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Biology and Secondary Education Grid Sheet

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FRESHMAN YEAR

FIRST SEMESTER

Cr.

Term & Grade

SECOND SEMESTER

Cr.

Term & Grade

ENGL  1101 English Composition I (A)

3

 

*ENGL 1102 English Composition II (A)

3

 

*MATH 1113 Pre-Calculus (A)

4

 

CSCI 1130 Computer Applications (D)

3

 

BIOL 1107, + Lab. Prin. of Biol. I (F)

4

 

*BIOL 1108, + Lab. Prin. of Biology II (F)

4

 

CHEM 1211/1211L Prin. Of Chemistry I (D)

4

 

*CHEM 1212/1212L Prin. of Chem. II (D)

4

 

FRES 1101 Freshman Yr. Exp. I

1

 

FRES 1102 Freshman Yr. Exp. II

1

 

TOTAL HOURS

16

 

TOTAL HOURS

15

 

SOPHOMORE YEAR

FIRST SEMESTER

Cr.

Term & Grade

SECOND SEMESTER

Cr.

Term & Grade

*BIOL 2201/2201L – Mol. Cell. Biology

4

 

*BIOL 2401/2401L – Ecol. Evol. Biology

4

 

*CHEM 2501/2501L Organic Chemistry I

4

 

*CHEM 2511/2511L Organic Chemistry II

4

 

*MATH 2101 Calculus (F)

4

 

Core Curriculum Elective (B-F)

3

 

*PHYS 1111K Introductory Physics I

4

 

*PHYS 1112K Introductory Physics II

4

 

 

 

 

Health or Core Elective

1

 

TOTAL HOURS

16

 

TOTAL HOURS

16

 

JUNIOR YEAR

                  FIRST SEMESTER

 

Term & Grade

                   SECOND SEMESTER

 

Term & Grade

*HUMN  2011 Humanities

3

 

Core Curriculum Elective (B-F)

3

 

*BIOL 3101/3101L Botany

4

 

*BIOL 3301/3301L – Genetics

4

 

*BIOL 3321/3321L Microbiology

4

 

*BIOL 3801/3801L Animal Physiology

4

 

*MSCI 3401 Invertebrate Zoology w/ lab

4

 

Core Curriculum Elective (B-F)

3

 

Health or Core Elective

2

 

Core Curriculum Elective (B-F)

3

 

TOTAL HOURS

17

 

TOTAL HOURS

17

 

SENIOR YEAR

FIRST SEMESTER

Cr.

Term & Grade

SECOND SEMESTER

Cr.

Term & Grade

Adolesce. Growth & Dev. MGSE 2150

3

 

Educ. Dis. in Gen. Ed. EEXE 5100U

3

 

*BIOL 4901 Seminar

1

 

Class Mgmt: 7-12, MGSE 4090

3

 

Sec. Curriculum & Methods, MGSE 3050

3

 

Sec. Curr. & Meth.: Sci. MGSE 4472

3

 

Core Curriculum Elective (B-F)

3

 

Core Curriculum Elective (B-F)

3

 

Additional Math/Science elective#

3-4

 

Core Curriculum Elective (B-F)

3

 

Core Curriculum Elective (B-F)

3

 

 

 

 

TOTAL HOURS

16

 

TOTAL HOURS

15

 

                                                                Additional Requirements

Student Teaching: 7-12, MGSE 4750

9

 

 

 

 

Elective options: # If the student is interested in general science education in high school, it is recommended that they enroll in earth science courses (e.g. Physical Geology, Geol 1121K) BIOL 3511/3511L, 4611/4611L and 7 cr. from: BIOL 4601/4601L, 4641/4641L, 4651/4651L, 4681/4681L. 

If marked ‘*’, student must  complete pre-requisite course(s) – Check Course descriptions in catalog

Core Curriculum Requirements for the SSU major in Biology – All Educational Courses will be taken at AASU

COURSES (Cr.)

AREA

COURSES (Cr.)

AREA

ENGL 1101(3) & 1102 (3), MATH 1113 (3)

A (9)

HIST 1501 (2), SPEH(1), Crit. Thinking (1)

B (4)

HUMN 2011 (3); One of: ARTS1101, MUSC1101, THEA2101, ENGL2111, 2112 (3)

 C (6)

CSCI 1130 (3), CHEM 1211 & L (4),

1212 & L (4)

D (11)

POLS 1101 (3), POLS 2401 (3),

And one from HIST 2111 or HIST 2112 (3),

And one from HIST 1111, HIST 1112, PSYC 1101, ANTH 1102, SOCI 1101 (3)

E (12)

BIOL 1107K (4), 1108K (4), MATH 2101 (4), Computer/ Language course (3),

Science/Math elective – Statistics Recommended [MATH 2201 (4) or  MSCI 3601(3) ]

F (18)

FRES 1101(1) & 1102 (1)

(2)

One from HEDU 1101, 1111, 1201, 1211 (2)

And one from HEDU 1301, 1401, 1501, 1511, 1521, 1601, 1611, 1621 (1)

(3)

 

 

TOTAL CORE CURRICULUM HOURS

65

BIOL 1401 is recommended on  an ‘as needed’ basis. Incoming freshmen should be advised to take Biol 1301.

CORE CURRICULUM: 65  S.H.,  BIOLOGY REQUIREMENTS: 60 S.H. (45 + 15 SH electives) Total 125 S.H.

 

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