licensure)

A total of 120 semester credits are needed for the Science Education, Earth and Space Science specialty (Teacher Licensure) B.S. degree and include the following:

• 40 upper division credits (level 3000/4000)
• 86 required major core credits 
• Completion of Core Curriculum credits (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum [MnTC] Goal Areas 1-10) - required for all baccalaureate degrees
• Completion of BSU Focus and Nisidotaading Course Requirements

Required Credits: 86
Required GPA: 2.50

Core Courses for Science Teaching in Grades 5-8

Complete the following courses:

• BIOL 1400 Cellular Principles (4 credits)
  or BIOL 1110 Human Biology (4 credits)
• BIOL 1500 Diversity of Life (4 credits)
  or BIOL 1120 General Biology: Evolution And Ecology (3 credits)
• CHEM 2211 Principles of Chemistry I (4 credits)
  or CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I (4 credits)
• CHEM 2212 Principles of Chemistry II (4 credits)
  or CHEM 1112 General Chemistry II (4 credits)
• GEOL 1110 Physical Geology (4 credits)
• SCI 3100 Integrative Science for Teachers (4 credits)
• SCI 3450 Science Methods For Grades 5-8 (4 credits)
  or ED 3410 Secondary Science Methods (4 credits)

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES

Complete the following courses with a minimum 2.50 GPA:

• ED 3100 Introduction to the Foundations of Public School Education (3 credits)
• ED 3110 Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• ED 3140 Human Diversity and Educational Equity (3 credits)
• ED 3350 Principles and Strategies of Teaching (3 credits)
• ED 3780 Inclusive Teaching and Classrooms (3 credits)
• ED 4737 Content Area Reading (3 credits)
• ED 4799 The Professional Teacher (1 credit)

Complete the following course:

• HLTH 3400 Health and Drugs in Society (2 credits)

Complete 12 credits of student teaching:

• ED 4830 Student Teaching - Secondary (1-12 credits)

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE SPECIALTY

Complete the following courses:

• ENVR 2000 Introduction to Environmental Science (3 credits)
• GEOL 1120 Intro to Fossils and History of Planet Earth (4 credits)
• GEOL 2110 Crystals, Minerals and Rocks (4 credits)
• GEOL 3500 Topics in Paleontology (3 credits)
• GEOL 3600 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (3 credits)
• PHYS 2000 Astronomy (3 credits)

Select 1 of the following courses:

• GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
• ENVR 4050 Geochemistry (3 credits)

Select 1 of the following courses:

• GEOL 4970 Internship (3 credits)
• GEOL 4980 Research (3 credits)