SecondaryEducation Life Science - Natural and Applied Sciences 2015-2016

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Graduation Requirements:

__ Minimum 120 credit hours including all core and major requirements__ Minimum GPA 3.00 in the major

__ 30 out of the last 45 credits taken at USM

Education Courses (35 Credit Hours): B or better requiredNAS Requirements (36.5 Credit Hours): C or better required

Course # / Course Title / Term / Grade / Credits
EDU 305 / Found Cult & Diversity / 3
LAE 200 / Education in the US / 4
LAE 401 / Teaching Science 7-12 / 3
LAE 410 / Internship Science 7-12 / 3
LAE 480 / Portfolio Seminar / 3
LAE 490 / Student Teaching / 9
SED 335 / Students with Exceptional / 3
SED 420 / Multi-tiered Sys of Supp / 3
Course # / Course Title / Term / Grade / Credits
MAT 108 / College Algebra / 4
MAT 148 / Applied Calculus / 3
*SCI 105/106 / Biological Princ I / 4.5
*SCI 107 / Biological Princ II / 4.5
SCI 113/114 / Chemistry I / 4
*SCI 170/171 / Human Anat & Phys I / 4.5
*SCI 209 / Human Genetics / 3
*SCI 240 / Applied Botany / 4.5
*SCI 355 / Ecology w/ lab / 4.5

Life Science Content Electives* (6.5 Credit Hours):Any science

Course # / Course Title / Term / Grade / Credits

Course that meets approved Life Science content. *Life ScienceGeneral Electives (21-22 Credit Hours): C orbetter.

endorsement obtained by at least 24 hours in life science. These

required courses provide 26.5 hours. Students intending to teach

at the high school level are strongly encouraged to earn a total of

36 content hours by using 6.5 hours of life science content

electives**. If student doesn’t want/need these additional 9.5

hours of content they may be replaced with general electives.C or

better.

Course # / Course Title / Term / Grade / Credits

Must meet University Math Readiness requirements

FMI:

USM Core Requirements

Core Category / Term / Grade / Credits
Entry Year Experience (EYE)
College Writing (CW)
Quantitative Reasoning (QR) LCC 150
Cultural Interpretation (CI)
Socio Cultural Analysis (SCA)
Science Explore (SE)*LCC 230
Creative Expression (CE)
Core Category / Term / Grade / Credits
Ethical Inquiry (EISRC)
Diversity (DIV)(Met w/ SED 335)
International (INT)
Thematic Cluster (TC) (Met w/ SED 335) / see above
Thematic Cluster (TC)(Met w/ EDU 305) / see above
Thematic Cluster (TC)(Met w/ SED 420) / see above
Capstone (CAP) (Met w/ LAE 480)

Additional Program Requirements:

Before Beginning Year Two:

  • Passing Praxis I: Reading, Writing, Mathematics
  • Submit formal application to teacher education program
  • TK20 activation
  • Complete NETS-S Assessment
  • Have a min GPA of 3.0 and maintain min GPA of 3.0 through rest of program.
  • Must pass fingerprinting and background check.

Before Beginning Year Four:

  • Passing Praxis II: Elementary Content Knowledge
  • Demonstrate NETS-S Standards
  • Successful completion of LAE 200, LAE 320, EDU 305, SED 335, and SED 420 with a B or better.
  • Complete candidacy application process

Program Completion: Demonstration of NETS-T standards and InTASC standards, successful completion of requirements.