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Biology Education

Our Biology Education degree provides a solid foundation in biology and includes all the education courses required for licensure and certification to teach Biology at the secondary (grades 6 through 12) level.

Required Biology Hours: 24 hours

Course Number

Course Name

Credit Hours

BIOL 1414

Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, & Diversity

4

BIOL 1514

Introductory Biology: Molecules, Cells, & Physiology

4

BIOL 1314

Environmental Science

4

BIOL 2812

Medical Vocabulary

2

BIOL 2314

Introductory Microbiology or

 

BIOL 3114

General Microbiology

4

BIOL 3003

Genetics

3

BIOL 3103

Introductory Biochemistry

3

Required Biology Elective Hours: 4 hours 

Any combination of 3000- or 4000- level BIOL-prefix courses. 

Required Additional Science Hours: 11 hours

Course Number

Course Name

Credit Hours

CHEM 1104

General Chemistry I

4

CHEM 1141

General Chemistry I Lab

1

CHEM 1204

General Chemistry II

4

CHEM 1241

General Chemistry II Lab

1

SCI 1041

Integrated Science Lab

1

Required Education Hours: 31 hours

Course Number

Course Name

Credit Hours

EDUC 2001

Introduction to Teaching

1

EDUC 3103

Human Development

3

EDUC 3113

Psychology and Assessment of Learning

3

EDUC 3213

Students with Exceptionalities

3

EDUC 4413

Technology in the Classroom

3

EDUC 4433

Methods of Teaching Science

3

EDUC 4513

Classroom Management

3

EDUC 4663

Student Teaching Seminar

3

EDUC 4739

Student Teaching Secondary

9

*All students earning the Bachelor of Science in Biology Education degree are required by the Oklahoma Office of Educational Quality and Accreditation (OEQA) to have completed at least two courses in a single foreign language. 

A minimum of 124 credit hours, including General Education hours, are required for a degree.

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