Earth and Space Science/Secondary Major, Bachelor of Arts in Education (BAE)
This is an interdisciplinary major–see an advisor to determine if courses required by this major may be taken in partial fulfillment of the BACRs.
Note: this major takes more than 12 quarters at 15–16 credits a quarter.
Grade Requirement for Earth and Space Science BAE: ≥2.8 cumulative average and ≥C in each course.
| Secondary Education students must complete the required Secondary Education Core and the following courses. | ||
| Earth and Space Science Required Courses | ||
| CHEM 171 & 171L | GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I | 5 |
| GEOS 100 | DISCOVERING GEOLOGY | 5 |
| GEOS 113 | THE EARTH'S CLIMATE AND WEATHER | 5 |
| GEOS 222 | THE EARTH THROUGH TIME | 5 |
| GEOS 305 | INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY | 5 |
| GEOS 311 | EARTH MATERIALS | 4 |
| GEOS 314 | WEATHER FORECASTING | 5 |
| GEOS 320 | ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY | 4 |
| or GEOS 360 | GEOLOGIC HAZARDS | |
| GEOS 410 | GEOMORPHOLOGY | 5 |
| MATH 142 | PRECALCULUS MATH II | 5 |
| PHYS 121 | DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY | 5 |
| PHYS 131 | INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I | 4 |
| PHYS 161 | MECHANICS LABORATORY | 1 |
| SCED 390 | SCIENCE TEACHING METHODS | 5 |
| Electives–students must take field-oriented coursework from the list below or from special field courses in GEOS approved by the Earth and Space Science advisor. | 4-5 | |
| RESEARCH METHODS | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL SCIENCE | ||
| WATER RESOURCES | ||
| WETLAND SCIENCE I | ||
| GEOLOGY FIELD TRIP | ||
| EXPERIMENTAL COURSE | ||
| Required Senior Capstones–must be taken concurrently | ||
| SCED 490A | SCIENCE TEACHING CAPSTONE SEMINAR | 3 |
| SCED 490B | SCIENCE TEACHING CAPSTONE FIELD APPLICATION | 2 |
| Total Credits | 72-73 | |