Biology Major (BEDU) (Teacher licensure), BA

Liberal Arts: 32 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete the 47-hour Liberal Arts  program. The following Liberal Arts requirements are met within the content of the major:

• 9 hours of Inquiry, Investigation, and Reasoning are satisfied in the major.
• BIOL 3120  and EDFD 2030  satisfy 6 hours of Self and Society.

Major: 57 Hours

• BIOL 1500 - Principles of Biology Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 1500L - LAB: Principles of Biology Credit Hours: 1
• BIOL 2500 - Biostatistics Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 3000 - Cell Biology Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 3120 - Environmental Science Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 3500/3500L - Genetics Credit Hours: 4
• BIOL 3600 - Ecology Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 4900-4902 - Seminar Credit Hours: 0, 1 (3 semesters required)
• CHEM 1040/1040L - College Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
• CHEM 1050/1050L - College Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4 (with a grade of C or higher)
• CHEM 2110 - Organic and Biological Chemistry Credit Hours: 3
• MATH 2300 - Precalculus Credit Hours: 5

• or MATH 2350 - Analytics and Calculus I Credit Hours: 5   

• PHS 4100 - Christian View of Science and Scripture Credit Hours: 2, 3

• (This course must be taken for at least 2 credit hours to meet major requirements.)

Licensure: 31 Hours

Consult the Cannon-Clary College of Education  catalog section for additional licensure information.

• EDFD 2020 - The Teaching Profession and Technology - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 3
• EDFD 2030 - Child and Adolescent Development Credit Hours: 3
• EDFD 3110 - Principles of Learning and Teaching Credit Hours: 3
• EDFD 3150 - Education Law and Ethics Credit Hours: 3
• SEED 4140 - Managing the Learning Environment - Internship I Credit Hours: 2
• SEED 4170 - Classroom Assessment Credit Hours: 2
• SEED 4280 - Teaching Science Credit Hours: 3
• SEED 4510 - Supervised Teaching: Secondary 7-12 Credit Hours: 8-12
• SEED 4800 - Professional Educator-Secondary Credit Hours: 2
• SPED 3180 - Educating the Child with Exceptionalities: Secondary Credit Hours: 2

Remaining Bible/Electives: 8 Hours

PHS 4100 , counted above in the major, satisfies the Bible requirement in the semester it is taken. Bible is not required during the supervised teaching semester.

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here.