Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Degree Requirements
Bachelor of Science
Geology with Teaching Certification (Science 8-12)
Freshman Year
ENGL 1301 (Physical Geology Laboratory)
GEOL 1303 (Physical Geology)
GEOL 1103
MATH 1316*
HIST 1301
BIOL 1201 (Introduction to Arts and Sciences)		 3
3
1
3
3
2

ENGL 1302 (Rhetoric and Composition)
HIST 1302
GEOL 1304 (Historical Geology)
GEOL 1104 (Historical Geology Laboratory)
MATH 1348*(Calculus II)
BIOL 1306 (Biology I)
BIOL 1106 (Biology I Laboratory)

 3
3
3
1
3
3
1
  15   17
Sophomore Year
GEOG 1303
PHYS 1301**
PHYS 1101**
BIOL 1307 (Biology II)
BIOL 1107 (Biology II Laboratory)
POLS 2301
visual/performing arts		 3
3
1
3
1
3
3

EDED 2301
COMS 1311
CHEM 1311
CHEM 1111
POLS 2302
SOCI 2361

 3
3
3
1
3
3
  17   16
Junior Year
GEOG 3421 (Geomorphology)
GEOL 3409 (Mineralogy)
CHEM 1312 (General Inorganic Chemistry II)
CHEM 1112 (General Inorganic Chemistry II Lab)
EDED 3310 (Intro to Instructional Design for Secondary Schools)		 4
4
3
1
3

GEOL 3431 (Stratigraphy and Sedimentology)
GEOL 3407
PHYS 1302**
PHYS 1102**
EDED 3302
EDED 3333 (Classroom Management and Organization in the Middle School)

 4
4
3
1
3
3
  15   18
Senior Year
GEOL 3481 (Structural Geology)
GEOG 1301 (Physical Geography: Meteorology)
GEOG 1101 (Physical Geography: Meteorology Lab)
EDED 3332 (Curriculum and Materials Development and Planning)
EDED 3362 (Instructional Methods and Strategies, Secondary Schools)		 4
3
1

3

3

EDED 4623 (Secondary School Student Teaching)
EDRG 4314 (Developmental Corrective Reading for Secondary School)
EDSE 4391

 6

3

3
  14   12
Total Hours: 124

  * Or any more advanced MATH course

** Or PHYS 2325/2125 and 2326/2126, if MATH 2413 and 2414 are included. Recommended for those interested in geophysics.

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