6-12 Secondary Biology Education Concentration

The 6-12 Secondary Biology Education licensure concentration will prepare teacher candidates who will be competent in both subject matter content and reserach-based science pedagogy. Successful completion of this concentration will lead to teaching licensure in Tennessee.

Program CIP Code

08.13.1206.00

General Education Core

	Credit Hours
see General Education	41
University-Wide Freshman Seminar Requirement	1

Major Requirements that Satisfy General Education Core

BIOL 1110 - General Biology I 3
BIOL 1111 - General Biology I lab 1
MATH 1730 - Precalculus 4
Four other hours from the major requirements will fulfill the General Education requirement as well.

Concentration Requirements

Lower Division Courses

Total Hours 15

Upper Division Courses

Total Hours 49

Concentration Guided Electives

Complete eight (8) hours from:
ASTR 1010 - Planetary Astronomy 3
ASTR 1011 - Planetary Astronomy Lab 1
ASTR 1020 - Stellar Astronomy 3
ASTR 1021 - Stellar Astronomy Lab 1
CHEM 3500 - Brief Organic Chemistry 3
CHEM 3501 - Brief Organic Chemistry Lab 1
GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology 3
GEOL 1041 - Physical Geology Lab 1
Complete twelve (12) hours from:
BIOL 3050 - General Microbiology 3
BIOL 3051 - General Microbiology Lab 1
BIOL 3060 - Zoological Diversity 3
BIOL 3061 - Zoological Diversity Lab 1
BIOL 3070 - Botanical Diversity 3
BIOL 3071 - Botanical Diversity Lab 1
BIOL 3330 - Principles of Evolution 3
BIOL 3331 - Principles of Evolution Lab 1
BIOL 4080 - General Ecology 3
BIOL 4081 - General Ecology Lab 1
BIOL 4110 - Animal Physiology 3
BIOL 4111 - Animal Physiology Lab 1
BIOL 4120 - Plant Physiology 3
BIOL 4121 - Plant Physiology Lab 1
BIOL 4440 - Cell and Molecular Biology 3
BIOL 4441 - Cell and Molecular Biology Lab 1