6-12 Secondary Earth Science Education Concentration

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

General Education Core

	Credit Hours
General Education	41
University Success	1

Major Requirements that Satisfy General Education Core

ASTR 1010 - Planetary Astronomy 3
ASTR 1011 - Planetary Astronomy Lab 1
ASTR 1020 - Stellar Astronomy 3
ASTR 1021 - Stellar Astronomy Lab 1

Concentration Requirements

Lower Division Courses

CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 3
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 1
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 3
CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 1
EDUC 2100 - Foundations of Education 3
GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology 3
GEOL 1041 - Physical Geology Lab 1
GEOL 1050 - Historical Geology 3
GEOL 1051 - Historical Geology Lab 1
SPED 2300 - Introduction to Special Education 3

Total Hours 22

Upper Division Courses

EDUC 3001 - Educational Psychology - Secondary Education 3
EDUC 3040 - Instructional Technology 3
EDUC 4081 - Classroom Organization and Management - Secondary 3
EDUC 4161 - Teaching in a Pluralistic Society for Secondary, Middle School, Special Education 3
EDUC 4271 - Classroom Evaluation and Assessment in 6-12 Secondary Education 3
EDUC 4610 - Undergraduate Student Teaching Grades 6-8 5
EDUC 4710 - Undergraduate Student Teaching Grades 9-12 5
EDUC 4950 - Undergraduate Student Teaching Seminar 2
GEOG 3450 - Oceanography 3
GEOG 3451 - Oceanography Lab 1
GEOG 4170 - Meteorology 3
GEOG 4171 - Meteorology Lab 1
GEOL 3030 - Environmental Geology 3
GEOL 3031 - Environmental Geology Lab 1
RDG 4040 - Content Reading 3
SCI 4020 - Science Pedagogy 4

6-12 Secondary Earth Science Education Concentration

General Education Core

Major Requirements that Satisfy General Education Core

Concentration Requirements

Lower Division Courses

Total Hours 22

Upper Division Courses

Total Hours 50

Concentration Guided Electives

Total Hours 8

Total Program Hours 122