Earth Science with 9-12 Teacher Licensure

I. Required courses in the major—19–28 hours:

• ENVS 130 - Introduction to Environmental Science (3)
• ENVS 234 - Energy and Society (3)
• ENVS 241 - Principles of Ecology and Field Biology (4)
• ENVS 282 - Environmental Geology (3)
• ENVS 480 - Seminar on Environmental Issues (3)

•    Note: The ENVS 480 requirement can be met by EDUC 456.

   

• ENVS 490 - Internship (3-6)   or
• ENVS 499 - Undergraduate Research in Environmental Science (1-6)

•   Note: The ENVS 490/499 requirement can be met by EDUC 455.

II. Required courses in Geoscience Core—25 hours:

• ENVS 105 - Physical Geology (4)
• ENVS 106 - Earth History (3)
• ENVS 320 - Mineralogy and Petrology (4)
• ENVS 338 - Principles of Hydrology and Hydrogeology (4)
• ENVS 385 - Soils (4)
• ASTR 102 - Introduction to Astronomy: The Solar System (3)
• ATMS 103 - Introduction to Meteorology (3)

III. Required courses outside the major—20 hours:

• CHEM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory (1)
• CHEM 132 - General Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 145 - Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory (1)
• PSYC 319 - Educational Psychology (4)
• STAT 185 - Introductory Statistics (4)

IV. Other departmental requirements:

Major competency is satisfied in ENVS 480, which must be completed with a grade of C or higher. The competency also can be satisfied by the completion of EDUC 455 and EDUC 456.

Additional Information:

Students who wish to be licensed in Comprehensive Secondary Science (as distinct from Earth Science) must also complete BIOL 125  and BIOL 126 , PHYS 131  and PHYS 231 . Students seeking middle school licensure should review requirements found in the Education  section of the catalog and see the appropriate licensure advisor for additional information.