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Curriculum in Biological Science
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Biology Education Concentration

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ENGL 101G Freshman Composition 3
††MATH 161G College Algebra 3
††GBIO 151G General Biology I 3
††BIOL 152 General Biology Laboratory I 1
PSYC 101G General Psychology I  3
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††ENGL 102G Critical Reading and Writing 3
††MATH 162G Plane Trigonometry 3
††GBIO 153G General Biology II 3
††BIOL 154 General Biology Laboratory II 1
††CHEM 121G General Chemistry I for Science Majors 3
††CLAB 123 General Chemistry Laboratory I for Science Majors 1
COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 17

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ENGL 229 or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 233G,H
 3
††GBIO 200 Cell Biology 3
††MIC 205 or
MIC 223		 General Microbiology
Medical Microbiology		 3
††MICL 207 or
MICL 224		 General Microbiology Laboratory
Medical Microbiology Laboratory		 1
††CHEM 122 General Chemistry II for Science Majors 3
††CLAB 124 General Chemistry Laboratory II for Science Majors 1
†††EDUC 202 Introduction to Education 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 17

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††GBIO 312 Genetics 3
††CHEM 261 Survey of Organic Chemistry 3
††GBIO 241 The Profession of Biology or Getting What You Came For 1
††GBIO 395 General Ecology 3
††GBIO 397 General Ecology Laboratory 2
*SPED 200 Introduction to Diverse Learners 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
HIST 417G History of Science and Technology 3
††ZOO 302 Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates  4
††CHEM 281 Survey of Biochemistry 3
*EDUC 407 Tests and Measures                             3
††GBIO 341 Professional Aspects of Biology 1
*EDUC 316 Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 17

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††GBIO 405 Evolutionary Biology 4
††GBIO 441 Biology Seminar  1
††ZOO 392 Animal Physiology 4
Arts ElectiveG,H   3
*EDUC 472 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††GBIO 498 Biological Science for Teachers 3
*EDUC 453 Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools 6
*EDUC 485 Special Methods in High School Subjects 3
Social Science
Elective1,G		   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
†††EDUC 486 Teaching Residency Capstone 9
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 9

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
HHonors students to take Honors option
*Requires a grade of “C” or better.
††A grade of “C” or above must be earned in these major courses.
†††A grade of “B” or above must be earned.
1One course (3 hrs) selected from ECON, GEOG, ANTH, CJ, POLI, PSYC, or SOC.