A. Required Courses in Physics: 30 credit hours

• PHY 150 - Astronomy (3 cr. hr.)
• PHY 186 - Introductory Programming (3 cr. hr.)
• PHY 201 - Principles of Physics I (4 cr. hr.)
• PHY 202 - Principles of Physics II (4 cr. hr.)
• PHY 203 - Principles of Physics III (3 cr. hr.)
• PHY 357 - Intermediate Physics Laboratory (3 cr. hr.)
• PHY 410 - Modern Physics (3 cr. hr.)
• PHY 420 - Classical Mechanics (3 cr. hr.)
• PHY 450 - Electricity and Magnetism (4 cr. hr.)

B. Required Courses in Related Areas of Science and Mathematics: 30-31 credit hours

• CHE 221 - General Chemistry I (4 cr. hr.)
• CHE 222 - General Chemistry II (4 cr. hr.)
• MAT 135 - Calculus I (4 cr. hr.)
• MAT 236 - Calculus II (4 cr. hr.)
• MAT 237 - Calculus III (4 cr. hr.)
• MAT 430 - Differential Equations (3 cr. hr.)

C. Required Professional Courses: 38 credit hours

• AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (3 cr. hr.)
• AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (3 cr. hr.)
• AED 442 - Methods I: Teaching the Sciences in the Middle and Secondary Schools (BIO) (3 cr. hr.)
• AED 443 - Methods II: Teaching the Sciences in the Middle and Secondary Schools (BIO) (3 cr. hr.)
• AED 444 - Laboratory Practicum (BIO) (1 cr. hr.)
• AED 445 - Student Teaching: Adolescence Education - Science (BIO) (14 cr. hr.)
• HLH 199 - Critical School Health Issues (2 cr. hr.)
• LIT 449 - Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School (3 cr. hr.)
• PSY 101 - General Psychology I (3 cr. hr.)
• PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
• PSY 350 - Psychology of Language (3 cr. hr.)

• or

• SHH 300 - Normal Language Development (3 cr. hr.)

D. Additional Requirements 27-34 credit hours

• Composition and General Education Courses: 27 credit hours
• Foreign Language Courses: 0-6 credit hours

E. Admission to the Major

Completion of 45 credit hours with at least a 2.5 grade point average overall and at least a 2.5 grade point average in each of areas A, B and C above. Students enrolled in an adolescence education science program will not be allowed to progress through courses in the pedagogical sequence if they have not met all the criteria for admission to teacher education by the time they have completed AED 391: Introduction to Adolescence Education. The pedagogical sequence is designated by:

• AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (3 cr. hr.)
• AED 442 - Methods I: Teaching the Sciences in the Middle and Secondary Schools (BIO) (3 cr. hr.)
• AED 443 - Methods II: Teaching the Sciences in the Middle and Secondary Schools (BIO) (3 cr. hr.)
• AED 444 - Laboratory Practicum (BIO) (1 cr. hr.)
• AED 445 - Student Teaching: Adolescence Education - Science (BIO) (14 cr. hr.)

F. Eligibility for Student Teaching

To be eligible for AED 445: Student Teaching: Adolescence Education - Science, a minimum overall grade point average of 2.5 is required. Additionally, a minimum grade point average of 2.5 is required in each of areas A, B and C above. A student must complete all program requirements before student teaching can begin with the exception of those courses allowed by the Physics Department and the adolescence education-science coordinator. Additionally, each teacher candidate will be required to submit a professional portfolio.

G. Other Requirements

Specific information regarding requirements (for example, state examinations and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment) for New York State teaching certification can be found here.

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: B.A.: 131-139; B.S.: 125-133