Programs | NMU Undergraduate Bulletin 2012-13

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Secondary Education Earth Science Major

	Teaching certification is obtained by completing a major in earth science, a teaching minor and the professional education sequence. Advising for this major is provided by the Geography Department and the School of Education when enrolling in education courses.
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 Total Credits Required for Degree  143-146
 Liberal Studies  30-40
 Health Promotion Requirements  2
Required Courses in Major 36
 AS 103 Observational and Solar System Astronomy [III] 4
 GC 225 Introduction to Maps  2
 GC 255 Physical Geology [III] 4
 GC 260 Minerals and Rocks  4
 GC 365 Historical Geology  4
 GC 385 Weather and Climate  4
 GC 390 Oceanography  2
 GC 465 Hydrology  4
Choose from the following: 8
 GC 202 Soils  (4 cr.)    
 GC 335 Geographic Information Systems  (4 cr.)    
 GC 370 Geomorphology  (4 cr.)    
 GC 425 Remote Sensing  (4 cr.)    
Teaching Minor, minimum 20-22
Choose from biology education, chemistry education or physics education. 
Other Required Courses 16-17
 MA 103 Finite Mathematics [III] 4
 MA 271 Calculus with Applications  4
Choose two courses from the following that are not in the selected minor. 8-9
 BI 100 Biological Science  (4 cr.) [III] or  
     BI 111 Introductory Biology: Principles  (4 cr.) [III] or  
     BI 112 Introductory Biology: Diversity  (4 cr.) [III]   
 CH 105 Chemical Principles  (4 cr.) [III]   
 PH 201 College Physics I  (5 cr.) [III]   
Professional Education 37
 ED 201 Introduction to Education  2
 ED 231 Teaching for Learning in the Secondary Classroom  4
 ED 301 Dimensions of American Education  2
 ED 319 Teaching of Reading for Secondary Teachers  3
 ED 349 Teaching for Diversity, Equity and Social Justice in the Secondary School Community  2
 ED 361 Special Education and the General Classroom Teacher  2
 ED 430 Teaching in the Secondary School  11
 ED 450 Seminar in Teaching  1
 ED 483 Educational Media Technology  2
 MSED 340 Fundamental Concepts in Science  4
 MSED 350 Methods and Materials in Teaching Science Education  4

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