Biology

Grade Level 7-12 ~ Major Program ~[See also requirements for the Secondary Education Minor] This will allow you to teach 7-12 Biology.

Required:
Biology 121 Principles of Biology I
4 s.h.
Biology 122 Principles of Biology II
4 s.h.
24 s.h. from Biology courses numbered 240 and above
24 s.h.
Chemistry 121 General Chemistry
4 s.h.
Chemistry 122 General Chemistry
4 s.h.
Two courses in Mathematics (numbered 110 or above)
OR
Math 141, 151 or Higher
8 s.h.
Either one semester of Organic Chemistry (Chem 241 & 241L)
OR General Physics 121
4 s.h.

Grade Level 7-12  ~ Second Teaching Area Program This will allow you to teach 7-12 Biology as a second teaching are in the State of Iowa only.

Required: 
Biology 121 Principles of Biology I
4 s.h.
Biology 122 Principles of Biology II
4 s.h.
   
Four of the following courses; including one from each category:
Biology 252 General Botany or 365 General Ecology
4 s.h.
Biology 243 Microbiology, 248 Genetics, (255 Human Physiology)
4 s.h.
Biology 251 Entomology (or 253 Invertebrate Zoology) or 258 Vertebrate Natural History
4 s.h.