• Completion of requirements for a bachelor's degree, including general education requirements, 120 credits of acceptable coursework, and at least 42 upper-division credits.
• Completion of the secondary teacher licensure requirements.
  

  Bachelor of Arts with Secondary Education Licensure

• Completion of the following required courses:
  • BIOL 203: General Biology GT-SC1 (5 hours)
    
  • BIOL 204: General Biology GT-SC1 (5 hours)
    
  • BIOL 321: Genetics (3 hours)
    
  • BIOL 323: Cellular Biology (3 hours)
    
  • BIOL 325: Cellular Biology/Genetics Lab (1 hours)
    
  • BIOL 330: Ecology (4 hours)
    
  • BIOL 332: Evolution (3 hours)
    
  • BIOL 493: Thesis I (1 hours)
    
  • Plus a minimum of 4 credits from the following:
    • BIOL 417: Vascular Plant Systematics (4 hours)
      
    • BIOL 420: Mycology (4 hours)
      
    • BIOL 423: Plant Physiology (4 hours)
      
    • BIOL 430: Plant Ecology (4 hours)
      
  • Plus a minimum of three credits from the following:
    • BIOL 440: Invertebrate Zoology (4 hours)
      
    • BIOL 460: Ornithology (3 hours)
      
    • BIOL 461: Entomology (3 hours)
      
    • BIOL 463: Ichthyology (3 hours)
      
    • BIOL 464: Mammalogy (3 hours)
      
    • BIOL 471: Herpetology (3 hours)
      
  • Plus a minimum of three credits from the following:
    • BIOL 404: Physiological Zoology (3 hours)
      
    • BIOL 408: Developmental Biology (4 hours)
      
    • BIOL 411: Comparative Anatomy (4 hours)
      
    • BIOL 448: Microbiology (4 hours)
      
  • Completion of required support courses:
    • CHEM 112: Intro Organic/Biological Chem (4 hours)
      
    • CHEM 112L: Intro Organic/Biol Chem Lab (1 hours)
      
    • PHYS 225: College Physics I GT-SC1 (5 hours)
      
    • PHYS 226: College Physics II (5 hours)
      
    • ED 350: Methods/Teaching Science-Sec (3 hours)
      
  • Recommended Courses:
    • BIOL 205: Human Anatomy & Physiology (4 hours)
      
    • BIOL 206: Human Anatomy & Physiology (4 hours)
      
    • BIOL 125: Nutrition (2 hours)
      
    • BIOL 407: Comparative Animal Physiology (4 hours)
      
    • BIOL 448: Microbiology (4 hours)
      
    • BIOL 476: Molecular Biology I (4 hours)
      
    • GEOL 111: Physical Geology (4 hours)
      
    • GEOL 112: Earth History (4 hours)
      
    • MATH 205: Intro to Statistical Methods (3 hours)
      
• Plus other courses required by the Teacher Education Department.