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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Secondary Education, Biology, B.S.

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The Secondary Education Biology program prepares enrolled students for a career teaching Biology in grades 7-12. While content courses help enrolled students master the requisite knowledge and skills in the field of Biology and related sciences, Education courses help enrolled students learn the instructional strategies, assessment methods, and educational technology most appropriate for learners at the middle and high school level. Students in the Secondary Education Biology program become transformative classroom teachers able to promote academic achievement and support diverse populations of learners.

Degree Requirements

Institutional Degree Requirements

Program-Specific Degree Requirements: To be eligible for graduation, students majoring in Secondary Education Biology must complete a minimum of 122 credits. Students must achieve a 3.0 or higher in each of the following six courses: FCO 105 , EDU 260 , MAT 171 , MAT 250 , SE 201 and SE 220 and demonstrate satisfactory progress on identified professional and personal dispositions. Students must achieve a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher in order to be determined eligible for PreProfessional Educator Status and in order to enter the Professional Semester and to obtain Pennsylvania teacher certification.

Students seeking certification in Secondary Education Biology are required to have a minimum of 190 hours of Field Experience prior to the Professional Semester and must meet specific requirements as determined by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

General Education Requirement

First Year Seminar

FYS 110 (EDU200) Education in Today’s Society 3 credit hours
FYS 102 Common Hour 0 credit hours

Foundations Requirements

Communication course:

FCO 105 Rhetorical Communication 3 credit hours

Advanced Communication course:

Satisfied by major (EDU 260 )

Quantitative Fluency course:

Satisfied by major (MAT 171 )

American Citizenship course:

PS 101 American Government and Citizenship 3 credit hours

Global Citizenship course:

G 100 World Regional Geography 3 credit hours

Disciplinary Perspectives Requirement

Humanities course:

LIT 200 Introduction to Literary and Textual Studies 3 credit hours

Choose 3 credits of the following Arts courses:

ART 101 Art and Visual Culture 3 credit hours
CRW 272 Introduction to Creative Writing 3 credit hours
MUS 186 Listening to Music 3 credit hours
THE 154 Introduction to Theatre 3 credit hours

Social and Behavioral Sciences course:

PSY 100 General Psychology 3 credit hours

Natural and Physical Sciences course:

Satisfied by major (BIO 142 or BIO 152 or CHM 134 and CHM 135 )

Constellation Requirement

The Constellation requirement is met when a student completes four courses from a minimum of three disciplines within the Constellation requirements. Students who transfer in 60 credits or more at the time of admission to the college will be waived from the Constellation requirement, except for Education majors. Education majors are required to complete the Transformation: Children, the Family, and Development across the Lifespan Constellation as part of their General Education requirements.

PSY 221 Child and Adolescent Development 3 credit hours
SPE 200 Special Education Processes and Procedure 3 credit hours
SPE 271 Literacy Development and Instruction in Core Intervention Areas Including Inclusive Practices 3 credit hours
Satisfied by major (EDU 225 )

Required Courses

A grade of 2.0 is required in all the courses listed below.

Pre-Professional Education Courses

BIO 112 Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology 3 credit hours
BIO 142 Molecules, Genes and Cells 4 credit hours
BIO 152 Evolution, Ecology and Diversity 4 credit hours
BIO 212 Environmental Biology 3 credit hours
BIO 240 Genetics 4 credit hours
BIO 241 Genetics Lab 0 credit hours
CHM 134 General Chemistry I 4 credit hours
CHM 135 General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
CHM 136 General Chemistry II 4 credit hours
CHM 137 General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
CHM 234 Organic Chemistry I 4 credit hours
CHM 235 Organic Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
CHM 236 Organic Chemistry II 4 credit hours
CHM 237 Organic Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
EDU 225 Instructional Needs of English Language Learners 3 credit hours
EDU 260 Effective Communication in the Field of Education 3 credit hours
MAT 171 Calculus I 4 credit hours
MAT 250 Statistics 3 credit hours
PHY 110 General Physics I 4 credit hours
PHY 111 General Physics I Lab 0 credit hours
SE 201 Early Field Experience 2 credit hours
SE 210 Educational Technology for Middle and Secondary Education 3 credit hours
SE 220 Instruction and Curriculum Development in Middle and Secondary Education 3 credit hours
SE 240 Educational Assessment for Middle and Secondary Education 2 credit hours

Professional Preparation Courses

Must attain PPES status to complete.

