Courses

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