Education: Secondary Education, Biological Sciences (BS) Colorado Mesa University

Program Description

The Biology program offers coursework, in conjunction with the Center for Teacher Education, leading to licensure in secondary education science. Graduates of the program can teach in the state of Colorado or use their teaching expertise in other careers. After completing foundation sciences classes in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Geology, students choose 10 hours of upper level Biology course work, in consultation with their advisor. The secondary licensure program provides teacher education candidates with broad content knowledge in science and prepares them as teachers for grades 7 through 12. A minimum of 75 credit hours of Essential Learning and content area coursework must be completed with a minimum GPA of 2.80 before a candidate may apply for admission to the Center for Teacher Education secondary licensure program. Please see the Teacher Education Admission Packet for further information on admissions criteria. EDUC 115, What It Means to be an Educator, and EDUC 215, Teaching as a Profession, must be taken before applying to the program.

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