EDU 460 Community and Legal Issues in Education 3 credit hours
SE 311 Advanced Field Experience 2 credit hours
SE 312 Advanced Field Experience 2 credit hours
SE 351 Teaching Strategies for Middle and Secondary Education 3 credit hours
SE 354 Middle and Secondary Science Pedagogies 3 credit hours
SE 356 Reading and Writing in the Content Areas 3 credit hours
SPE 300 Effective Instructional Methods and Supports for Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings 3 credit hours

Professional Semester

Students must have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 for admittance into the Professional Semester.

SE 494 Student Teaching Seminar 2 credit hours
SE 495 Student Teaching 10 credit hours

Suggested Course Sequence

Freshman Year

Fall Semester (15 credits)

BIO 142 Molecules, Genes and Cells 4 credit hours
CHM 134 General Chemistry I 4 credit hours
CHM 135 General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
FYS 110 (EDU200) Education in Today’s Society 3 credit hours
FYS 102 Common Hour 0 credit hours
MAT 171 Calculus I 4 credit hours

Spring Semester (18 credits)

FCO 105 Rhetorical Communication 3 credit hours
G 100 World Regional Geography 3 credit hours
LIT 200 Introduction to Literary and Textual Studies 3 credit hours
PS 101 American Government and Citizenship 3 credit hours
PSY 100 General Psychology 3 credit hours
SE 220 Instruction and Curriculum Development in Middle and Secondary Education 3 credit hours

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester (14 credits)

CHM 136 General Chemistry II 4 credit hours
CHM 137 General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
EDU 260 Effective Communication in the Field of Education 3 credit hours
PHY 110 General Physics I 4 credit hours
PHY 111 General Physics I Lab 0 credit hours
SPE 200 Special Education Processes and Procedure 3 credit hours

Spring Semester (18 credits)

BIO 112 Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology 3 credit hours
BIO 152 Evolution, Ecology and Diversity 4 credit hours
MAT 250 Statistics 3 credit hours
SE 201 Early Field Experience 2 credit hours
SE 210 Educational Technology for Middle and Secondary Education 3 credit hours
Disciplinary Perspectives - Arts 3 credit hours

Junior Year

Fall Semester (13 credits)

CHM 234 Organic Chemistry I 4 credit hours
CHM 235 Organic Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
EDU 225 Instructional Needs of English Language Learners 3 credit hours
PSY 221 Child and Adolescent Development 3 credit hours
SPE 271 Literacy Development and Instruction in Core Intervention Areas Including Inclusive Practices 3 credit hours

Spring Semester (15 credits)

BIO 212 Environmental Biology 3 credit hours
BIO 240 Genetics 4 credit hours
BIO 241 Genetics Lab 0 credit hours
EDU 460 Community and Legal Issues in Education 3 credit hours
SE 311 Advanced Field Experience 2 credit hours
SE 351 Teaching Strategies for Middle and Secondary Education 3 credit hours

Senior Year

Fall Semester (17 credits)

CHM 236 Organic Chemistry II 4 credit hours
CHM 237 Organic Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
SE 240 Educational Assessment for Middle and Secondary Education 2 credit hours
SE 312 Advanced Field Experience 2 credit hours
SE 354 Middle and Secondary Science Pedagogies 3 credit hours
SE 356 Reading and Writing in the Content Areas 3 credit hours
SPE 300 Effective Instructional Methods and Supports for Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings 3 credit hours

Spring Semester (12 credits)

SE 494 Student Teaching Seminar 2 credit hours
SE 495 Student Teaching 10 credit hours

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