2025-26 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

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2025-26 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog

Biology Teaching (5-12), B.A.

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Completion of a 5-12 teaching major requires completion of the Secondary Education (5-12), B.A. as additional major.

17½ course credits:

One course credit studying life at the organismal level

One course credit studying life at the ecosystem level

BI 204 Conservation of Natural Resources
BI 207 Vertebrate Ecology of the Prairie
BI 208 Island Ecology
BI 209 Ecology
BI 214 Amazonian Ecology and Culture II
BI 315 Ornithology
BI 320 Aquatic Biology
BI 325 Behavioral Ecology
BI 348 Current Topics with Laboratory (One topic approved by EPC.)
1. Field Ecology of Iowa

One course credit studying life at the cellular level

Two PHY course credits from

Two course credits from

Any BI course numbered 200 or higher excluding BI 371 Internship and BI 372 Internship
Any CH course excluding CH 130 Hot Topics in Science and Medicine
EXS 218 Human Anatomy and Physiology II
Any NSC course numbered 200 or higher
Any PHY course excluding PHY 150 Science for Society

One MA course credit from

Three CH course credits from

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