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Credit: 3 hours
Description: This course engages students in observations, interactions, and analyses of critical and contemporary educational issues. Students will investigate issues influencing the social and political contexts of educational settings in Georgia and the United States. Students will actively examine the teaching profession from multiple vantage points both within and outside the school. Against this backdrop, students will reflect on and interpret the meaning of education and schooling in a diverse culture and examine the moral and ethical responsibilities of teaching in a democracy.  A 10-hour field component is required.
Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.

Credit: 3 hours
Description: Given the rapidly changing demographics in the state and the country, this course is designed to equip future teachers with the fundamental knowledge of understanding culture and teaching children from diverse backgrounds. Specifically, this course is designed to examine 1) the nature and function of culture; 2) the development of individual and group cultural identity; 3) definitions and implications of diversity, and 4) the influences of culture on learning, development, and pedagogy. A 10-hour field component is required.
Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.

Credit: 3 hours
Description: Students will explore key aspects of learning and teaching through examining their own learning processes and those of others, with the goal of applying the knowledge to enhance the learning of all students in a variety of educational settings and contexts. A 10-hour field component is required.
Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.

Credit: 3 hours
Prerequisites: Formal acceptance into the Bachelor of Science in Education Program
Description: Students will learn to understand and apply science pedagogical knowledge grounded in research-based literature in the design, implementation, and evaluation of biology instruction across secondary education environments.
Lecture/Lab Hours: Three hours per week.

Credit: 2 hours
Prerequisites: Formal acceptance into Bachelor of Science in Education Program
Description: Students will engage in meaningful instructional and simulation activities using contemporary technology tools to design secondary biology instruction and assessment strategies aligned with state and national standards to enhance the learning of students with diverse needs.
Lecture/Lab Hours: Two hours per week.

Credit: 2 hours
Prerequisites: Formal acceptance into Bachelor of Science in Education program and at least a "C" in both EDUC 3700 and EDUC 3701
Description: This course provides a field-based internship in a diverse secondary biology setting, focusing on secondary biology instruction including planning instruction based on GPS, implementing a variety of research-based instructional strategies including the effective use of technology, and developing assessments of student learning and assessments for student learning.
Lecture/Lab Hours: Two hours per week.

Credit: 8 hours
Prerequisites: Completion of at least 121 credit hours and at least a "C" in EDUC 3702
Description: This course is designed to give students a capstone experience in a secondary setting.