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Grades 7-12 Certification - Life Science (Biology Major) (BSEd)

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (bSED)

CORE EXPERIENCE

DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience

3

Developing A Christian Mind
DBUE 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind

3

English

9

ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

and

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature II

Fine Arts
FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts

3

History Lower Level (LL)

3

Choose any one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List except HIST 1302.

Kinesiology

1

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

Mathematics

3-4

MATH 1303 - College Algebra

or

MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I

Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course)

4

BIOL 1405 - Modern Concepts in Biology I

Religion

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

and one additional RELI course from RELI Course List.

Social Science
POLS 2301 - American National Government

3

Total Core Experience

41-42

Additional Program General Education Hours

14

Education Requirements:

EDUC 3313 - Foundations of Teaching*

EDUC 3320 - Instructional Assessment* 

Lab Science Requirements:

BIOL 1406 - Modern Concepts in Biology II

BIOL 2405 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 

Major Core: *

67

BIOL 2406 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 

BIOL 3101 - Introduction to Scientific Literature

BIOL 3402 - Ecology (S-L)

BIOL 3404 - Genetics (S-L)

BIOL 3407 - General Botany

BIOL 3408 - General Zoology

BIOL 3409 - Microbiology

BIOL 4011 - Life Science 7-12 Seminar

CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I

CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II

EDUC 3302 - Development of Infants, Children, and Adolescents*(S-L)

EDUC 4021 - EC-12 Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Seminar

EDUC 4312 - Teaching Special Populations* (S-L)

EDUC 4313 - Classroom Management and Organization in Culturally Diverse Settings* (S-L)

EDUC 4314 - Best Practices in Teaching* (S-L)

EDUC 4320 - Instructional Technology*

EDUC 4323 - Classroom Discipline for the 21st Century

EDUC 4439 - Secondary Pedagogy for Biology with Lab* (AGP-eligible)

EDUC 4608 - Clinical Teaching*

HIST 1302 - US History from 1865

READ 4331 - Reading in the Content Area* (AGP-eligible)

IV. ELECTIVES
All electives must be courses that prepare the candidate for the TExES content examination.

Upper-Level

0

Lower or Upper-Level

0

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

122-123

*Indicates Signature Course requiring download of Signature Assessments in TaskStream Reminder.

 A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

NOTE:  Degree plan subject to adjustment as state policy changes.

Retention in the Educator Preparation Program:

Students must maintain and graduate with an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and must maintain and graduate with an institutional GPA of 3.0 in their teaching fields/academic concentrations.

At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0. Some programs may require a higher GPA for graduation.

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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