BS Biology: STEM Education
General Education
(see General Education Requirements for list of approved courses)
Rhetoric and Composition: (6 hours)
- Two approved courses in rhetoric and composition
Mathematics: (3 hours)
- One approved mathematics course
Statistics: (3 or 4 hours)
- BIOL 2160 - Biostatistics or
- MATH 2100 - Introductory Statistics
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Students who have taken Engineering 2220, HHP 4010, Mathematics 3100, 4110, Psychology 2010 or Sociology 2500 and subsequently changed their major to Biology will have satisfied this requirement.
Natural Sciences: (7-8 hours)
- Two approved natural science courses, at least one including a laboratory component
Humanities and Fine Arts: (6 hours)
- Two approved humanities and fine arts courses, one from fine arts and one from either
Cultures and Civilizations: (9 hours total)
- Option A: Western Humanities I and II and one approved Non-Western Cultures and Civilizations course or
- Option B: World Civilization I, II, III
Behavioral and Social Sciences: (6 hours)
- Two approved behavioral or social science courses in two different disciplines
Program Requirements
or
- MATH 1710 - Precalculus I
- MATH 1720 - Precalculus II
- MATH 1950 - Calculus with Analytic Geography I
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(Initial course in mathematics based ACT math subscore)
- CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I
- CHEM 1110L - General Chemistry I Laboratory
- CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II
- CHEM 1120L - General Chemistry II Laboratory
- CHEM 3010 - Organic Chemistry I
- CHEM 3010L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
- CHEM 3020 - Organic Chemistry II
- CHEM 3020L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
- PHYS 1030 - General Physics - Mechanics and Heat and
- PHYS 1030L - General Physics Laboratory - Mechanics and Heat
- PHYS 1040 - General Physics - Electromagnetism and Optics and
- PHYS 1040L - General Physics Laboratory - Electromagnetism and Optics
or
- GEOL 1110 - Physical Geology and
- GEOL 1110L - Physical Geology Laboratory
- GEOL 1120 - Historical Geology and
- GEOL 1120L - Historical Geology Laboratory
Biology courses:
- BIOL 1110 - Principles of Biology I
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(a minimum grade of C must be earned in 1120 in order to take courses beyond the 1000 level for which 1120 is a prerequisite)
- BIOL 1120 - Principles of Biology II
- BIOL 3250 - Genetics
- BIOL 3260 - Genetics Laboratory
- 3 hours of a single, formal lecture or laboratory course at the 4000 level
Botany (select 1 course):
Zoology (select 1 course):
- BIOL 3120 - Invertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 3130 - Comparative Vertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 3200 - Animal Behavior
- BIOL 3300 - Histology
- BIOL 3420 - Entomology
- BIOL 4030 - Developmental Vertebrate Embryology
- BIOL 4080 - Parasites of Man
- BIOL 4340 - Human Development and Disease
- BIOL 4450 - Herpetology
- BIOL 4560 - Ichthyology
- BIOL 4570 - Mammalogy
- BIOL 4580 - Ornithology
(Courses offered in Botany and Zoology at Gulf Coast Research Laboratory or Highlands Biological Station may be substituted. Approval of the department head required.)
Ecology and Evolution:
Cell and Physiology:
and
STEM Education Requirements:
- STEM 1010 - Step One: Inquiry Approaches to Teaching Science and Mathematics
- STEM 1020 - Step Two: Inquiry Based Lesson Design in Math and Science
- STEM 2010 - Knowing and Learning
- STEM 2020 - Classroom Interactions
- STEM 3010 - Perspectives on Science and Mathematics
- STEM 3020 - Research Methods in Science or
- BIOL 3020 - Research Methods in Science
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- STEM 4010 - Project-Based Instruction
- STEM 4020 - Apprentice Teaching
Additional Information and Notes
Minimum of 39 hours of 3000 and 4000 level courses.
Electives to complete 121 hours.
In addition to the department and university requirements there are the following minimum requirements for graduation with licensure: 2.5 cumulative average, 2.5 at UTC, 2.5 average in STEM courses with no grade lower than C, 2.5 average in courses in licensure content area courses with no grade lower than C.
See Degree and Graduation Requirements for additional requirements.
Showcase/Suggested Course of Study
Please see the Courses section of this catalog for complete course descriptions.
Freshman Year |
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| Fall Semester: | Hrs | Spring Semester: | Hrs | |
| ENGL 1010 | 3 | ENGL 1020 | 3 | |
| BIOL 1110 |
4 | BIOL 1120 | 4 | |
| STEM 1010 | 1 | STEM 1020 | 1 | |
| MATH 1130 or 1710 or 1720 | 3 | MATH 1830 or 1950 | 3-4 | |
| CHEM 1110 | 3 | CHEM 1120 | 3 | |
| CHEM 1110L | 1 | CHEM 1120L | 1 | |
| 15 | 15-16 | |||
Sophomore Year |
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| Fall Semester: | Hrs | Spring Semester: | Hrs | |
| BIOL 2080 | 4 | BIOL 3250 | 3 | |
| STEM 2010 | 3 | BIOL 3260 | 1 | |
| CHEM 3010 | 3 | CHEM 3020 | 3 | |
| CHEM 3010L | 1 | CHEM 3020L | 1 | |
| Cultures and Civilizations |
3 | Behavioral & Social Science | 3 | |
| STEM 2020 | 3 | |||
| 14 | 14 | |||
Junior Year |
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| Fall Semester: | Hrs | Spring Semester: | Hrs | |
| MATH 2100 or BIOL 2160 | 3 | BIOL 3060 | 3 | |
| BIOL 3150 or 4160 or 4500 | 3 | BIOL 3070 | 1 | |
| PHYS 1030 | 3 | PHYS 1040 |
3 | |
| PHYS 1030L | 1 | PHYS 1040L | 1 | |
| Cultures and Civilizations | 3 | Cultures and Civilizations | 3 | |
| STEM 3010 | 3 | BIOL or STEM 3020 | 3 | |
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 3 | |||
| 16 | 17 | |||
Senior Year |
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| Fall Semester: | Hrs | Spring Semester: | Hrs | |
| BIOL 4000 level approved Zoology course | 4 | Fine Arts | 3 | |
| BIOL 3110 or BIOL 2100 | 4 | Behavioral & Social Science | 3 | |
| BIOL Elective (3000-4000 level) | 3 | STEM 4020 | 6 | |
| STEM 4010 | 3 | |||
| BIOL 3000 level approved Botnay course | 4 | |||
| 18 | 12 | |||