Physical Science Education, B.S.

The Physical Science Education, B.S. program is no longer available to students declaring a major, beginning with the 2019-2020 Catalog. The major will be removed from the Catalog, pending the graduation of all students currently in the program.

Note: Candidates who wish to teach in adolescent to young adult education, in multi-age education, or in career-technical settings must complete general education and professional education courses which are listed in the School of Education and Professional Studies section of this catalog.

Required Courses

Select one of the following: (4)

BIO-1054GGeneral Zoology with Laboratory

4

BIO-1074GGeneral Botany with Laboratory

4

Select one of the following: (4)

ESS-1034GEarth Science with Laboratory

4

ESS-1054GMeteorology With Laboratory

4

Take all of the following

CHE-1034GGeneral Chemistry I with Laboratory

4

CHE-1044General Chemistry II with Laboratory

4

aCHE-3014Quantitative Chemistry with Laboratory

4

CHE-3024Organic Chemistry I with Laboratory

4

ESS-1044GAstronomy with Laboratory

4

PHY-2014GGeneral Physics I with Laboratory

4

PHY-2024General Physics II with Laboratory

4

aPHY-3014Introduction to Modern Physics with Laboratory

4

Select one of the following: (2)

EDU-4012Multi-Age and Secondary Teaching Methods in the Content Areas

2

PHY-4002Content Area Teaching Methods in Physical Science

2

Required Major Cognate Courses

MAT-1013GTrigonometry

3

-OR

-Pass Trigonometry proficiency exam

- 

MAT-1023GPrecalculus Mathematics

3

-OR

-ACT Mathematics subscore of 25 or above, SAT math subscore of 620 or above, or an ALEKS PPL score of 76 or above.

- 

MAT-1034GCalculus I

4

MAT-2063GIntroduction to Statistics

3

Required Education Courses (45)

Total 93-99 Hours