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Prospective Students

Below you'll find the current Program Requirements and Suggested Course Sequence.

Currently Enrolled Students

Links in the charts below may be useful to you in determining course availability. However, for your specific program requirements, please see the appropriate GBC Catalog, which may differ from the following. If in doubt, confer with your adviser.

Program Requirements

Lower-Division
General Education Requirements
3Composition I: ENG 101
3Composition II: ENG 102
4Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology: BIOL 190
3

Fundamentals of Speech I: COM 113 or
Oral Interpretation: THTR 221
4 Exploring Planet Earth: GEOL 101
0.5Great Basin Orientation 0: INT 100
3Precalculus I: MATH 126
3Introduction to Statistics: STAT 152
3 Fine Arts General Education
3 Humanities General Education
(PHIL 102 recommended)
9 Social Science General Education (to include the constitution requirement of PSC 103 or HIST 101 and HIST 102)
Lower-Division Secondary Education Core Requirements
3 Preparing Teachers to Use Technology:
EDU 214
3Foundations of Education: EDU 250
Upper-Division
General Education Requirements
1 Secondary Methods Practicum I: EDSC 311
1 Secondary Methods Practicum II: EDSC 313
1Secondary Methods Practicum III: EDSC 315
3Teaching and Learning Education: EDUC 323
3Curriculum and Assessment Education:
EDUC 406
3Interdisciplinary Integrated Curriculum Secondary Education: EDSC 407
14 Secondary Supervised Teaching Internship: EDSC 483
3Secondary Education Capstone Seminar:
EDSC 491
3Education of the Exceptional Child: EDSP 301
3Principles of Educational Psychology: EPY 330
3Integrative Humanities Seminar: INT 339 or Integrative Social Science Seminar: INT 349
3Integrative Science Seminar: INT 369
Lower-Division Concentration Area Requirements
Eight of these satisfy the science general education requirement.
4 Intro. to Organismal Biology: BIOL 191
4 General Chemistry I: CHEM 121
4 General Chemistry II: CHEM 122
3 Intro. Organic Chemistry: CHEM 220
1 Intro. Organic Chemistry Lab: CHEM 220L
4 General Physics I: PHYS 151
Upper-Division Concentration Area Requirements
4Principles of Genetics: BIOL 300
3 Introduction to Cell Biology: BIOL 315
4 Invertebrate Zoology: BIOL 320 or
Mammalogy: BIOL 434
3 Plant Taxonomy: BIOL 331 or
Plant Physiology: BIOL 410
3Principles of Ecology: BIOL 341
3GIS in Business and Community: GIS 320
Methods Courses
3Teaching Secondary Science: EDSC 463

Suggested Course Sequence

NOTICE: The following sequence is simply a suggestion and may not be appropriate for all students. For example, some students will have to take from one to four developmental courses before they are prepared to take specific college level courses. Many students will need to take fewer courses each semester due to obligations in their lives. Full-time status is 12 credits per semester, but many programs provide students with the flexibility of taking fewer credits. Meeting with an adviser is crucial to establishing the best course sequence for each student.
Year 1
Fall Semester
INT 100 0.5
COM 113 or THTR 221 3
ENG 100 or ENG 101 3
CHEM 121 4
PSC 103 3
BIOL 190 4
Total Year 1 Fall Credits 17.5
Spring Semester
ENG 102 3
BIOL 191 4
CHEM 122 4
Fine arts General Education 3
Social Science General Education 3
Total Year 1 Spring Credits 17
Year 2
Fall Semester

MATH 126

3
GEOL 101 4
CHEM 220 and CHEM 220L 4
Social Science General Education 3
EDU 250 3
EDSC 311 1
Total Year 2 Fall Credits 18
Spring Semester
STAT 152 3
PHYS 151 4
EDUC 323 3
EDSC 313 1
PHIL 102 3
EDU 214 3
Total Year 2 Spring Credits 17
Year 3
Fall Semester

BIOL 300

3
BIOL 320 or 434 4
EPY 330 3
EDUC 406 3
GIS 109 3
Total Year 3 Fall Credits 16
Spring Semester
BIOL 341 3
BIOL 331 or 410 3
GIS 320 3
INT 339 or INT 349 3
EDSP 301 3
Total Year 3 Spring Credits 15
Year 4
Fall Semester
BIOL 315 3
EDSC 463 3
EDSC 407 3
EDSC 315 1
INT 369 3
Total Year 4 Fall Credits 13
Spring Semester
EDSC 483 Student Teaching 14
EDSC 491 Capstone 3
Total Year 4 Spring Credits 17

 
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