2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

Earth Science, B.A.: Teacher of Students with Disabilities (P-12) Option

Students who wish to be certified in both Earth Science P-12 and Educator of Students with Disabilities should consult the Catalogue under Special Education programs for a complete description of this dual certification program.

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

Music or Theatre

3

Philosophy or Religion

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 27

Additional Requirements 27

MATH 2411CALCULUS I

3

OR

MATH 2412CALCULUS II

3

 

CHEM 1084CHEMISTRY II

4

PHYS 2091GENERAL PHYSICS I

4

PHYS 2092GENERAL PHYSICS II

4

PSY 2110PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE

3

ID 2052HUMAN EXCEPTIONALITY

3

ID 3051COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN TODAY'S SOCIETY

3

ID 3163CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS

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

OCEN 2400Intro Oceanography

4

GEOL 3266HYDROLOGY

4

One of the following courses 4

GEOL 3261MINERALOGY

4

GEOL 3263

GEOL 3264INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

4

GEOL 3265GEOMORPHOLOGY

4

Major/GE Capstone Course

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

Professional Education 32

Sophomore Level

SPED 2120INTRODUCTORY FIELD EXPERIENCE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

3

SPED 2200THE MULTICULTURAL LEARNER IN DIVERSE SETTINGS

3

Junior Level

EDUC 3000CURRICULUM EVALUATION AND THE LEARNER

3

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

3

EMSE 3230SCIENCE EDUCATION K-12 - WE

3

SPED 3000PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR THE CONTEMPORARY EDUCATOR

3

SPED 3001PREPROFESSIONAL FIELD EXPERIENCE ACROSS SETTINGS

2

Senior Level

SPED 4135PROFESSIONAL FIELD EXPERINCE FOR EDUCATORS ACROSS SETTINGS

9

EDUC 4000TEACHER AND CLASSROOM

3

(SPED 4135 and EDUC 4000 must be taken concurrently)

Total Credit Hours: 135