2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology Education, B.A.

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

General Education 42

Foundations Requirements 13

 

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION 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).

ENG 1030: Requires a grade of B- or better.

MATH 1054: A grade of C or higher is required. With qualifying placement test scores, this course may be substituted with an elective. If you place into MATH*0901 or MATH*1000, additional credits will be required beyond the 120 S.H.

Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select One GE Approved Social Science course from areas below:
Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 11

CHEM 1083CHEMISTRY I

4

CHEM 1084CHEMISTRY II

4

ES 1000OBSERVING THE EARTH

3

CHEM 1083 & CHEM 1084: Requires a grade of C or higher. 

 

Additional Required Courses 13-14

Additional Required Courses 13-14

PSY 2110PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE

3

ID 2052HUMAN EXCEPTIONALITY

3

 

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 2415CALCULUS I

4

 

PHYS 2091GENERAL PHYSICS I

4

PHYS 2091: Requires a grade of C or higher.

ID 2052: Must be completed prior to Clinical I.

 

Academic Major 64-65

Major Required Courses 24

All major required courses requires a grade of C or higher.
BIO 1300GENERAL BIOLOGY I: CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

4

BIO 1400GENERAL BIOLOGY II: EVOLUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY

4

BIO 2500PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY

4

BIO 3400ZOOLOGY: FORM AND FUNCTION

4

BIO 3614PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY

4

BIO 3709GENETICS

4

BIO 3614: Writing Emphasis (WE) course.

Major Electives 6-7

Major Elective courses require a grade of C or higher. Biology courses intended for Biology majors at 2000-4000 level are eligible as Biology Major Electives. Lecture courses must be taken concurrently or prior to the corresponding lab. Maximum of 2 credit for BIO 1996 and BIO 3900 are allowed. BIO 2402, BIO 2403, and BIO 2404 are excluded because these are non-major courses.

Major Electives 3-4

Major Electives 2-3

Optional BIO 1996 Freshman Research 0-2

 

Major/ GE Capstone Course 3

Requires a grade of C or higher.

BIO 4970SEMINAR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY

3

Professional Education Courses 31

All Professional Education courses require a grade of B- or higher.

Sophomore Level

EMSE 2801CLINICAL EXPERIENCE I IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION K-12

3

EMSE 2801: Requires a grade of B- or higher. Must be completed prior to Clinical I. Students may be required to apply for and acquire their substitute credential prior to completion of EMSE 2801.

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

EDUC 3000 and EMSE 3122: Must be completed prior to Clinical I.

Senior Level-First Semester

EMSE 3230SCIENCE EDUCATION K-12

3

EMSE 3903ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS

1

EMSE 4711CLINICAL I PRACTICE IN SUBJECT AREA K-12

3

EMSE 3230 and EMSE 3903: Should be completed in conjunction with Clinical I.

EMSE 4711: Requires submission of application for Clinical I prior to registration. Clinical I and II must be completed back-to-back and in consecutive semesters. Students are required to apply for and acquire their substitute credential prior to submitting an application for EMSE 4711.

Senior Level - Second Semester

EMSE 4811CLINICAL II IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION K-12

9

EDUC 4000TEACHER AND CLASSROOM

3

EMSE 4811: Clinical I and II must be done back-to-back and in consecutive semesters.

Clinical II prerequisite: Passing score on the Praxis II: A passing score on the appropriate Praxis II score must be submitted to the advisor and the Office of Clinical Practice and Teacher Placement by the required deadline. No student may enter Clinical II unless the passing score is submitted as required.

As an NJDOE requirement, Clinical II must be done in the final semester prior to graduation and taken in conjunction with EDUC 4000, the capstone education class. Any additional coursework left to that final Clinical II semester is discouraged and may only be done with the written permission of the dean of education. All students are highly encouraged to complete all course requirements beyond EMSE 4811 and EDUC 4000 prior to this final Clinical II semester, as even a few remaining credits will delay NJDOE's issue date of the Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing.

Total Credit Hours: 120