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
General Education	41
University Success	1

Major Requirements that Satisfy General Education Core

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