EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION (ESSE) w/concurrent GEOLOGY (GEOL)
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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Sem/Yr.COM1
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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)
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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
Sem/Yr.COM3
COM2
Quantitative Reasoning (3)
Communication 1 (3)
First Year Seminar (3)
US/WY Constitution (3)
Human Culture (EDST 2450) (3)
Human Culture (EDST 2480) (4)
Physical & Natural World
Physical & Natural World
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)
EDSE 4275: Science Methods II (4)
EDST 3000: Teacher as Practitioner (6)
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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49
(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)
Science Endorsement Options:
Biology Chemistry Physics
UD Electives
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GEOLOGY MAJOR CONTENT (64 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.
ATSC 2000: Meterology (4) OR GEOG 3450: Weather & Climate (3)
GEOL 2050: Principles of Paleontology (3)
GEOL 2070: Intro. to Oceanography (4)
GEOL 2005: Intro. to Geophysics (4) OR GEOL 3005: Principles of Geophysics (4)
GEOL 3400: Geologic Hazards (4)
GEOL 3500: Global Change (4)*
GEOL 3600: Earth & Mineral Resources (4)
GEOL 3650: Energy, a Geological Perspective (4)
GEOL 4444: Geohydrology (4)
GEOL 4490: Geochemistry (3)
GEOL 4610: Structural Geology & Tectonics (4)
GEOL 4835: Applies/Exploration Geophysics (3)
ECON 2400: Economics of the Environment (3)
GEOG 3010: Landforms and Soils (3)
POLS 4051: Environmental Politics & Administration (3)
SOIL 4120: Genesis, Morphology, Classification of Soils (4)
ECON 4400: Environmental Economics (3)
ECON 4410: Natural Resource Economics (3)
GEOLOGY Core Requirements
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This is a SPRING ONLY course. Students MUST have 26 hrs
of GEOL courses completed prior to enrollment & JR class
standing.
GEOL 2080: General Field Geology (3)
GEOL 4717: Summer Field Course (3-6)
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Geology elective courses: 6 courses from the following recommended list.
* highly recommended
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REQUIRED additional content
MATH 1405: Trigonometry (3)
MATH 1450: Algebra & Trigonometry (5)
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GEOL 1100: Physical Geology (4)
GEOL 1500: Water, Dirt & Earth's Environment (4)
ASTR 1050: Survey of Astronomy (4)
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GEOL 2000: Geochemical Cycles & Earth Systems (4)
GEOL 2100: Stratigraphy & Sedimentation (4)
GEOL 4820: Capstone (3) [spring only]
LIFE 1010: General Biology (4)
CHEM 1020: General Chemistry I (4)
PHYS 1110: General Physics I (4)
STAT 2050: Fundamentals of Statistics (4)
Choose one:
GEOL 2010: Mineralogy (3)
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GEOL 2020: Petrology (2)