I. FOUNDATION COURSES (15 CREDIT HOURS):
• Rhetoric and Composition I and II*
• Oral Communication
• Modern Language
II. CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS
(18 CREDIT HOURS):
• Literature and Human Experience
• Understanding and Appreciating Arts
• American Experience
• American Dilemmas*
• History and Evolution of Global Processes
• Contemporary World Issues
III. MISSION COURSES (9 CREDIT HOURS):
• The Human Experience
• Ethics*
• Religious Studies/Philosophy
IV. CORE COURSES (36 CREDIT HOURS):
• General Biology: Cells, Genetics and Organ Systems, Lab
• General Biology: Organisms and Populations, Lab
• Anatomy and Physiology I
• Molecular Biology
• Microbiology, Lab
• Population Biology and Ecology, Lab
• Evolution
• Research Methods
• Senior Seminar
• Elective
• Upper division elective
V. SUPPORTING COURSES (26 CREDIT HOURS):
• General Chemistry, Lab
• Analytical Chemistry, Lab
• Calculus I, Lab
• Applied Statistics
• Mechanics and Waves, Lab
• Electricity, Magnetism and Optics, Lab
• History and Philosophy of Science
VI. REQUIRED MINOR IN TEACHER
EDUCATION (21 CREDIT HOURS):
• Foundations in Education
• Learning Processes and Evaluation
• Educational Technology Integration
• Secondary Instructional Methods and
Classroom Management
• Curriculum and Evaluation in the Secondary School
• Content Area Literacy
• Adolescent Psychology
VII. INTERNSHIP (6 CREDIT HOURS):
• Student Teaching in the Secondary Classroom