Core Curriculum
10 - English Composition – 6 semester hours
- ENGL 1301
- ENGL 1302
20 - Mathematics – 3 semester hours
- MATH 1314 - College Math or Higher
30 - Life and Physical Sciences – 6 semester hours
- BIOL 1306/1106 - May take BIOL 1306/1106 to satisfy major program requirement
- CHEM 1311/1111 - May take CHEM 1311/1111 to satisfy major program requirement
40 - Language, Philosophy & Culture – 3 semester hours
- ENGL 2332 or ENGL 2333
50 - Creative Arts – 3 semester hours
- ARTS 1310, COMM 1335, MUSI 1306, or DRAM 2366
60 - American History – 6 semester hours
- HIST 1301, HIST 1302, HIST 2325, HIST 2381
70 - Government/Political Science – 6 semester hours
- PSCI 2305
- PSCI 2306
80 - Social/Behavioral Sciences – 3 semester hours
- ANTH 2346, CRIJ 1301, ECON 2301, ECON 2302, GEOG 1300, PSYC 2301, TECA 1318
90 - LD Institutionally Designated Option – 6 semester hours
- SPCH 1315, 1321
- COSC 1301 or COSC 1336 & 1136 (not more the 5 years old)
Biology Secondary Teacher Major Requirements
BS Program Requirements – 4 semester hours
- ENGL 3430 – Professional Writing
- SPCH (CORE)
- Computer Literacy (CORE)
- Life & Physical Science w/ Lab – 11 total s.h. Life & Physical Science (2 Labs)
Secondary Science Teacher Certification Program Requirements – (Lower Division) – 31 semester hours
- BIOL 1306/1106 – Biology I for Science Majors w/ lab (CORE)
- BIOL 1307/1107 – Biology II for Science Majors w/ lab
- CHEM 1311/1111 – General Inorganic Chemistry I w/ lab (CORE)
- CHEM 1312/1112 – General Inorganic Chemistry II w/ lab
- BIOL 2320/2120 – Microbiology
- PHYS 1301/1101 – College Physics I
- MATH 2312 – Pre-Calculus
- MATH 2413 Calculus I
- CHEM 2323/2123 – Organic Chemistry I (must include lab)
- PHYS 1302/1102 OR CHEM 2325/2125
Major Program Requirements – 26 semester hours (UD)
- MATH 3391 – Probability & Statistics
- BIOL 4310 – Biochemistry
- BIOL 4313 – Genetics
- BIOL 3332 Research Methods (Fall Only)
- BIOL 4203 Biology Seminar (Spring Only)
May select 4 courses from the Human concentration OR 4 courses from the Environmental concentration
Human, select 4 from: BIOL 3330, 3322, 3343, 4303, 4337 OR Environment, select 4 from: BIOL 4335, 3326, 4337, 3340, 3300
- BIOL Lecture
BIOL UD Laboratory Requirement – 4 semester hours
- BIOL Lab
- BIOL Lab
- BIOL Lab
- BIOL Lab
Students must complete a minimum of 4 s.h. of UD BIOL Labs. Concurrent enrollment with corresponding lecture is required. Deviation requires advisement.
Secondary Teacher Certification (Professional Development/Education) – 27 semester hours
- CUIN 3323 – Instructional Design
- INDS 3323 – Child Development & App to Learning
- EDUC 3327 – Educational Technology
- CUIN 4313 – Secondary Teaching Strategies
- CUIN 3324 – Classroom Mgmt & Assessment for Learning
- CUIN 4307 – Professional Seminar I Capstone Course
- CUIN 4309 – Professional Seminar II Capstone Course
- CUIN 4330 – Clinical Teaching
- LITY 4364 – Content Area Reading and Study Skills
Notes
s.h. = semester hours
LD = Lower Division (Community College-Level: Freshman, 1000-level /Sophomore, 2000-level)
UD = Upper Division (University-Level: Junior, 3000-level /Senior, 4000-level)
The student is responsible for fulfilling all requirements on this degree plan and is encouraged to review the catalog that governs this degree plan.
Substitutions in this degree plan must be approved by following the same procedures as for the degree.
This document is an unofficial guide to your degree. Please contact an advisor for an official degree plan.
Must meet minimum requirements: 120 s.h. overall, 36 s.h. UD, of which 30 s.h. must be completed at A&M-Victoria.