Earth and Space Science/Secondary Major, Bachelor of Arts in Education (BAE)
This is an interdisciplinary major–see an advisor to determine if courses required by this major may be taken in partial fulfillment of the BACRs.
Note: this major takes more than 12 quarters at 15–16 credits a quarter.
Grade Requirement for Earth and Space Science BAE: ≥2.8 cumulative average and ≥C in each course.
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& | GENERAL CHEMISTRY I
and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I | 5 |
| DISCOVERING GEOLOGY | 5 |
| THE EARTH'S CLIMATE AND WEATHER | 5 |
| THE EARTH THROUGH TIME | 5 |
| INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY | 5 |
| EARTH MATERIALS | 4 |
| WEATHER FORECASTING | 5 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY | 4 |
| or | GEOLOGIC HAZARDS |
| GEOMORPHOLOGY | 5 |
| PRECALCULUS MATH II | 5 |
| DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY | 5 |
| INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I | 4 |
| MECHANICS LABORATORY | 1 |
| SCIENCE TEACHING METHODS | 5 |
| RESEARCH METHODS | |
| FUNDAMENTALS OF SOIL SCIENCE | |
| WATER RESOURCES | |
| WETLAND SCIENCE I | |
| GEOLOGY FIELD TRIP | |
| EXPERIMENTAL COURSE | |
| SCIENCE TEACHING CAPSTONE SEMINAR | 3 |
| SCIENCE TEACHING CAPSTONE FIELD APPLICATION | 2 |
| Total Credits | 72-73 |
Students who earn a BAE in Earth and Space Science/Secondary from EWU should be able to:
- apply best practices to teach earth and space science that are outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards;
- demonstrate understanding of core concepts in earth and space science;
- demonstrate effective strategies for teaching earth and space science to a community of diverse students;
- describe the procedures for responding to potential safety hazards in the laboratory, classroom, and field;
- shows evidence of integrating the three dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards.