Biology : Indiana University Southeast

Biology

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 36-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

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-J 500	Instruction in the Context of Curriculum	3
Extends concepts introduced in undergraduate teacher preparation. Topics include conceptions and definitions of curriculum and instruction and their impact on social contexts, learning theories, and schooling practices. Elementary and secondary contexts are studied.
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.

Biology Courses
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 (topics vary semester to semester)	1-6
BIOL-L 564	Topic in Life Science Techniques – Variable Topic	1-4
BIOL-L 579	Community Ecology	3
	Other biology graduate level courses as approved by the biology program advisor in the School of Natural Sciences

Secondary Education Courses - 18 credit hours
Dept./Course #	Title	Credit Hours
EDUC-Q 550	Science, Technology, and Society (STS) for a Changing World	3
EDUC-Q 540	Teaching Environmental Education	3
or
EDUC-S 514	Advanced Study in the Teaching of Secondary School Science	3
or
EDUC-P 510	Psychology in Teaching	3
Basic study of psychological concepts and phenomena in teaching. Analysis of representative problems and of the teacher’s assumptions about human behavior and its development.
or
EDUC-S 514	Advanced Study in the Teaching of Reading in Jr. High/Secondary Schools	3
For junior high/middle school and secondary teachers as well as Reading Program candidates. The developmental reading program in junior high/middle school and secondary schools; use of reading in various curriculum areas, appraisal of reading abilities, and techniques and materials for helping reluctant readers.
or
EDUC-R 505	Workshop in Instructional Systems Technology	3
Participants will learn to create and use a variety of contemporary multimedia applications and resources when used with a variety of operating systems in the P-12 school curriculum.

Advising

Please contact Dr. Lisa Hoffman (lhh@ius.edu or 812-941-2137) and Dr. James Hollenbeck (jehollen@ius.edu or 812-941-2360) for advising information on education requirements. For concentration in biology requirements, contact Dr. Pamela Connerly (pconnerl@ius.edu or 812-941-2131), Coordinator of Biology Programs in the School of Natural Sciences.