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	9-10
ENGL 1301/1401 - 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

Find course descriptions by category under the Undergraduate Course Descriptions section in the navigation panel.