Applied Science & Instruction
This concentration combines graduate-level education courses with science technology courses in a liberal arts setting, providing graduate education to those who teach others--including the public—about science. Educators include science museum curators, zoo and parks department staff, consultants training on new biotechnological methods, community college instructors, technical college instructors, medical science liaisons, science writers, science journalists/bloggers, tech support specialists and others.
| Dept./Course # | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| IDIS-D 501 | Humanities Seminar | 3-4 |
| IDIS-D 502 | Social Sciences Seminar | 3-4 |
| IDIS-D 503 | Natural Sciences Seminar | 3-4 |
| IDIS-D 510 | Introduction to Graduate Liberal Studies | 4 |
Concentration Requirements
15 credit hours of electives, including no fewer than 2 courses (6 cr.hr.) in Science Education (EDUC) courses and no fewer than 2 courses (6 cr.hr.) concentrating in one area of science (AHLT, ANAT, BIOL, CHEM, GEOG, GEOL, MICR, PHYS, PLSC, ZOOL).
| Dept./Course # | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| EDUC-Q 550 | Science, Technology, and Society (STS) for a Changing World | 3 |
| EDUC-E 518 | Workshop in General Elementary Education (variable title science topics only) | 3 |
| EDUC-Q 590 | Independent Study in Science Education | 1-3 |
| EDUC-S 518 | Advanced Study in the Teaching of Secondary School Science. For science teachers. | 3 |
| EDUC-E 516 | Workshop in Elementary Science | 1-3 |
| EDUC-E 548 | Advance Science Teaching in Elementary Schools | 3 |
| EDUC-S 512 | Workshop in Secondary Education: (variable title, science topics only) | 1-6 |
| Dept./Course # | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL-L 579 | Community Ecology | 3 |
| IDIS-D 513 PLSC-B 364 |
Summer Flowering Plants | 5 |
| IDIS-D 513 PLSC-B 373 |
Plant Growth and Development | 5 |
| IDIS-D 513 CHEM-C 317 |
Equilibria and Electrochemistry | 3 |
| IDIS-D 513 CHEM-C 364 |
Introduction to Basic Measurements | 3 |
| IDIS-D 513 CHEM-C 486 |
Biological Chemistry Laboratory | 2 |
| IDIS-D 513 GEOG-G 338 |
Geographic Information Sciences | 3 |
| IDIS-D 513 GEOL-G 334 |
Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy | 4 |
| IDIS-D 513 GEOL-G 417 |
Optical Mineralogy | 3 |
| IDIS-D 513 BIOL-L 313 |
Cell Biology Laboratory | 3 |
| IDIS-D 513 BIOL-L 319 |
Genetics Laboratory | 3 |
| IDIS-D 513 BIOL-L 474 |
Laboratory in Ecology | 2 |
| IDIS-D 513 BIOL-L 303 |
Field Biology | 3 |
| IDIS-D 513 MICR-M 315 |
Microbiology: Laboratory | 2 |
| IDIS-D 513 PHYS-P 418 |
Laboratory in Comparative Animal Physiology | 2 |
| IDIS-D 513 ZOOL-Z 383 |
Laboratory in Entomology | 2 |
| Dept./Course # | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| IDIS-D 601 | Graduate Project/Thesis on topic investigation or applying methods of science education or science technology | 3 |
| IDIS-D 602 | Graduate Project/Thesis on topic investigation or applying methods of science education or science technology | 3 |
