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The Life Science Teaching Track courses include the Biology core courses, supporting core courses, and two courses from among BIOL 320, 353, and 360. This track prepares students to be licensed to teach life sciences. Upon completing this program, 33 hours of Professional Education Requirements (see below), and other requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, students will be licensed to teach life science in grades 7-12.

 Biology Core Courses

• BIOL 145 Organismal Biology (3)
• BIOL 146 Introductory Cell Biology (3)
• BIOL 200 General Botany (4)
• BIOL 253 Invertebrate Zoology (3)
• BIOL 254 Vertebrate Zoology (3)
• BIOL 285 Environmental Studies I (4)
  or
  BIOL 350 Tropical Ecology (4)
  or
  BIOL 381 General Ecology (4)
• BIOL 371 Microbiology (4)
• BIOL 372 Genetics (4)
• CHEM 131 General Chemistry I (4)
• CHEM 132 General Chemistry II (4)
• A Computer Science course
  

 Supporting Core Courses

• PHYS 100 Physical Science Survey (4)
• SCI 120 Earth Science (4)
• SCI 160 Current Issues in Science (3)
• MATH 201 Calculus I (5)

 Additional Biology Courses

• BIOL 320 Advanced Botany (4)
• BIOL 353 Ornithology (4)
• BIOL 360 Entomology (4)

 Professional Education Requirements

• EDUC 112 Foundations of Education (3)
• EDUC 232 Psychology of Human Learning (3)
• EDUC 312 Principles of Secondary School Instruction (3)
• EDUC 357 Content Reading Strategies in Middle/Secondary School (3)
• EDUC 362 Instructional Technology (3)
• EDUC 405 Applied Instructional Technology (1)
• EDUC 415 Assessment in Education (3)
• EDUC 443 Teaching Integrated Science in the Secondary School (3)
• EDUC 460 Student Teaching Seminar (1)
• EDUC 497 Adolescence to Young Adult Student Teaching (12)
• SPED 243 Inclusion and the Schools (3)