The Dual Degree Dual Certification program is a 5-year program that leads to teacher certification in Earth Science (grades P-12), teacher certification in Teacher of Students with Disabilities, a baccalaureate degree and a master’s degree. Interested students must apply to and be admitted to the Teacher Education Program as an undergraduate. Students must successfully complete the undergraduate portion of the program in order to be admitted to the Graduate School and complete the one-year master’s portion of the program.
Please visit the Teacher Education Program website for the required undergraduate professional sequence of courses, overall course outline, and other important Program requirements, guidelines, and procedures. Students also are strongly advised to review the Teacher Education Program Handbook.
120 credits of coursework is required for the baccalaureate degree with a minimum 3.0 overall GPA. Major GPA requirements differ depending on field of study. Consult the Teacher Education Program Handbook for more information.
Program Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill General Education categories.
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill World Languages and Cultures categories.
Requirements for the graduate portion of this program can be found here.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| I. General Education | ||
| A. New Student Seminar | 1 | |
| C. Communication | ||
| 1. Writing | 3 | |
| 2. Literature | 3 | |
| Complete one course from D. Fine and Performing Arts or F1. Great Works and Their Influences or F2. Philosophical and Religious Perspectives. | 3 | |
| H. Mathematics | ||
| Fulfilled by MATH 111 in the major. | 0 | |
| I. Natural Science Laboratory | ||
| Fulfilled by EAES 105 in the major. | 0 | |
| K. Social Science | ||
| 1. Complete one course from K1. American and European History or K3. Social Science. | 3 | |
| 2. Global Cultural Perspectives | 3 | |
| 3. Social Science Perspectives – Fulfilled by EDFD/PSYC 200 in the Teacher Education sequence. | 0 | |
| L. Interdisciplinary Studies | ||
| Fulfilled by SASE 210 in the Teacher Education sequence. | 0 | |
| II. World Languages | ||
| A. World Languages | 3-6 | |
| III. Major Requirements | ||
| A. Required Courses | ||
| EAES 105 | Physical Geology | 4 |
| EAES 220 | Mineralogy | 4 |
| EAES 240 | Earth System History | 4 |
| EAES 302 | Structural Geology | 3 |
| EAES 320 | Igneous Metamorphic Petrology | 4 |
| EAES 441 | Stratigraphy | 4 |
| B. Collateral Chemistry Courses | ||
| Complete one of the following sequences: | 7-8 | |
| Introductory Chemistry and Environmental Geochemistry | ||
| General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II | ||
| C. Collateral Math Courses | ||
| Select one of the following sequences: | 8 | |
| Applied Precalculus and Calculus A | ||
| Calculus I and Calculus II | ||
| D. Collateral Physics Courses | ||
| Select one of the following sequences: | 8 | |
| University Physics I and University Physics II | ||
| College Physics I and College Physics II | ||
| E. Collateral Biology Course | ||
| BIOL 112 | Principles of Biology I | 4 |
| or BIOL 113 | Principles of Biology II | |
| F. Major Electives | ||
| Select one course each in Meteorology, Astronomy and Oceanography for a total of 10-11 credits from the list below. | 10-11 | |
| G. Graduate Elective - course will also count toward the graduate portion of this program. | ||
| Select one of the following with advisor approval: | 3 | |
| Ecology | ||
| Environmental Geoscience | ||
| Tectonics | ||
| Field Geology | ||
| Current Issues in Sustainability Science | ||
| Geographic Information Systems | ||
| Fundamentals of Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Igneous and Metamorphic Geology | ||
| X-ray Microanalysis | ||
| Geochemistry | ||
| Organic Geochemistry | ||
| Environmental Forensics | ||
| Instrumental Environmental Analysis | ||
| Hydroclimatology | ||
| Applied Groundwater Modeling | ||
| Water Resource Management | ||
| Geophysics | ||
| Stratigraphy | ||
| Advanced Marine Geology | ||
| Coastal Geomorphology | ||
| Urban Contamination | ||
| Pro Seminar | ||
| Special Problems in Earth and Environmental Studies | ||
| Spatial Analysis | ||
| Advanced Environmental Remote Sensing and Image Processing | ||
| Energy and the Environment | ||
| Earth Systems Science | ||
| Special Topics in Physics | ||
| IV. Teacher Education Sequence | ||
| See requirements below. | 44 | |
| Total Credits | 126-131 | |
Teacher Ed Program Requirements (P-12, Bachelor's/MAT)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Ed Pre-Requisite Requirements | ||
| Health for Teacher Education | ||
| BIOL 100 | Biological Sciences | 4 |
| or BIOL 110 | The Biology of Human Life | |
| Speech for Teacher Education | ||
| CMST 101 | Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement | 3 |
| Additional Teacher Ed Pre-Requisites | ||
| EDFD 200 | Psychological Foundations of Education | 3 |
| or PSYC 200 | Educational Psychology | |
| EDFD 220 | Philosophical Orientation to Education | 3 |
| EDFD 221 | Historical Foundations of American Education | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Public Purposes of Education: Democracy and Schooling | ||
| Public Purposes of Education: Democracy and Schooling | ||
| Public Purposes of Education: Democracy and Schooling | ||
| Undergraduate Professional Sequence I | ||
| SASE 305 | Teaching for Equity and Diversity | 3 |
| SASE 312 | Educating English Language Learners | 1 |
| SPED 279 | Foundation and Philosophy of Inclusive Education | 3 |
| Undergraduate Professional Sequence II | ||
| READ 411 | Language and Literacy | 3 |
| SPED 367 | Language-Based Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms | 3 |
| Undergraduate Professional Sequence III | ||
| SPED 469 | Inclusive Methods for Middle and Secondary Schools | 3 |
| SPED 488 | Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in Inclusive Settings | 3 |
| Graduate Sequence | ||
| SPED 566 | Creating Curricular Access for Adolescents with Disabilities 1 | 3 |
| SPED 586 | Educational Planning for Adolescents with Disabilities 1 | 3 |
| Total Credits | 44 | |
| 1 | Courses will also count toward graduate portion of this program. |