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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Secondary Education, General Science, B.S.


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The Secondary Education General Science program prepares enrolled students for a career teaching General Science in grades 7-12. While content courses help enrolled students master the requisite knowledge and skills in the field of Science including Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, 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 General Science 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 General Science must complete a minimum of 121 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 General Science 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


Foundations Requirements


Communication course:


Advanced Communication course:


Quantitative Fluency course:


American Citizenship course:


Global Citizenship course:


Disciplinary Perspectives Requirement


Choose 3 credits of the following Arts courses:


Social and Behavioral Sciences course:


Natural and Physical Sciences course:


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.

Required Courses


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

Specialization Courses


Complete 3 courses from one concentration area of either Biology or Chemistry.

Professional Semester


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

General Elective Courses


Students must complete 3 credits of free elective courses.

Suggested Course Sequence:


Freshman Year


Sophomore Year


Junior Year


Senior Year


Spring Semester (12 credits)


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