EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION (ESSE) w/concurrent
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS SCIENCE (ENSS)
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 (15-16)
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Background check completed
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED - complete Methods I & II the fall prior to your Residency.
DFS/DCI WY Sub Permit
Q
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COM1
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FYS
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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H
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
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
Electives to reach 120 total hours & 42 hours of upper division
We highly recommend you add at least one science endorsement and/
or minor in a related field or area of interest.
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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 (3)
Physical & Natural World (3)
EDST 2450: Foundations of Dev. & Learning (3)
EDST 2480: Diversity & Politics of Schooling (4)
ITEC 2360: Teaching w/ Technology (3)
EDEX 2484: Intro. to Special Education (3)
EDST 3000: Teacher as Practitioner (6)
EDST 3550: Educational Assessment (2)
EDSE 3275: Science Methods I (3)
EDSE 4275: Science Methods II (4)
Upper Division Credits
Must have a minimum of 42 upper division hours to graduate.
Anthrosphere
Environmental
Change EDST 3000
EDST 3550
EDSE 3275
EDSE 4275
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6
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4
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40
EDSE 4500
16
Residency may also be completed for 15 credits.
Petitions & Notes (USP, UW Exception Requests, College of
Education Exception Requests)
Science Endorsement Options:
Biology Chemistry Physics
Data Analysis
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ESS 1000 Wyoming in the Earth System (3) or approved equivalent.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM SCIENCE MAJOR CONTENT (54 hours 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.
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ATSC 2100: Global Warming, Sci of Humankinds Energy Consump (3)
GEOG 3450: Weather & Climate (3)
GEOL 3500: Global Change: A Geological Perspective (4)
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ANTH/ENR 4310: Environmental Anthropology (3)
ENR/GEOG 4040: Conservation of Natural Resources (3)
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Skills & Tools
ENR 1200: Environment (4)
LIFE 1010: General Biology (4)
ENR/GEOL 1500: Water Dirt & Climate (4)
GEOG 1010: Physical Geography (4)
GEOL 1100: Physical Geology (4)
Foundations
Spheres
LIFE 2022: Animal Biology (4)
LIFE 2023: Plant & Fungal Biology (4)
LIFE 3400: General Ecology (3)
MICR/MOLB 2021: General Microbiology (4)
GEOG 4460: Biogeography (3)
Lithosphere- 2 courses
GEOG 3480: Environmental Change (3)
GEOL 3500: Global Change: A Geological Perspective (4)
GEOL 2150: Geomorphology (4)
GEOG 3010: Geomorphology of Earth's Dynamic Landscapes (3)
REWM/ENR 4285: Wildland Hydrology (3)
GEOG 4450: Fluvial Geomorphology (3)
ENR/GEOL 4525: Environmental Data Analysis (4) spring only
ENR 4500: Risk Analysis (4)
GEOG 2150: Foundations of GIS & Technology (4)
BOT/GEOG 3150: Survey of Remote Sensing Applications (3)
BOT/GEOG 4111: Remote Sensing of the Environment (4)
GEOG 4200: Introduction to GIS (4)
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Minor or concurrent/double major (required) - exact credit hours determined
by chosen minor/major. The declared major in Secondary Science Education
fulfills this requirement.
The Internship requirement is met through successful completion of
Residency in Teaching.
Foundation of Physical Sciences
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Choose One: Intro to Systems Science
Choose One: Atmosphere
Choose One: Anthrosphere
Choose One: Foundation of Biological Sciences
Choose One: Foundation of Earth Science
PHYS 1110: General Physics I (4)
Choose: Biosphere 1 of 2
Choose One: Environmental change
Choose One: Hydrology & surface processes
Quantitative Literacy: MATH 2200, Calculus I (4)
Choose One: Data Analysis
Choose One: GIS/Remote Sensing
CHEM 1020: General Chemistry I (4)
ESS/GEOL 2000: Geochemical Cycles in Earth System (4)
CHEM 1030: General Chemistry II (4)
Choose: Biosphere 2 of 2