Middle School Science Concentration
ETE majors who pursue this concentration can become certified in middle school science (Delaware 6-8). All courses must be successfully completed with a grade of C- or better. The concentration is composed of 24 credits, bringing the total number of credits for the major to 121.
Note: Students who pursue this concentration and want to teach in New York need to review the steps to teacher certification in New York.
Course Requirements
In addition to the courses required in the ETE major, students take the following courses.
- SCEN 650*
- Biology (6 credits)
- Earth science (3 credits)
- Environmental science (3 credits)
- Physical science (6 credits)
- One free elective course (3 credits in any area)
Students take the following course in the first semester of their senior year immediately before their student teaching semester.
- EDUC 443: Teaching Science in Middle School (Fall only)
In addition, students in this concentration spend their second 8-week student teaching placement in a middle school mathematics classroom.
- EDUC 400: Student Teaching: Middle School Science
*SCEN 650
This course is offered every fall and is taken during the same semester that you take EDUC 443. It covers topics in earth science, biology, or physical science depending on the semester and will follow the rotation below through the topics.
- Fall 2008: Earth Science
- Fall 2009: Biology
- Fall 2010: Physical Science
- Fall 2011: Earth Science
SCEN 650 will substitute for 3 credits in earth science, biology, or physical science depending on the topic of the course you take. For example, if you take SCEN 650 in Fall 2009 when the topic is biology, then this course satisfies 3 credits of the biology requirement, and you only need to take 3 more credits in biology to satisfy the biology requirement (6 credits total).
List of Courses
Printed below is the list of possible courses that will satisfy the above requirements.
Biology
- BISC 105: Human Heredity and Development
- BISC 106: Elementary Human Physiology
- BISC 107: Elementary Evolutionary Ecology
- BISC 110: Viruses, Genes and Cancer
- BISC 171: Microbiology in Modern Society
- BISC 195: Biological Evolution
- BISC 208: Introductory Biology II
- HESC 220: Anatomy and Physiology
- SCEN 344: Science and Religion
- PLSC 101: Botany I
Earth Science
- GEOL 105: Geological Hazards and Their Human Impact
- GEOL 115: Geological Hazards Laboratory
- GEOL 108: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
- GEOL 109: Planets, Asteroids and Impacts
- GEOL 110: Earth History: Evolution, Extinction and the Geological Record
- GEOL 111: Geology of Delaware and Its Neighbors
- GEOL 112: Earth Resources and Public Policy
- GEOG 101: Physical Geography: Climatic Processes
- GEOG 106: Physical Geography: Land Surface Processes
- GEOG 152: Climate and Life
- GEOG 220: Meteorology
- MAST 200: The Oceans
Environmental Science
- CHEM 100: Chemistry and the Human Environments
- BISC 107: Elementary Evolutionary Ecology
- GEOG 230: Humans and the Earth Ecosystem
- GEOG 235: Conservation of Natural Resources
- GEOG 236: Conservation: Global Issues
- GEOG 320: Water and Society
- ENWC 201: Wildlife Conservation and Ecology
- EDUC 643: Environmental Education
- GEOL 112: Earth Resources and Public Policy
- PLSC 170: Soils and Environmental Quality
- PLSC 204: Introduction to Soil Sciences
Physical Science
- PHYS 104: Elementary Physics OR PHYS 201: Introduction to Physics OR PHYS 207: Fundamentals of Physics I
NOTE: Only one course from SCEN 101, PHYS 201, PHYS 207 or PHYS 104 may be counted toward graduation
- PHYS 133: Introduction to Astronomy OR PHYS 144: Concepts of the Universe
- PHYS 139: Star and Constellation Identification (1 credit)
- PHYS 145: Quasars, Black Holes and the Universe
- PHYS 146: Quarks, Gluons, and the Big Bang: Particles and Cosmology
- SCEN 344: Science and Religion
- CHEM 101: General Chemistry OR CHEM 102: General Chemistry OR
CHEM 103: General Chemistry OR CHEM 104: General Chemistry OR
CHEM 105: General Chemistry OR CHEM 106: General Chemistry OR
CHEM 111: General Chemistry OR CHEM 112: General Chemistry
- CHEM 119: Quantitative Chemistry I
