Department of Curriculum & Instruction

Secondary Education Program

Life Science Education for Teacher Licensure²

^{See the College of Education page for additional requirements.}

Curriculum

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this program.

•  Freshman

  Fall		Spring
  ENGL 1013 Composition I1	3	ENGL 1023 Composition II1	3
  MATH 1113 College Algebra3	3	HIST 1903 Survey of American History	3
  BIOL 1011 Orientation to the Biological Sciences	1	BIOL 2124 Principles of Zoology or BIOL 2134 Principles of Botany	4
  BIOL 1114 Principles of Biology	4	CHEM 2134 General Chemistry II	4
  CHEM 2124 General Chemistry I	4
  Total Hours	15	Total Hours	14

•  Sophomore

  Fall		Spring
  GEOL 1004 Essentials of Earth Science or GEOL 1014 Physical Geology	4	COMM 2003 Public Speaking	3
  MATH 2163 Introduction to Statistical Methods	3	ANTH 2003 Cultural Anthropology	3
  BIOL 2124 Principles of Zoology or BIOL 2134 Principles of Botany	4	BIOL/FW 3114 Principles of Ecology	4
  PHYS 2014 Physical Principles I	4	PHYS 2024 Physical Principles II	4
  SEED 2002 Education as a Profession	2	POLS 2003 American Government	3
  Total Hours	17	Total Hours	17

•  Junior

  Fall		Spring
  BIOL 2004 Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology	4	Fine Arts & Humanities1	3
  CHEM 3254 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry	4	BIOL 3034 Genetics	4
  MATH 2243 Calculus for Business and Economics	3	BIOL 3054 Microbiology and 3 hrs Biology Elective or BIOL 4033 Cell Biology and 4 hrs Biology Elective	7
  SEED 3702 Introduction to Educational Technology	2	BIOL /PHSC 3252 The Nature and Context of Science	2
  Total Hours	13	Total Hours	16

•  Senior

  Fall		Spring
  Fine Arts & Humanities1	3	BIOL 4701 Special Methods in Biology	1
  BIOL/PHSC 3233 Science Education in the Secondary School	3	SEED 4503 Seminar in Secondary Education	3
  BIOL 4891 Seminar in Biology	1	SEED 4909 Teaching in the Secondary School	9
  SEED 4054 Educating Developing, Diverse, and Exceptional Learners	4
  SEED 4556 Classroom Application of Educational Psychology	6
  Total Hours	17	Total Hours	13

¹See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".
²For teacher licensure, students must achieve the minimum score on the Praxis II Specialty Area and Principles of Learning and Teaching Tests as determined by the Arkansas Department of Education. For further requirements see Admission and Retention to Teacher Education and also the Criteria for Internships located on the College of Education home page.
³Any higher level Mathematics course may be substituted for MATH 1113 College Algebra.