BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION (BSSE) w/concurrent Biology (BIOL)
Wyoming Teacher Education Program
Total credit requirement: 120 minimum
42 credit hours must be upper division
Effective: Fall 2015
Updated: Fall 2017
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UNIVERSITY STUDIES PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
please see USP catalog info for full course options
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
All Professional Ed courses must be completed with a grade of C or better. Please
note that grades of C- or lower will not satisfy this requirement.
Phase Prerequisites
2.50 minimum UW Total Institution GPA
Sophomore Standing (30+ credits)
Phase I : The above criteria must be met prior to enrollment
C or better in Q
C or better in COM1
Current Wyoming Substitute Teaching Permit
2.75 minimum UW Total Institution GPA
Junior standing (60+ credits)
Application is due prior to enrollment
Phase II : The above criteria must be met prior to enrollment
2.75 minimum UW Total Institution GPA
2.5 minimum major content GPA (see page 2)
Application is due prior to enrollment
Phase III : The above criteria must be met prior to enrollment
Phase IIIa - Methods - Offered FALL SEMESTER ONLY
Phase IIIb - Residency - Offered SPRING SEMESTER ONLY
EDSE 4500 Residency in Teaching (15)
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Background check completed
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED - complete Methods I & II the fall prior to your Residency.
DFS/DCI WY Sub Permit
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First Year Experience
(Each requirement must be completed with a grade of C or better to meet College of
Education Phase II prerequisites or USP requirements. Please note that grades of C- or
lower will not satisfy these requirements.)
Intellectual and Practical Skills (IPS)
COM3
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COM2
Additional IPS
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Courses may be part of a major, but cannot be offered by the major
department.
One course cannot fulfill both categories.
Knowledge of Human Culture (H), Physical & Natural World (PN),
US/WY Constitution (V)
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PN
ECON 1200: Economics, Law & Government (3)
HIST 1211: US History to 1865 (3)
HIST 1221: US History from 1865 (3)
HIST 1251: History of Wyoming (3)
POLS 1000: American & Wyoming Government (3)
Wyoming Challenge Exam Eligible
Quantitative Reasoning (3)
Communication 1 (3)
First Year Seminar (3)
EDSE 4275: Science Methods II (4)
EDST 3000: Teacher as Practitioner (6)
US/WY Constitution (3)
Human Culture (EDST 2450) (3)
Human Culture (EDST 2480) (4)
Physical & Natural World
Physical & Natural World
ITEC 2360: Teaching w/ Technology (3)
EDEX 2484: Intro. to Special Education (3)
EDST 2450: Foundations of Dev & Learning (3)
EDST 2480: Diversity & Politics of Schooling (4)
EDST 3000: Teacher as Practitioner (6)
EDST 3550: Educational Assessment (2)
EDSE 3275: Science Methods I (3)
EDSE 4275: Science Methods II (4)
BIOLOGY MAJOR CONTENT (70 hrs minimum)
Minimum 2.5 GPA required in major content. All major content courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher .
Please note that grades of C- or lower will not satisfy this requirement.
BIOLOGY Requirements REQUIRED Additional Math and Science Coursework
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ELECTIVE COURSES: 9 Hours (minimum)
6 hours minimum must be upper division (3000-level or above).
At least one course (3 credit hours minimum) must have an environmental focus.
Courses must be chosen from the fields of:
Animal Science (ANVS) Botany (BOT) Entomology (ENTO) Kinesiology (KIN)
Life Science (LIFE) Microbiology (MICR) Molecular Biology (MOLB) Plant Science (PLNT)
Renewable Resources (RNEW) Zoology (ZOO)
Upper Division Credits
Must have a minimum of 42 upper division hours to graduate.
LIFE 3400
LIFE 3050
EDST 3000
EDST 3550
EDSE 3275
EDSE 4275
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48
(42 hours minimum required to graduate)
EDSE 4500
15Residency may also be completed for 16 credits.
Petitions & Notes (USP, UW Exception Requests, College of
Education Exception Requests)
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Science Endorsement Options:
Earth Science Chemistry Physics
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LIFE 3600
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Choose two:
LIFE 2022: Animal Biology (4)
LIFE 2023: Plant & Fungal Biology (4)
MICR 2021: General Microbiology (4)
COSC 1010: Intro. to Computer Science (4)
COSC 1030: Computer Science I (4)
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LIFE 3500
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MOLB 3610
LIFE 1010: General Biology (4)
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Choose 2 of 2:
LIFE 3400: General Ecology (3)
LIFE 3050: Genetics (4)
LIFE 3500: Evolutionary Biology (3)
LIFE 3600: Cell Biology (4)
CHEM 1020: General Chemistry (4)
CHEM 2300: Intro. to Organic Chemistry (4)
MOLB 3610: Principles of Biochemistry (4)
PHYS 1110: General Physics I (4)
PHYS 1120: General Physics II (4)
MATH 2200: Calculus I (4)
STAT 2050: Fundamentals of Statistics (4)
Choose one: