BA/MST Science Education
Option “A”
Certification in One High School Science Content Area with Middle School Extension
Contact Person:
William Doody, Program Coordinator
215 Satterlee, (315) 267-2530 (doodywj@potsdam.edu)
Grades 7-12 with Grades 5-6 extension Program:
Application into this program requires completion of 16 credit hours in the science content major with a minimum of 2.3 in each course. All Education courses must be completed with a 2.3 or higher with a 2.75 GPA overall (education and liberal studies).
Students pursuing the B.A.-M.S.T. Secondary School Science Education Option “A” (for certification in one High School science with an extension to middle school) must complete an appropriate science major and a distribution in other science courses as listed.
Select one of the following majors and minor: biology, chemistry, geology or physics major. To officially declare one of these science majors, contact the appropriate department chair to declare the major, be assigned an adviser and select appropriate courses. The science major must be completed with a 2.75 GPA.
| Education Major | Credits |
| EDLS 315 Teaching Students with Special Needs: Grades 5-12 | 3 |
| EDLS 349 Introduction to Middle and Secondary Education: Grades 5-12 | 3 |
| @SECD 356 Reading/Literacy in the Middle and Secondary Schools I | 3 |
| @SECD 472 Science Curricula: Programs and Standards | 3 |
| @SECD 411 Science Field Experience (Middle School; concurrent with SECD 472) | 3 |
| Cognate Requirements: | Credits |
| All cognate courses must be completed with a 2.3 or higher, and prior to beginning the graduate portion of the program. | |
| HLTH 230 School Health (CA, SAVE) | 2 |
| one of the following | 3 |
| PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology | |
| PSYC 220 Child Development | |
| plus one of the following | 3 |
| PSYC 321 Psychology of Adolescence | |
| GRED 677 Development and Learning for Teachers | |
| Modern Language (ML) Requirement: | 0-9 |
| Graduate-level Requirements: | Credits |
| Summer: | |
| GRED 675 Secondary Science Teaching Research | 3 |
| IT 614 Technology in Education | 3 |
| GRED Elective (530 or 544 or 610) | 3 |
| Fall: | |
| GRED 502 Issues in Science-Technology-Society (fall only) | 3 |
| GRED 557 Reading/Literacy in Middle and Secondary School | 3 |
| GRED 571 Science Education Instruction in the Secondary School | 3 |
| GRED 603 Seminar: Teaching in the Secondary School | 3 |
| GRED 673 Secondary Science Field Work (Science major) | 3 |
| Spring: Student Teaching | |
| GRED 676 Student Teaching Seminar: Policies and Practice in American Education | 2 |
| GRED 694 Student Teaching in the Middle/Junior High School | 6 |
| GRED 697 Student Teaching in the Senior High School (major discipline) | 6 |
| Culminating Experience: | |
| GRED 670 with advisement | 3 |
| Additional Science Cognates: | |
| For Biology Majors Major in Biology – 36 credit hours and in addition to the science cognates for the science major, the following science courses are required under advisement: | |
| Physics course | 3 |
| Geology course | 3 |
| Astronomy course | 3 |
| Meteorology course | 3 |
| For Chemistry Majors Major in Chemistry – 33 credits and in addition to the science cognates for the science major, the following science courses are required under advisement: | |
| Biology course | 3 |
| Geology course | 3 |
| Astronomy course | 3 |
| Meteorology course | 3 |
| For Geology Majors Major in Geology – 33 credits and in addition to the science cognates for the science major, the following science courses are required under advisement: | |
| Biology course | 3 |
| Physics course | 3 |
| Astronomy course | 3 |
| Meteorology course | 3 |
| Genetics course | 3 |
| For Physics Majors Major in Physics – 30 credits (astronomy and meteorology to be included in the major) and in addition to the science cognates for the science major, the following science courses are required under advisement: | |
| Biology course | 3 |
| Geology course | 3 |
Certification Requirements:
- New York State Teacher Certification Exams required for Initial certification: LAST, ATS-W and CST (multi-subject)
- Fingerprinting Clearance