Life Science Teaching Track
- Biology Major
Explore science!
Explore the mysteries of science with learners in grades 7-12.
In this track, you will take a combination of biology and life science courses as well as 38 hours of professional education courses (including field experience and student teaching). You will earn a bachelor of arts degree and also sit for teacher licensure.
Spotlight
"My own heart transplant came during a physics class in Timken Science Hall."
- Dr. Timothy Bricker '74
Physician-in-chief, Kentucky Children's Hospital
A major in Life Science/Chemistry Education consists of the following:
38 hours in the following core courses:
Professional Education Requirements:
- EDUC 112 - Foundations of Education
- EDUC 232 - Psychology of Human Learning
- EDUC 262 - Instructional Technology
- EDUC 312 - Principles of Secondary School Instruction
- EDUC 357 - Content Reading Strategies
- EDUC 405 - Applied Instructional Technology
- EDUC 415 - Assessment in Education
- EDUC 443 - Teaching Integrated Science in the Secondary School
- EDUC 460 - Student Teaching Seminar
- EDUC 497 - Adolescent to Young Adult Student Teaching
- SPED 243 - Inclusion and the Schools
A major in life science/chemistry education requires the following:
- BIOL 145 - Organismal Biology
- BIOL 146 - Introductory Cell Biology
- BIOL 200 - General Botany
- BIOL 253 - Invertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 254 - Vertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 372 - Genetics
- BIOL 381 - General Ecology
- CHEM 131 - General Chemistry I
- CHEM 132 - General Chemistry II
- CHEM 201 - Stewardship and Safety in Chemical Practice
- CHEM 221 - Organic Chemistry I
- CHEM 312 - Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM 335 - Analytical Chemistry
- CHEM 374 - Biochemistry I
- PHYS 100 - Physical Science Survey
- SCI 120 - Earth Science
- SCI 360 - Current Issues in Science
- MATH 201 - Calculus I
