2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

Earth Science, B.A.: P-12 Teacher Certification Option

Students choosing this (P-12) option must make a formal application for admission to the Middle & Secondary Education Department (MSE). Prior to taking education courses, all prerequisites must be met. See the description under the College of Education.

General Education 45

Foundations Requirements

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

COMM 1402SPEECH COMM AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2024RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

MATH 1000: A Student whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligible to take either MATH 1054 or MATH 2411 may take that course instead. In that case, either MATH 1054 or MATH 2411 will count as the General Education requirement and the student may take another three to six credits in Free Electives to total 124 S.H.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Required Distribution Course

Select two courses from different areas:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Foreign Languages

3

Music or Theatre

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

 

SOC 1000INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3

OR

ANTH 1800CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

3

HIST 1062: GE Required Distribution Course

Science and Mathematics 11

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

CHEM 1083CHEMISTRY I

4

BIO 1000PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY

4

MATH 1054: A Student whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligible to take either MATH 1054 or MATH 2411 may take that course instead. In that case, either MATH 1054 or MATH 2411 will count as the General Education requirement and the student may take another three to six credits in Free Electives to total 124 S.H.

Health and Physical Education 3

ID 1225CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH

3

Additional Requirements 21

Additional Requirements 21

MATH 2411CALCULUS I

3

OR

MATH 2412CALCULUS II

3

OR

MATH 2526APPLIED STATISTICS I

3

 

CHEM 1084CHEMISTRY II

4

PHYS 2091GENERAL PHYSICS I

4

PHYS 2092GENERAL PHYSICS II

4

PSY 2110PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE

3

ID 2955DISABLED PERSON IN AMERICAN SOCIETY

3

MATH 2411, MATH 2412: A Student whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligible to take either MATH 1054 or MATH 2411 may take that course instead. In that case, either MATH 1054 or MATH 2411 will count as the General Education requirement and the student may take another three to six credits in Free Electives to total 124 S.H.

Major and Capstone Requirements 31

Required Foundation Core Courses

ASTR 1100INTRO TO ASTRONOMY

4

GEOL 1200INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY

4

METR 1300INTRO TO METEOROLOGY

4

METR 2300CLIMATOLOGY

3

OCEN 2400Intro Oceanography

4

Select 3 courses from ASTR/ES/GEOG/GEOL/METR/OCEN

3000-4000 level

3-4

3000-4000 level

4

3000-4000 level

4

Major/GE Capstone Course

Select one of the following

ES 4981ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES SEMINAR

3

OR

ES 4953EARTH SCIENCE SEMINAR I-WE

2

AND

ES 4954EARTH SCIENCE SEMINAR II-WE

2

OR

ES 4963HONORS RESEARCH SEMINAR IN EARTH SCI I

2

AND

ES 4964HONORS RESEARCH SEM ES II-WE

2

ES 4981: WE

Professional Education 30

Sophomore Level

EMSE 2801CLINICAL EXPERIENCE I IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTOR P-12

3

Junior Level

EDUC 3000CURRICULUM EVALUATION AND THE LEARNER

3

EDUC 3401LANGUAGE ARTS/READING IN K-12 SUBJECT AREA TEACHING

3

EMSE 3122TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

3

EMSE 3230SCIENCE EDUCATION K-12 - WE

3

EMSE 3801CLINICAL PRACTICE I IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION, P -12

2

EMSE 3903ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS

1

Senior Level

EMSE 4811PROF INTERN/ SUBJ AREAS K-12

9

Professional/GE Capstone Course

EDUC 4000TEACHER AND CLASSROOM

3

Total Credit Hours: 127