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DEGREE: BACHELOR OF ARTS
MAJOR: EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION
Students must complete the university-level, college-level and breadth requirements for College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment Bachelor of Arts degrees.
UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS:
COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS:
A second writing course involving significant writing experience including two papers with a combined minimum of 3,000 words to be submitted for extended faculty critique of both composition and content. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours. Appropriate writing courses are designated on the registrar's course search page.
| Foreign Language (minimum grade of D-) |
0-12 |
Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 112 or 214) in a given language. Number of credits needed and initial placement will depend on number of years of high school study of foreign language. Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign language may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination.
COLLEGE BREADTH REQUIREMENTS:
These requirements apply to all College of Earth, Ocean & Environment Bachelor of Arts degrees. College breadth courses when combined with University breadth courses must represent at least two departments or appropriate instructional units in each category.
If the grade earned is sufficient, a course may be applied toward more than one requirement (e.g., breadth and major requirements), but the credits are counted only once toward the total credits for graduation. If all but one course in a group has been taken in one department or program, a course cross-listed with that program will not satisfy the distribution requirement.
Understanding and appreciation of the visual and performing arts, of aesthetic forms, designs, or craftsmanship, or of literary, philosophical, and intellectual traditions. Courses may focus on a single aesthetic form or intellectual tradition, or cross-cultural comparisons.
Understanding of the sources and forces of historical changes in ideas, beliefs, institutions, and cultures. Courses may address social, cultural, intellectual, economic, technological, artistic, scientific, and political development, changes in a discipline, or globalization and its effects.
Understanding of the behavior of individuals and social groups in the context of their human and natural environments. Courses emphasize the empirical findings, applications, and methods of the social and behavioral sciences.
Understanding of fundamental and/or applied concepts and phenomena from mathematics, logic, natural or physical sciences, and technology including quantitative reasoning and methods used to approach and solve problems.
Courses taken to fulfill this category (university and college breadth) must include a minimum of one course with an associated laboratory
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS:
A grade of C- or better is required in BISC 195, MAST 200, PHYS 133, and SCEN 491 and all of the required EDUC, GEOG, and GEOL courses.
| EDUC 413 |
Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology |
4 |
| EDUC 414 |
Teaching Exceptional Adolescents |
3 |
| EDUC 419 |
Diversity in Secondary Education |
3 |
| EDUC 420 |
Reading in the Content Area |
1 |
| EDUC 430 |
Classroom Management in Schools |
1 |
| EDUC 400 |
Student Teaching |
9 |
| SCEN 491 |
Teaching Science in Secondary Schools |
4 |
To be eligible to student teach, Earth Science Education students must have an overall GPA of 2.50 with a GPA of 2.75 in BISC 195, MAST 200, PHYS 133 and their geology and geography courses. They must also pass a teacher competency test as established by the University Council on Teacher Education. Students must consult with the teacher education program coordinator to obtain the student teaching application and other information concerning student teaching policies.
| CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF |
124 |
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