Earth Sciecnes B.S. with Science Education concentration at UC Santa Cruz

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Environmental Geology

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Science Education

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Earth Sciences/Anthropology B.A.

Earth Sciences & Environmental
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EARTH SCIENCES B.S. with Science Education concentration

The science education concentration provides future K-12 science teachers with coursework aligned with the California K-12 earth and planetary science standards; a broad background across the sciences; and a thorough introduction to educational theory and practice including a sequence of three classroom-based internships. Additional biology, astronomy, and ocean science courses required for this concentration ensure that students are very well prepared to enter a rigorous teaching-credential program and, ultimately, a career in education. The senior comprehensive requirement involves a curriculum-development project jointly over seen by faculty in Earth & Planetary Sciences and UCSC’s Cal Teach program.

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Students may start with either the Cal Teach or Physical & Biological Sciences for degree
and course information, but must stay in contact with both for dual advising and development of study plans as well as approval for formally declaring the major.

	INTRODUCTORY REQUIREMENTS
Calculus:	MATH 11A + 11B OR MATH 19A + 19B
Chemistry:	CHEM 1A + 1B/M + 1C/N
Biology:	BIOL 20A + BIOE 20B + [BIOE 20C OR ENVS 24]
Geology:	ONE from the following… EART 5/L California Geology EART 10/L Geological Principles EART 20/L Environmental Geology
Physics:	PHYS 6A/L + 6B/M
Astronomy:	ASTR 2 Overview of the Universe (FWS) ___
Advanced Math:	ONE from the following... AMS 5 Statistics EART 111 Mathematics in Earth Sciences MATH 21 Linear Algebra MATH 22 Calculus of Several Variables
Education:	EDUC 50 Science: CAL Teach 1
	ADVANCED REQUIREMENTS
Earth Science:	EART 110A/L Evolution of the Earth EART 110B/M Earth as a Chemical System EART 109/L OR [EART 120/L + 150/L]
Ocean Science:	OCEA 102 Oceans and Climates: Past, Present, and Future
Education:	EDUC 100C Science: CAL Teach 2 EDUC 185C Intro to Teaching Science EDUC 185L Intro to Teaching: CAL Teach 3
Science Elective:	ONE upper-division EART or OCEA course
Laboratory:	ONE upper-division EART or OCEA course that requires a 1 or 2 unit lab
Education Elective:	ONE from the following... EDUC 128 Immigrants & Education EDUC 141 Bilingualism & Schooling EDUC 164 Urban Education EDUC 181 Race, Class, & Culture in Education
	COMPREHENSIVE REQUIREMENT
	ONE of the following... EDUC 194F Group Projects (2 units)

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