Adolescence Education Earth Science - Major Degree Requirements
(Accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education)
Professional Education Sequence 37 s.h.
EDUC 106 Issues in Education 3 s.h.
EDUC 201 Diversity and Teaching 3 s.h.
EDUC 206 Philosophy and Foundations 3 s.h.
EPSY 275 Psych. Foundations of Education: Learning & Motivation 3 s.h.
EPSY 250  Adolescent Growth and Development 3 s.h.
EPSY 229 Survey of Exceptional Children 3 s.h.
SCED 392 Science in Secondary Education 4 s.h.
SCED 396 Student Teaching 12 s.h.
SCED 398 Seminar in Science Education  3 s.h.
Core Earth Science Courses 22-23 s.h.
GEOL 120 Introduction to Geology 3 s.h.
GEOL 220 Historical Geology 4 s.h.
GEOL 275 Geologic Data Analysis or
ESCI 315 Laboratory Techniques in Earth Science
3-4 s.h.
ASTR 271 Stars and Galaxies 3 s.h.
METR 110 Introduction to Meteorology 3 s.h.
OCEA 210 General Oceanography 3 s.h.
  ESCI 215 Earth Materials 3 s.h.
SELECTIONS (Select one course from each of the next three groups);
  GEOL 370 Geomorphology 3 s.h.
GEOL 382 Introduction to Hydrology 3 s.h.
  GEOL 201 Environmental Geology 3 s.h.
GEOL 230 Mineral Resources and the Environment 3 s.h.
METR 205 Atmospheric Environment 3 s.h.
  METR 212 Introduction to Climatology 3 s.h.
ASTR 270 Our Solar System 3 s.h.
Related Work
COMP 100 Composition 3 s.h.
  CHEM 111-112 General Chemistry I & II 8 s.h.
PHYS 103-104 General Physics I and II (non-Calculus) or
PHYS 203-204 General Physics I and II
6-8 s.h.
MATH 105 Elementary Functions or MATH 173 Calculus I 3-4 s.h.
STAT 101 Introduction to Statistics or
STAT 141 Statistical Software
3 s.h.
Selection in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Environmental Science 3 s.h.
EDUC 246 Development of Language and Adolescent Literacies 3 s.h.
EDUC 346 Teaching Reading in Content Area 3 s.h.
EDUC 213 Education Law Requirements Related to Health and Safety Issues 1 s.h.
SCIN 215 Technologies in General Science 2 s.h.
SCIN 390 Interdisciplinary Science Capstone 3 s.h.