Requirements for a Concentration in Earth Science Education
(Middle/Secondary): 54 credits (For Track I students the 6 credit Quantitative Reasoning and 7 credit Natural Systems and Processes General Education (LASC) requirements are fulfilled, so the effective number of required credits is 41. For Track II students the 13 credit Natural Science and Mathematics Distribution Requirement is fulfilled so the number of required credits is 41.)
Mathematics (12 credits)
MA 130 Number and Operations for Teachers
MA-131 Patterns, Functions and Algebra for Teachers
MA-132 Geometry, Measurement, Probability and Statistics for Teachers
MA 190 Precalculus or any MA course at 200 level or above
Earth Science (17 credits)
GS 101 Physical Geography
GS 110 Meteorology
GS 140 Physical Geology
GS 216 Geographic Information Systems I
GS 225 Oceanography
Physics (11 credits)
PY 101 Introduction to Astronomy
PY 221 & 222 General Physics I and II
or PY 241 & 242 Physics I and II
Biology (4 credits)
BI 140 Introduction to Organismal Biology
Chemistry (4 credits)
CH 110 Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry I
(May substitute CH 120 & 121 General Chemistry I and II)
Additional Required Course (3 credits)
NS 201 Science and Society
Required for All Natural Science Majors (3 credits)
NS 400 Natural Science Seminar
Optional Recommended Courses (17 credits)
BI 202 Principles of Ecology
GS 220 Earth History
GS 235 Contemporary Climate Change
GS 245 Planetary Geology
GS 250 Hydrology
Additional Optional Courses (8 credits)
BI 141 Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology
CH 111 Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry II