Required Professional Education Courses
Complete the following courses:
- ED 5000: Introduction to FasTrack (1 credit)
- ED 5100 Introduction to the Foundations of Public School Education (3 credits)
- ED 5110 Educational Psychology (3 credits)
- ED 5140 Human Relations In Education (3 credits)
- ED 5350 Pedagogy: Planning for Instruction (3 credits)
- ED 5780 Adaptation and Management: Designing the Learning Environment (3 credits)
- ED 5737 Content Area Reading (3 credits)
- ED 5799 The Professional Teacher (1 credit)
- HLTH 5400 Health and Drugs in Society (2 credits)
- ED 5410 Secondary Science Methods (4 credits)
Complete 12 credits of student teaching:
ED 5830 Student Teaching – Secondary (1-12 credits)
Life Science Specialty
A. Required Biology courses
Complete the following courses:
- BIOL 2360 Genetics (4 credits)
- BIOL 2610 General Ecology (3 credits)
- BIOL 3710 Microbiology (4 credits)
- BIOL 4620 Evolution (3 credits)
- BIOL 3720 Plant Form and Function (4 credits)
or BIOL 3830 Aquatic Plants and Algae (4 credits) - BIOL 4894 Advanced Research Project I (2 credits)
or BIOL 4895 Advanced Research Project II (2 credits)
B. Required Biology elective
Select 1 of the following courses:
- BIOL 3150 Animal Behavior (3 credits)
- BIOL 3310 Entomology (4 credits)
- BIOL 4510 Ornithology (4 credits)
- BIOL 4520 Mammalogy (4 credits)
- BIOL 4534 Ichthyology (4 credits)