Offered by Department of Biology:

Biology Major

Biology 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Science in Education

NSS BSE 5105

Minimum General Studies = 45
including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement = 50
English Language minimum = 9 including:
ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech - 3 hours
Humanities minimum = 12 including:
Take 1 course from:
HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 5
See advisor for math placement.
Take ONE of the following options:
Take 2 courses:
MATH 102*, College Algebra - 3 hours
MATH 103*, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours
OR take 1 course:
MATH 112*, Scientific Topics in Mathematics - 5 hours
*Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level.
Natural Sciences minimum = 12
PHYS 201GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including:
Take any Economic Perspective GS course - 3 hours
Take any Political Perspective GS course - 3 hours
Take any GS course from:
Social Perspective,
Geographical Perspective or
Behavioral Perspective, - 3 hours
Personal Development minimum = 3
PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
Professional Sequence = 30
Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
Endorsement = 45
Second Subject Endorsement Option-normally = 30
Should required hours of the second endorsement also meet other requirements, the total required hours may be reduced.
Minimum total hours required coursework = 155
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
Minimum total hours required for BSE in Biology 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 155
All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

A minimum 2.5 GPA is required in all courses counting toward this endorsement.

A. Biology Subject Endorsement Core Requirements (23 hours required)
Take all of the following:
BIOL 104GS, General Botany - 4 hours
BIOL 107GS, General Zoology - 4 hours
BIOL 307, Ecology - 3 hours
BIOL 309, Cellular Biology - 4 hours
BIOL 375, Scientific Communication - 1 hour
BIOL 471, Methods in Secondary Science Teaching - 3 hours
BIOL 490, Evolution - 2 hours
Take 2 hours from:
BIOL 420, Biology Research - 2 hours
Take 4 hours from:
PHYS 301, Advanced Physical Science - 4 hours
No more than 1 from:
PHYS 205GS, General Physics - 5 hours
PHYS 275GS, General Physics (Calculus) - 5 hours
No more than 1 from:
PHYS 206GS, General Physics - 5 hours (Prereq: PHYS 205GS)
PHYS 276GS, General Physics (Calculus) - 5 hours (Prereq: PHYS 275GS)
 
B. Biology Subject Endorsement Electives (18 hours required)
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 407, Limnology - 3 hours
BIOL 418, Plant Taxonomy - 3 hours
BIOL 435, Vertebrate Natural History - 3 hours
BIOL 470, Insects and Man - 3 hours
BIOL 473, Ornithology - 3 hours
BIOL 474, Mammalogy - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 460, Genetics - 4 hours
BIOL 461, Human Genetics - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 465, Physiology - 3 hours
BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours
Take 1 course from:
BIOL 211GS, Human Microbiology - 4 hours
BIOL 400, Microbiology - 5 hours
Take ONE of the following options:
Take 1 course:
CHEM 250, Elementary Organic Chemistry - 5 hours
OR take 4 courses:
CHEM 360, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
CHEM 360L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
CHEM 361, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
CHEM 361L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
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