Life Science Education Degree 4-Year Plan

The 4-Year Plan is a model for completing your BS in Life Science Education degree in a timely manner. The plan below is one of several possible ways for you to complete the Life Science Education degree. Your individualized plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements. Check your Financial Aid as it may require additional term credits for full-time funding. You must complete all university and program requirements successfully to complete this degree (GPA, 120 credits, LASC, WI, residency).

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  • Program: Bachelor of Science: Life Science Education
  • Total Credits: 120
  • Catalog: 2023-2024

First Year

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (1st Fall)
Core Requirement BIOL 115/115L Organismal Biology + Lab 4
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 31 CHEM 150/150L General Chemistry I + Lab 4
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 42 MATH   3
Related Requirement: ED 205 Introduction to Education 3
First-Year Experience Course FYE 101 First Year Experience 1
Total Credits: 15
Spring (1st Spring)
Core Requirement BIOL 111/111L Cell Biology 4
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 31 CHEM 210/210L General Chemistry II + Lab 4
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 42 MATH   3
LASC Goal 1B WI ENGL 101 English Composition I 3
Total Credits: 14

Notes:

  • 1 Chem 275 can be taken in place of either general chemistry lab and counts as a LASC 2. Students in LC will either take Biol 100 or Chem 275.
  • 2 Math courses depend on initial placement. Trig or Pre-calc is a pre-requisite to take Physics 160.

 

Second Year

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (2nd Fall)
Core Requirement: BIOL 341/341L Genetics + Lab 4
Core Requirement: BIOL 345/345L Principles of Ecology + Lab 4
Related Requirement:3 PHYS 160 Physics I + Lab 4
  ED 294 Educational Psychology 3
LASC Goal 2     3
Total Credits: 18
Spring (2nd Spring)
Core Requirement: BIOL 348 Evolutionary Biology 4
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 3 GEOS 110 Water, Land and People 3
Related Requirement: PHYS 161 Physics II + Lab 4
Related Requirement:3 SPED 413 Individuals with Exceptionalities 3
Total Credits: 14

Notes:

  • 3 If you have taken or are concurrently enrolled in calculus, PHYS 200 and 201 are recommended.

 

Third Year

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (3rd Fall)
Core Requirement: BIOL 347/347L Plant Physiology + Lab 4
Related Requirement: GEOS 109/109L Processes and History of a Dynamic Planet + Lab 4
Core Requirement: BIOL 350/350L Microbiology + Lab 4
LASC Goal 1A COMM 100 Speech Communication 3
LASC Goal 5 & 8     3
Total Credits: 18
Spring (3rd Spring)
Related Requirement: BIOL 275/275L Quantitative Biology + Lab 4
Related Requirement: ED 310 Foundations of Education 3
Related Requirement: LASC Goal 7 GEOS 360/360L Planetary Science + Lab 3
LASC Goal 5 & 10     3
LASC Goal 6 & 9     3
Total Credits: 16

 

Fourth

Curriculum Course Course Title Credits
Fall (4th Fall)
Related Requirement: ED 448 Reading in Content Areas 4
Core Requirement: BIOL 440 Middle School/Secondary Science Teaching Methods 3
Related Requirement: ED 498 Field Experiences 3
Core Requirement: BIOL 497 Independent Research 3
Restricted Elective: LASC Goal 6     3
Total Credits: 16
Spring (4th Spring)
Related Requirement ED 461S Student Teaching 12
Total Credits: 12