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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Graduate Teacher Certification Plan Life Sciences 7-12

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This plan has a content waiver option based on passing the content state assessment on the first attempt. See a College of Education (COE) advisor for details.

Check prerequisites before enrolling in any courses.

Certification Plan Requirements

Required Courses:

BIOL 1106 - Laboratory for Biology for Science Majors I Credit Hours: 1
BIOL 1107 - Laboratory for Biology for Science Majors II Credit Hours: 1
BIOL 1306 - Biology for Science Majors I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1307 - Biology for Science Majors II Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 3341 - Molecular Genetics Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1111 - Laboratory for General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 1
CHEM 1112 - Laboratory for General Chemistry II Credit Hours: 1
CHEM 1311 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1312 - General Chemistry II Credit Hours: 3

Choose one course from:

BIOL 4343 - Plant Physiology Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 4344 - Comparative Animal Physiology Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 4345 - Human Physiology Credit Hours: 3

Choose one course from:

BIOL 3311 - Marine Biology Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 3333 - Environmental Biology Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 4305 - Ecology of the Amazon Credit Hours: 3

Other required courses:

TCED 4102 - Secondary (4-8 and 7-12) Content Teacher Seminar Credit Hours: 1
TCED 4306 - Creating Positive Learning Environments in 7-12 Credit Hours: 3

One of the following:

LLLS 5135 - Developmental Reading Programs for Secondary Schools Credit Hours: 3
LLLS 4311 - Foundational Literacy Skills Credit Hours: 3

One of the following:

LLLS 5531 - Critical Reading and Thinking Credit Hours: 3
LLLS 4351 - Content Area Literacy Credit Hours: 3

One of the following:

SPED 5030 - Survey of Individual Differences Credit Hours: 3
SPED 4300 - Survey of Exceptionalities Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite Courses for Admission to Teacher Education Program (TEP):

EDUC 4310 - Theories of Educational Psychology Credit Hours: 3

One of the following:

SILC 6030 - Foundations of Multicultural Education Credit Hours: 3
SILC 4315 - Theories of American Pluralism Credit Hours: 3

One of the following:

TCED 6031 - Application of Technology in the Classroom Credit Hours: 3
INST 3313 - Survey of Instructional Technologies Credit Hours: 3

Pedagogy Courses

One of the following:

TCED 5235 - Science Methods for the Secondary Grades Credit Hours: 3
TCED 4362 - Methods in Secondary Science Credit Hours: 3

One of the following options:

Option 1:

TCED 4378 - Clinical Teaching I Credit Hours: 3
TCED 4978 - Clinical Teaching II Credit Hours: 9

Option 2:

TCED 4678 - Post-Degree Clinical Teaching I Credit Hours: 6
TCED 4679 - Post-Degree Clinical Teaching II Credit Hours: 6

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