Education Major, BS in Education – VolsTeach Secondary STEM Concentration (Middle Grades Science Specialization)

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Program Requirements

Term 1

• ² Arts and Humanities  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁴ Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ³ Natural Sciences  Elective with Lab/^6aSTEM Content Elective (Science) 4 Credit Hours *

• ¹  ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• TPTE 115 - VolsTeach: Introduction to Teaching 2 Credit Hours

Term 2

• ⁴ Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ³ Natural Sciences  Elective with Lab/^6aSTEM Content Elective (Science) 3 Credit Hours *

• ¹  ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁹  CSE 200 - Survey of International Education 3 Credit Hours *

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• ⁵ Select one course:

• CMST 210 - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 217 - Honors: Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ^6b STEM Content Elective (Science) 4 Credit Hours
• ⁷ Social Sciences  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹² Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ¹  SCED 432 - Knowing and Learning in Mathematics and Science 3 Credit Hours *
• EDPY 301 - Professional Studies: Applied Educational Psychology  3 Credit Hours

Term 4

• ^6b STEM Content Elective (Science) 4 Credit Hours
• ^6c STEM Content Elective (Science) 4 Credit Hours

• ¹⁰  CSE 300 - Social Justice, Education, and Service Learning 3 Credit Hours *
• ETEC 386 - Integrating Technology into the Curriculum 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• ^6c STEM Content Elective (Science) 4 Credit Hours

• REED 461 - Developing Reading Skills in Content Fields 3 Credit Hours
• SPED 303 - Professional Studies for Special Education and Diverse Learners 3 Credit Hours
• SCED 434 - Project Based Instruction 3 Credit Hours
• SCED 445 - Teaching Physical/Earth Science in the Middle Grades 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• ^6d STEM Content Elective (Science) 3 Credit Hours
• ^6d STEM Content Elective (Science)  3 Credit Hours

• TPTE 203 - Field Study in Education 1-3 Credit Hours (3 hours)
• ¹¹  SCED 472 - Perspectives and History of Science and Math 3 Credit Hours *
• SCED 446 - Teaching Life Science in the Middle Grades 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• ^8,11  TPTE 435 - Student Teaching Mathematics and Science 6-9 Credit Hours * (9 hours)
• TPTE 489 - Analysis of Teaching 6 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ⁹ Education Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ^6e STEM Content Elective (Science) 3 Credit Hours

• INPG 385 - VolsTeach: Research Methods in Science 3 Credit Hours
• TPTE 494 - Supervised Readings 1-3 Credit Hours (2 hours)

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

1. Three courses from the Written Communication  (WC), First-year composition sequence, 2 courses, 3 credit hours each, and additional written communication course, SCED 432 * 3 credit hours.
2. One course from approved Arts and Humanities  (AH) courses.
3. Two courses from approved Natural Sciences  (NS) courses, one must have a laboratory.
4. Two courses from approved Quantitative Reasoning  (QR) courses.
5. One course from approved Oral Communication  (OC) courses.
6. a. Science (6-8) BIOL Sequence BIOL 150 *, BIOL 160 * or BIOL 158 , BIOL 168 *.
   b. Science (6-8) CHEM Sequence CHEM 122 * and CHEM 123 *; CHEM 132 * and CHEM 133 *.
   c. Science (6-8) PHYS Sequence PHYS 135 * and PHYS 136 *.
   d. Science (6-8) GEOL Choose 2 from GEOL 100 *, GEOL 101 *, GEOL 102 *, GEOL 103 *, GEOL 104 *.
   e. Science (6-8) One additional 200 level courses with prefix BIOL, BCMB, CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS.
7. One course from approved Social Sciences  (SS) courses.
8. One course from approved Applied Oral Communication  (AOC) courses.
9. One course from approved Global Citizenship – International  (GCI) courses.
10. One course from approved Global Citizenship – US  (GCUS) courses.
11. 9 hours (minimum 2 courses with different prefixes) from Engaged Inquiries  (EI).
12. Expanded Perspectives  - 6 hours from approved AAH, AH, SS, GCI, GCUS.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .