B.A. in Environmental Science with Teacher Certification
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| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BA in Environmental Science with Teacher Certification (120 hours) | ||
| Core Requirements (36 hours) | ||
| First Year Seminar | 3 | |
| First Year Seminar | ||
| Freshmen Composition I | 3 | |
| Rhetoric and Composition | ||
or EN 1313 | Rhetoric and Composition for International Students | |
| Literature | 3 | |
Any EN 23XX literature course | ||
| History | 3 | |
Any 1000, 2000, or 3000-level HS course | ||
| Social Science | 3 | |
Select two from the following: BA 1310, CJ 1301, CPH 1301, EC 2301, EC 2303, HU 3300, HU 3303, PO 1311, PO 1312, PO 1314, PS 1301, PS 2310, PS 2353, PS 2355, PS 2363, PS 2337, SC 1311, SC 2321, SC 2371, 3 hrs. of Communication Studies (CM 1341, CM 2333, CM 2334). ED 2330 will meet 3 of the 6 hours required. | ||
| Mathematics | ||
Satisfied by MT 2303 in the courses required for this major. | ||
| Natural or Physical Sciences | ||
Satisfied by CH 1401 in the courses required for this major | ||
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Foreign Language and International Engagement | 6 | |
This requirement is satisfied through one of four ways: (1) One 3-hour course in any language at the 3000 level or above, with a grade of B or better; (2) Two courses (1311 and 1312) in a language not previously studied; (3) Two courses (2311 and 2312) in a language previously studied at the high school or college level; (4) Qualifying scores on an AP or CLEP exam, or both the ACTFL OPI and WPT exams | ||
| Philosophy - Self | 3 | |
| Intro to Philosophy | ||
| Philosophy - Ethics | 3 | |
| Foundations of Ethics | ||
| Theology - God | 3 | |
| Introduction to Theology | ||
| Intermediate Theology | 3 | |
Any TH 33xx course | ||
| Environmental Science Major Courses ( 51 hours) | ||
| BL 1401 | General Biology for Majors I | 4 |
| BL 1402 | General Biology for Majors II | 4 |
| CH 1401 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| ES 1100 | General Geology Laboratory | 1 |
| ES 1173 | Environmental Science Lab | 1 |
| ES 1300 | General Geology | 3 |
| ES 1373 | Introductory Environmental Science | 3 |
| ES 2300 | Global Change | 3 |
| ES 2320 | General Ecology | 3 |
| ES 2120 | General Ecology Lab | 1 |
| ES 2325 | Energy Resources and the Environment | 3 |
| ES 2345 | Experimental Design | 3 |
| ES 2350 | Environmental Geology | 3 |
| ES 2150 | Environmental Geology Lab | 1 |
| ES 3110 | Environmental Science Seminar I | 1 |
| ES 3120 | Environmental Science Seminar II | 1 |
| ES 3310 | Scientific and Technical Writing | 3 |
| ES 3320 | Environmental Policy and Regulation | 3 |
| ES 3330 | Introduction to Geographic Information System | 3 |
| MT 2303 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| Teacher Certification Courses (27 hours) | ||
| ED 3302 | The American Secondary School | 3 |
| ED 2330 | Teaching Diverse Populations | 3 |
| ED 3350 | Reading-- Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Areas | 3 |
| ED 3355 | Educational Technology | 3 |
| ED 3361 | Adolescent Development in the School Setting | 3 |
| ED 3362 | Teaching-Learning and Secondary Methods | 3 |
| ED 4388 | Professional Development Seminar-Secondary | 3 |
| ED 4689 | Student Teaching-Secondary | 6 |
| Electives (6 hours) | 6 | |
| An elective can be any course taken from any discipline(PY 1300 recommended.) | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
This is a recommended degree plan subject to changes. Please meet with your adviser to discuss Math requirement.
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| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| FYE 1301 | 3 | History | 3 |
| EN 1311 | 3 | ES 1173 | 1 |
| BL 1401 | 4 | ES 1373 | 3 |
| ES 1100 | 1 | MT 2303 | 3 |
| ES 1300 | 3 | BL 1402 | 4 |
| Free Elective - PY 1300 Conceptual Physics | 3 | Social Science | 3 |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| Literature | 3 | Social Science | 3 |
| ES 2300 | 3 | ES 2325 | 3 |
| ES 2320 | 3 | ES 2350 | 3 |
| ES 2120 | 1 | ES 2150 | 1 |
| CH 1401 | 4 | ED 2330 | 3 |
| ED 3302 | 3 | PL 1301 | 3 |
| 17 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| Foreign Languages I | 3 | Foreign Language II | 3 |
| ES 2345 | 3 | ES 3320 | 3 |
| ES 3110 | 1 | ES 3330 | 3 |
| ES 3310 | 3 | ES 3100 | |
| ED 3361 | 3 | ED 3355 | 3 |
| PL 2301 | 3 | TH 1301 | 3 |
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| Fine Arts | 3 | ED 4388 | 3 |
| Advanced Theology | 3 | ED 4689 | 6 |
| ED 3350 | 3 | ||
| ED 3362 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 9 | ||
| Total Semester Hours 119 | |||