Biology : Indiana University Southeast

Biology Concentration

Are you a high school teacher looking to boost your qualifications to teach dual credit courses in biology?

Our M.S. Ed. program offers a concentration in biology that provides coursework for high school teachers seeking to enhance their knowledge and understanding of this field in order to satisfy Higher Learning Commission (HLC) requirements for instructors of dual credit courses. The program requires 30-credit hours of graduate level work.

It meets the required accreditation outcomes, prepares candidates with required research skills, guarantees that curriculum needs are met and adds the recognition of a concentration in biology to the M.S.Ed. degree.

required courses

Core Courses - 12 credit hours
Dept./Course #	Title	Credit Hours
EDUC-H 520	Education and Social Issues	3
Identification and analysis of major problems set for education by the pluralistic culture of American society.
EDUC-P 507	Assessment in Schools	3
EDUC-P 507 Assessment in Schools (3 cr.) This course is an introductory assessment course for teachers and school administrators. Topics of study include principles of assessment, formal and informal classroom assessment instruments and methods, formative and summative assessment, interpretation and use of standardized test results, social and political issues in assessment, use of student data based in school.
EDUC-S 518	Adv. Study Teaching Sec. School Science	3
EDUC-S 518 Advanced Study in the Teaching of Secondary School Science (3 cr.) For science teachers. Improved techniques, current literature, textbooks, and free and low-cost materials. Solutions to specific practical problems confronting science teachers in the classroom and laboratory.
EDUC-S 590	Research in Secondary Education	3
Prerequisite: Permission. Capstone course for Teacher as Researcher Paper; or the individual research or study with a faculty member as arranged in advance of registration.

For a degree checksheet associated with the Biology concentration, please contact the School of Education at soeinfo@ius.edu.

Content Area courses - 18 credit hours
Dept./Course #	Title	Credit Hours
BIOL-L 500	Independent Study	0-12
BIOL-L 501	Independent Study Rotations	1-6
BIOL-L 563	Topic in Life Science (can be repeated with variable titles)	1-6
BIOL-L 564	Topic in Life Science Techniques – Variable Topic (can be repeated with variable titles)	1-4
BIOL-L 579	Community Ecology	3
BIOL-T	Coded courses as recommended by Biology Program Coordinator
	Other biology graduate level courses as approved by the biology program advisor in the School of Natural Sciences