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Education
and Science Courses Required for the Biology M.S.T. Program
Education Course Requirements for ALL Biology MST candidates:
500 level C & I course requirement (4 hr)
The 500 level C & I course is selected in consultation with the Biology advisor based on the student's interests.
Appropriate C & I 500 level 4 hr courses include, but are not limited to:
CI 501 Fundamentals of Curr Develop
CI 507 Prob Trends in Spec Fields
CI 511 Tchng & Learning Tech Soc
CI 540 Current Issues in Sci Edu
CI 542 Science Ed & Phil of Science
EPS course requirement (2 hr)
The EPS course is selected froma list of the following approved courses in consultation with the Biology advisor based on the student's interests.
Approved 2 hr EPS courses include:
EPS 201 Foundations of Education (this course will not count as graduate credit)
EPS 400 History of American Education
EPS 401 History of Educational Ideas
EPS 403 European Education to 1600
EPS 404 European Education to 1600
EPS 410 Philosophy of Education
EPS 411 School and Society
EPS 420 Sociology of Education
EPS 423 Politics of Education
EPS 426 Politics of Education
Professional Education Courses Required for Teacher Certification Science: Biology
These courses must be taken in a specific 4-semester sequence designated by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
CI 335 (1 hr) Content Area App of Educ Tech
CI 401-S (3 hr) Intro Tchg in a Diverse Societ
CI 402-S (3 hr) Tchg Diverse Middle Grade Stu
CI 403-S (3 hr) Tchg Diverse High School Stu
CI 404-S (4 hr) Tchg and Assessing Sec Sch Stu
CI 473 (1 hr) Literacy in Content Areas
EPSY 430 (2 hr) Early Adolescent Development
EPSY 485 (2 hr) Assessing Student Performance
EOL 440 (1 hr) Prof Issues for Teachers
SPED 205 (1 hr) Introduction to Special Needs
SPED 405 (2 hr) Gen Educator's Role in SPED
EDPR 442 (8 hr) Ed Prac in Secondary Ed (Student Teaching during 4th semester)
General Education, Biology, and other Science Course Requirements for Teacher Certification in Science: Biology
Deficiencies in these course requirements will be identified by a course audit conducted by the Certification Officer early in the MST program.
General Education requirements:
(These include courses in art, communications, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, sciences, and the social studies from multicultural and global perspectives)
All Biology MST candidates are required to satisfy the Illinois State Board of Education requirements in general education. Most candidates will have satisfied those requirements as part of their undergraduate degrees. Any deficiencies, as determined by the Certification Officer, may be made up while working on the graduate degree, but will not count toward requirements for the Biology MST degree.
Biology Course requirements:
Most Biology MST candidates will have satisfied these requirements during their undergraduate degrees. Deficiencies in biology, as determined by the Certification Officer, can be satisfied by taking 400 or 500 level biology courses in the specified topic(s) as part of the Biology MST degree.
- One year introductory biology (equivalent to MCB/IB 150 courses)
- Two courses in molecular and cell biology OR
- Two courses in evolution and ecology OR
- One course in molecular and cell biology and one course in evolution and ecology
- One course in plant biology
- One advanced course including a laboratory (may be one of the above)
Additional Science and Math Course requirements:
- One course in calculus
- One year of chemistry, including laboratory
Strongly Recommended:
Total hours of science required for Teacher Certification in Science: Biology = 32
GPA requirements for Teacher Certification
- Content GPA: 2.5 (includes all biological science courses)
- Professional GPA: 2.5 (all education courses required for certification)
- Graduate GPA: 3.0
The Biology MST is required for a recommendation for certification. |
