Additional Graduation Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
General Education Component: Biology
Area I (Written Composition)		6
EN 111	First-Year Composition I
EN 112	First Year Composition II
Area II (Humanities and Fine Arts)		12
Two literature courses in sequence (EN 211/EN 212, EN 221/EN 222, EN 231/EN 232) or one literature course and one additional humanities elective
One Humanities and Fine Arts Elective
COM 201	Fundamentals of Speech
Area III (Natural Sciences and Mathematics)		11-12
BI 111	Principles of Biology
BI 112	Principles of Biology
MA 112	College Algebra
or MA 113	College Trigonometry
or MA 115	Pre-Calculus Algebra and Trigonometry
or MA 125	Calculus I
Area IV (History, Social and Behavioral Sciences)		12
ED 299	Human Growth and Development 1
Area V		11
CH 111	General Chemistry
CH 111L	General Chemistry Laboratory
CH 112	General Chemistry
CH 112L	General Chemistry Laboratory
CIS 125	Business Applications of Microcomputer Software
(or higher CS or CIS course)
Professional Education Secondary: Biology (Grades 6-12)
Note: ASBI/FBI background clearance is a prerequisite for all Professional Education Courses.
ED 292	Preprofessional Seminar and Laboratory Experience	1
ED 381	Instructional Technology for the High School	3
ED 375	Content Literacy	3
EEX 340	Introduction to Students with Exceptional Learning Needs	3
SCED 480	Teaching Science in the Secondary Schools	3
ED 333W	Learning Theories and Student Development	3
ED 382	Classroom Management for Diverse Learning Environments and Communities	3
ED 401	Evaluation of Teaching and Learning	3
ED 477	Curriculum and Teaching	4
ED 482	High School Student Internship	12
Alabama State Board of Education Approved Teaching Field: Biology
BI 200W	Biological Literature	2
BI 306	Genetics	4
BI 307	Microbiology	4
BI 312	Evolution	3
BI 375	Cell Biology	4
BI 498	Senior Assessment Seminar	1
Choose one (3-4) hour course from the following:		3-4
BI 362	Non-Vascular Plants
BI 363	Vascular Plants
BI 429	Marine Botany
BI 460	Plant Physiology
BI 463	Plant Taxonomy
Choose two (3-4) hour courses from the following:		6-8
BI 310	Comparative Vertebrate Morphology
BI 311	Animal Physiology
BI 340	Invertebrate Zoology
BI 341	Natural History of the Vertebrates
BI 403	Marine Invertebrate Zoology
BI 408	Marine Vertebrate Zoology
BI 433	Embryology
BI 451	Ornithology
BI 452	Entomology
BI 471	Parasitology
BI 472	Histology
Choose one (3-4 course) from the following:		3-4
BI 411	Coastal Wetlands Ecology
BI 412	Marine Ecology
BI 413	Marine Behavioral Ecology
BI 421	Ecology
BI 423	Aquatic Ecology
Total Hours		120

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The CLEP examination may be taken for this course

Notes:

• Candidates may take the following professional education courses prior to admission to TEP: Preprofessional Seminar and Laboratory Experience (ED 292), Content Literacy (ED 375), Instructional Technology for the High School (ED 381), Introduction to Students with Exceptional Learning Needs (EEX 340), and a content methods course.
• Courses that are taken to fulfill general education requirements which are also included in a teaching field may count in both areas.
• Candidates who plan to seek certification in another state should contact the State Department of Education in that state to find out whether or not a comparable certificate exists in that state.
• All requirements must be completed with a minimum of 120 credit hours.