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Undergraduate Catalog 2013-2014 ARCHIVED

Undergraduate Catalog 2013-2014 ARCHIVED [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biology Education, B.S.E.

Students majoring in this program follow the guidelines of the National Science Teachers Association take a biology core and supporting science, computer and mathematics courses. Students majoring in this program will be prepared to teach Biology and a selected minor at the secondary level.

System-wide General Education Requirement (30 Credits)

Majors must take EPSY 210 , INED 211 , BIOL 151 , BIOL 165 , and MATH 102 as part of the System-wide GeneralEducation Requirement.

Institutional Graduation Requirement (11 Credits)

Majors must take CIS 130 as part of the Institutional Graduation Requirement.

Note

Students should complete professional education coursework concurrently with general education and content major coursework.

Biology Component (31 Credits)

BIOL 145 - Introduction to Scientific Inquiry 1 credit
BIOL 201 - General Botany 4 credits
BIOL 221 - Human Anatomy 4 credits
BIOL 311 - Principles of Ecology 4 credits
BIOL 371 - Genetics 4 credits
BIOL 498 - Undergraduate Research/Scholarship 1-12 credits (2 credits required)

Select 12 credits from the following (12 Credits)

BIOL 325 - Physiology 4 credits
BIOL 331 - Microbiology 4 credits
BIOL 343 - Cell and Molecular Biology 4 credits
BIOL 365 - Vertebrate Zoology 4 credits
BIOL 410 - Conservation Biology 3 credits
BIOL 415 - Mycology 3 credits
BIOL 450 - Aquatic Biology 4 credits
BIOL 492 - Topics 1-5 credits (1-4 credits required) *

Note

* May be repeated provided student does not enroll in the same topics courses. One credit Biology special topics offering may not be combined to substitute for a required or elective three-or-four credit Biology course.

Chemistry Component (8 Credits)

CHEM 112 - General Chemistry I 4 credits
CHEM 114 - General Chemistry II 4 credits

Computer Technology Component (6 Credits)

CIS 350 - Computer Hardware, Data Communications and Networking 3 credits
SCTC 303 - Introduction to Biological Instrumentation 3 credits

Professional Education Courses (28 Credits)

All Professional Education Courses must be completed with a “C” or better.

¹No grade less than a “C” and must be completed prior to admission to Teacher Education

²Requires field experience.

Pre-Professional Block

EDFN 338 - Foundations of American Education 1-2 credits (2 credits required)^{1, 2}
EPSY 302 - Educational Psychology 2-3 credits (3 credits required)^{1, 2}
SEED 295 - Practicum 1 credit
SPED 100 - Introduction to Persons with Exceptionalities 2-3 credits (3 credits required) ^{1, 2} *

Note

Admission to the Teacher Education Program is required for the remaining courses. See Requirements for Admission in the College of Education section.

Early Professional Block

EDFN 475 - Human Relations 3 credits
SEED 450 - Reading and Content Literacy 1-3 credits (3 credits required)²

Advanced Professional Block

SEED 302 - Secondary/Middle Content Area: Major 2-3 credits (2 credits required) ²
SEED 440 - Classroom Management 1-3 credits (2 credits required)

Student Teaching Semester

Admission to Student Teaching is required for enrollment in SEED 488 . See Approval for Student Teaching in College of Education section. SEED 401 is are taught in a compressed format during the first four weeks of the semester and are usually taken in the same semester as student teaching.

SEED 401 - Methods of Educational Technology 1 credit
SEED 488 - 7-12 Student Teaching 2-16 credits (8 credits required)

Students planning to teach outside South Dakota are encouraged to take

HLTH 201 - ATOD Prevention Education 2 credits

Elective (6 Credits)

Minor/Endorsement Programs

(Minors leading to South Dakota certification)

See Education Endorsement Programs in College of Education section for a list of all available minor/endorsement programs for K-12 and Secondary Education majors.

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Biology Education, B.S.E.

System-wide General Education Requirement (30 Credits)

Institutional Graduation Requirement (11 Credits)

Note

Biology Component (31 Credits)

Select 12 credits from the following (12 Credits)

Note

Chemistry Component (8 Credits)

Computer Technology Component (6 Credits)

Professional Education Courses (28 Credits)

Pre-Professional Block

Note

Early Professional Block

Advanced Professional Block

Student Teaching Semester

Students planning to teach outside South Dakota are encouraged to take

Elective (6 Credits)

Minor/Endorsement Programs