Biology Major - Teaching

Required Core - 37 semester hours

• BIOL 151 - General Biology I
• BIOL 151L - General Biology I Lab
• BIOL 153 - General Biology II
• BIOL 153L - General Biology II Lab
• BIOL 371 - Genetics
• BIOL 371L - Genetics Lab
• BIOL 373 - Evolution
• BIOL 373L - Evolution Lab
• BIOL 490 - Seminar
• SEED 413 - 7-12 Science Methods

Pre-Professional Teaching Core - 21 semester hours

• EDFN 295 - Practicum: Pre-Admission
• EDFN 338 - Foundations of American Education
• EDFN 475 - Human Relations
• EPSY 302 - Educational Psychology
• EPSY 327 - Child Growth & Development
• INED 411 - South Dakota Indian Studies
• PSYC 101 - General Psychology

• (gen ed)

• SPED 405 - Educating Secondary Students with Disabilities

Professional Secondary Ed Teaching Core - 24 semester hours

• EDFN 365 - Computer-Based Technology & Learning
• MLED 480 - Middle Level Methods
• SEED 408 - Planning, Managing & Assessing the 7-12 Diverse Classroom
• SEED 450 - 7-12 Reading and Content Literacy
• SEED 488 - 7-12 Student Teaching
• SEED 495 - Practicum

Gen Ed Requirements - 32 semester hours

• MATH Gen Ed - Mathematics - 3 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Social Science - 6 semester hours
  (See footnote * below)
• Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities - 12 semester hours
  (See footnote * below) 
• Gen Ed - Natural Science & Lab - 0 semester hours

• ENGL 101 - Composition I
• ENGL 201 - Composition II

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• SPCM 101 - Fundamentals of Speech

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• SPCM 215 - Public Speaking

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• SPCM 222 - Argumentation and Debate

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• WEL 100 - Wellness for Life
• WEL 100L - Wellness Lab

Notes

* Global Requirement: depending on your selection, this requirement will satisfy 3 hours of either Social Science or Arts & Humanities requirements. Take 1 course from AIS/HIST 257, ANTH 210, ARTH 211/212/251, ENGL 211/212, GEOG 210, HIST 121/122/153, HUM 100, MCOM 151, POLS 141/250