Secondary Education – Biology
Major Requirements
To fulfill the requirements of the major, all students in this program will take the following coursework in a sequence determined in collaboration with a faculty advisor. Some courses also satisfy Liberal Arts Core and/or University requirements. Some coursework fulfills teaching licensure requirements as specified by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- BIO 151 General Biology I
- BIO 151L General Biology I Lab
- BIO 152 General Biology II
- BIO 152L General Biology II Lab
- BIO 260 Microbiology
- BIO 260L Microbiology Lab
- BIO 262 Genetics for Majors
- BIO 262L Genetics for Majors Lab
- BIO 300 Writing for Science
- BIO 363 Cellular Biology
- BIO 368 Advanced Research Methods
- BIO 410 Seminar
- CHM 151 Principles of Chemistry I
- CHM 151L Principles of Chemistry I Lab
- CHM 152 Principles of Chemistry II
- CHM 152L Principles of Chemistry II Lab
- CHM 221 Organic Chemistry I
- CHM 221L Organic Chemistry I Lab
- CHM 222 Organic Chemistry II
- CHM 222 Organic Chemistry II Lab
- ED 200 Foundations of Teaching and Learning
- ED 254 Technology for the K-12 Classroom
- ED 309 Special Education Foundations and Characteristics of Exceptional Learners
- ED 337 Literacy in the Content Areas
- ED 338 Secondary Education: Curriculum and Methods
- ED 351 Assessment to Support Learning in K-12
- ED 366 Secondary Teaching Methods in Science
- ED 460S Student Teaching: Secondary
- ED 461 Classroom Management in the PK-12 Classroom
- GEOL 102 Principles of Geology
- GEOL 102L Principles of Geology Lab
- MA 171 Calculus with Precalculus A and MA 172 Calculus with Precalculus B or MA 181 Calculus
- PHYS 271 Physics I
- PHYS 271L Physics I Lab
- PHYS 272 Physics II
- PHYS 272L Physics II Lab
- PSY 110 Human Growth and Development
Ten (10) credits from the following (a minimum of 3 credits must be at the 300 level of higher):
- BIO 224 Endocrinology
- BIO 250 General Botany
- BIO 272 Parasitology
- BIO 327 Introduction to Marine Biology and Tropical Ecology
- BIO 441 Biochemistry
- BIO 442 Nucleic Acids and Metabolism
- BIO 444 Immunology
- BIO 446 Animal Virology
- BIO 449 Advanced Molecular Biology
- CHM 441 Physical Biochemistry