Eight-Semester Plan for B.S.Ed., Earth Sciences Concentration
Major Program Guide For: B.S.Ed. in Science Education
Concentration: Earth Sciences
Suggested Course Sequence for Eight-Semester Plan#
View the plan below or download the plan with checksheet and course descriptions (Word)
| Liberal Studies | 42 (33) hours (9 hours are met through major requirements in math and science) |
| Professional Education Sequence | 23 hours |
| Science Education/Earth Science | 65 hours |
| General Electives | 7 hours |
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128 hours |
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Freshman Year
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Spring
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| SCI | 150 | Intro. Secondary Sci. Educ. | 1 | GEOL | 155 | Historical Geology | 4 |
| GEOL | 150 | Methods in Geology | 4 | MATH | 153 or 170 | Calculus I /Applied Stats. | 4 or 3 |
| MATH | 146 | Precalculus | 4 | C1: ENGL | 101 | Composition I | 3 |
| C3: CMHC | 201 | Intro. Speech Comm. | 3 | P6* | - | World Cultures | 3 |
| C4 | - | Wellness | 3 | P1* | - | Social Sciences | 3 |
| 1st Year Sem. | 190/191 | - | 3 | ||||
| 18 | 17/16 | ||||||
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Sophomore Year
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Fall
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| EDCI | 201 | Teaching Leadership | 3 | GEOL | upper lev. | Geology elective | 3 |
| BIOL | 140 | Principles of Biology I | 4 | BIOL | 141 | Principles of Biology II | 4 |
| GEOL | 302 or 305 | Geomorphology/Soils | 4 | GEOG | 300 | Weather & Climate | 4 |
| C1 : ENGL | 102 | Composition II | 3 | Science | upper lev. | Science elective | 1 or 2 |
| P5* | - | Fine & Performing Arts | 3 | P1* | - | Social Sciences | 3 |
| 17 | 15/16 | ||||||
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Junior Year
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Fall
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Spring
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| Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| PHYS | 130 | Introductory Physics I | 4 | PHYS | 131 | Introductory Physics II | 4 |
| CHEM | 139 | General Chemistry I | 4 | CHEM | 140 | Advanced Gen. Chemistry | 4 |
| PSY | 323 | Underst. Dev., Learning | 3 | SCI | 301 | Nature of Science | 3 |
| SPED | 339 | Designing Classrooms | 3 | EDSE | 322 | Princ. & Meth. of Teaching | 2 |
| P4* | - | Humanities | 3 | Gen. Elective | - | 3 | |
| 17 | 16 | ||||||
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Senior Year
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| Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours | Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement | Course Number | Course Title | Hours |
| SCI | 422 | Princ. & Meth. Sci. Educ. | 3 | SCI | 491 | Supervised Teach. Science | 3 |
| AST | 103 or 104 | Solar System/Cosmic Evol. | 3 | EDSE | 490 | Supervised Teaching | 6 |
| GEOL | 393 or 495 | Research Capstone | 3 | EDSE | 495 | Seminar | 3 |
| P3* | - | History | 3 | ||||
| Gen. Elective | - | 4 | |||||
| 16 | 12 | ||||||
# This plan is a suggestion that should guide registration. Variations of this plan are possible on consultation with your advisor.
* One of LS perspectives must be an upper-level, 300-400, course
Draft ver. 16 Aug. 2010