Earth and Space Secondary Education Certification

Department: Earth and Environmental Sciences

Certification to teach Earth & Space Science, starting for students entering fall 2010
Required Core Courses (25 credits)
Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
EES 100 Introduction to Earth & Environmental Science
4
  
N
  
EES 110 Introduction to Physical Geology
3
  
N
  
EES 111 Introduction to Physical Geology Lab
1
 EES 110
N
  
EES 130 Oceanography
3
  
N
  
EES 200 Water I *
3
  
N
 QS
or
EES 299 Climate Past and Present
3
  
N
  
EES 210 Historical Geology
3
 EES 110 & EES 111
N
  
EES 211 Historical Geology Lab 1 EES 110, corequisite EES 210
N
  
EES 220 Mineralogy 4 one semester of Chemistry; CH 114 or CH 105
N
  
PC 120 Astronomy 3  
N
  
Advanced Geology Electives (total 12 credits, with one being a capstone)
EES 310 Petrography 4 EES 220
N
  
EES 320 Paleobiology of Invertebrates 4 EES 210 & EES 211
N
  
EES 340 Structural Geology 4 EES 210 & EES 211
N
 CW
EES 350 GIS 4 EES 100 or permission    
EES 359 Geology Professional Seminar 1 junior or senor standing    
EES 300 Water Resources II 3 EES 100 & EES 110 or permission
N
 QS
EES 430 Principles of Stratigraphy (capstone) 4 EES 210 & EES 211
N
 CW
EES 410 Petrology of Igneous & Metamorphic Rocks (capstone) 4 EES 310
N
 CW
EES 420 Sedimentology 4 EES 210 & EES 211 & CH 114
N
  
EES 450 Geology Research 1-4 EES 100 & permission    
Other Natural Science Courses required (11 or 12 credits)
Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
MA 103 Quantitative Methods
3
     Q
or
MA 130 Calculus I
4
  
N
 QM
CH 114 Introduction to Physical Inorganic Chemistry
4
  
N
 QS
CH 115 Introduction to Physical Inorganic Chemistry II
4
 CH 114
N
 QS
Total credits = 48-49
Curricular substitutions - CH 105 & CH 106 may substitute for CH 114 & CH 115
Required Education Courses

Credit hours = 39 (26 upper level)

Course Number Title Credits Prerequisites Dist. Skills
ED 110 Foundations of Education
3
 corequisite ED 111
S
  
ED 111* Foundations of Education Field Experience
1
 corequisite ED 110
S
  
ED 130 Adolescent Development
3
  
S
  
ED 201 Educational Technology
3
 ED 110 & ED 111 and ED 120 & ED 121 or ED 130
S
  
ED 240 Introduction to Students with Exceptionalities
3
 ED 110 & ED 111 and ED 120 & ED 121or ED 130
S
  
ED 314 English Language Learners
1
 ED 110 & ED 111 and ED 130
S
  
ED 315 English Language Learners Practicum
1
 ED 314
S
  
ED 341* Adaptations for Students with Exceptionalities
4
 ED 110 & ED 111 & ED 240
S
 CW
ED 419 Pre-Student Teaching Practicum
1
 1 credit (co-req ED 420)
S
  
ED 420* General Secondary Methods
3
 ED 341 and permission
S
  
ED 423 Field Trip Practicum
1
 1 Credit
S
  
ED 450** Student Teaching
14
 ED 420, senior standing & permission, corequisite ED 451
S
  
ED 451** Student Teaching Seminar
1
 corequisite ED 450
S
  
Total credit hours = 87-88

*There are field experiences in these courses. Students should take only one of these courses per semester. Allow a two-hour block of time for scheduled field experience twice a week.**ED 450 & 451 (Student Teaching and Seminar) may be taken only in the FALL semester of the senior year. Secondary Foreign Language Education majors take ED 450 & 451 in the SPRING semester. ED 450 requires students' full-time participation and no other courses may be taken during this semester without the education advisors' approval. Students must have reliable transportation.

NOTE: It is imperative that students work closely with their advisors to meet all current certification requirements. All students are required to take six credits of English composition (or equivalent) and literature (or the equivalent) and two college level mathematics courses (or the equivalent) prior to being admitted to a certification program. See Section I of the Education Department Student Handbook for explanation of all certification requirements.

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