FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (CERTIFICATION: TEACHER OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE [K-12])

Coordinator: Ravit Duncan (848-932-0792; email: ravit.duncan@gse.rutgers.edu)

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Program Description: The five-year teacher education program in biological science education (K-12) leads to a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and initial teacher certification. Rutgers undergraduates do preliminary coursework and field placements as assigned during the sophomore and junior years, are admitted to the program during the spring semester of the junior year, and enter the professional education sequence in the summer between junior and senior years. Students then qualify to have their bachelor's degree awarded by the undergraduate liberal arts college.

Students continue with the professional sequence the summer after graduation. They return in the fall to complete a student-teaching internship with related coursework and continue with full-time graduate study, including a field-based research project, in the spring. The Ed.M. degree is conferred upon the completion of all five-year program requirements.

After the master's degree is awarded, the GSE will make a recommendation to the New Jersey State Department of Education on behalf of the student to receive a CEAS as a teacher.

Education Requirements:

Pre-Admission Core Courses (6.5 credits)

05:300:200  Introduction to Education (3)

05:300:201  Introduction to Education Field-Based Lab - Clinical Experience (.5)

05:300:306  Introduction to Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)

Biological Science Education (15 credits)

05:300:462 Demonstration and Technology in Science Teaching (3)

11:300:450 Biology and Society (3)

11:300:453 Teaching and Assessment in Life Science (3)

Graduate-level electives in life science or science education (6)

Common Professional Education Core (15 credits)

05:300:450  Urban Education I (1.5)

05:300:451  Urban Education II (1.5)

05:300:452  Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom I (1.5)

05:300:453  Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom II (1.5)

15:255:534  Classroom Organization for the Inclusive and Special Classroom (3)

15:293:523  Inclusive Teaching in Education (3)

Choose one from the following:

15:255:539  Communities, Schools, and Social Justice (3)

15:253:540  Teaching English Language Learners (3)

05:300:406  Community-Based Language Learning (3)

Clinical Experience (19.5 credits)

05:300:498 Clinical Experience Phase 1 (.5)

05:300:499 Clinical Practice Phase 2 (4)

15:255:535 Clinical Practice Phase 3 (9)

15:255:536 Clinical Practice Seminar (6)

Major Requirements

Every candidate for certification in biological science education must complete a full major in life science (animal science, biotechnology, biological science, cell biology and neuroscience, ecology and natural resources, environmental science [life science option], food science, genetics and microbiology, marine science [life science option], molecular biology, nutritional science, plant science, physiology). Regardless of the chosen major, at least 30 credits of coursework in the life sciences must be included.