Education Major, BS in Education - STEM Secondary Concentration (VolsTeach 6-12 Biology Specialization)

Campus

Knoxville

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.

Term 1

• ² Arts and Humanities (AH)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁴ Quantitative Reasoning (QR)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• BIOL 150 - Organismal and Ecological Biology 3 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• TPTE 115 - VolsTeach: Introduction to Teaching 2 Credit Hours

Term 2

• Quantitative Reasoning (QR)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ¹  ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
• CHEM 122 - General Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours *
• CHEM 123 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *
• CSE 200 - Survey of International Education 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

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

Term 3

• BIOL 159 - Skills of Biological Investigation 2 Credit Hours *
• BIOL 160 - Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Credit Hours *
• CHEM 132 - General Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours *
• CHEM 133 - General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *
• EDPY 301 - Professional Studies: Applied Educational Psychology 3 Credit Hours
• SCED 432 - Knowing and Learning in Mathematics and Science 3 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• BIOL 220 - General Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
• BIOL 229 - General Microbiology Laboratory 2 Credit Hours
• BIOL 260 - Ecology 2 Credit Hours
• ETEC 386 - Integrating Technology into the Curriculum 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• EEB 305 - Evolution and Society 3 Credit Hours *
• REED 461 - Developing Reading Skills in Content Fields 3 Credit Hours
• SCED 434 - Project Based Instruction 3 Credit Hours
• SCED 445 - Teaching Physical/Earth Science in the Middle Grades 3 Credit Hours
• SPED 303 - Professional Studies for Special Education and Diverse Learners 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• BIOL 240 - General Genetics 4 Credit Hours
• BIOL 280 - Evolution 3 Credit Hours
• SCED 446 - Teaching Life Science in the Middle Grades 3 Credit Hours
• SCED 472 - Perspectives and History of Science and Math 3 Credit Hours *
• TPTE 203 - Field Study in Education 1-3 Credit Hours (2 hours)

Term 7

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

Term 8

• ¹ BIOL Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Social Sciences (SS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• CSE 300 - Social Justice, Education, and Service Learning 3 Credit Hours *
• INPG 385 - VolsTeach: Research Methods in Science 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

1. Biology: Choose from: Any BCMB, EEB, MICR courses at 300 or 400 level.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .