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 | |
| Secondary Education Core | ||
| EDUC 303 & EDUC 309 & EDUC 341 & EDUC 386A & EDUC 413 | FOUNDATIONS OF ASSESSMENT and FOUNDATIONS OF SECONDARY CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT and SECONDARY STRATEGIES, MANAGEMENT, ASSESSMENT and FIELD EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICUM and CONTENT AREA LITERACY: MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION CANDIDATES | 15 |
| EDUC 386B & EDUC 427 | FIELD EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICUM and GENERAL STUDENT TEACHING K-12 (These are variable credit courses. The minimum for each is 3 credits.) | 6-15 |
| EDUC 426 | SECONDARY STUDENT TEACHING 5-12 | 12 |
| Total Credits | 33-42 | |
University Competencies and Proficiencies
English
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB
General Education Requirements (GER)
- Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours
- 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
- 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
- Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)
Humanities and Arts
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
University Graduation Requirements (UGR)
Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Requirements in Degree Works are based on these two catalog years:
- The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who earn a BAE in Earth and Space Science/Secondary from EWU should be able to:
- apply best practices to teach earth and space science that are outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards;
- demonstrate understanding of core concepts in earth and space science;
- demonstrate effective strategies for teaching earth and space science to a community of diverse students;
- describe the procedures for responding to potential safety hazards in the laboratory, classroom, and field;
- shows evidence of integrating the three dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards.