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Broad Field Science Major

(68 semester hours)

for Early Adolescence through Adolescence Education Certification (grades 6-12)

  • BIO 111 Life Sciences I (4 semester hours)
  • BIO 112 Life Sciences II (4 semester hours)
  • BIO 262 Genetics (4 semester hours)
  • BIO 350 General Ecology (4 semester hours)
  • BIOC 353 Biochemistry of the Cell
  • A minimum of three (3) additional semester hours of biology (BIO) or biochemistry (BIOC) at the 200 level or higher.
    • CHM 131 Principles of Chemistry I (4 semester hours)
    • CHM 132 Principles of Chemistry II (4 semester hours)
    • CHM 200 Earth Systems (4 semester hours)
    • CHM 203 Organic Chemistry: Short Course (3 semester hours)
    • CHM 204 Organic Purification Techniques (1 semester hour)
    • CHM 301 Instrumental Analysis
    • CHM 320 Intensive Organic Chemistry (4 semester hours)
    • CHM 322 Thermodynamics and Kinetics
    • MAT 231 Calculus I (4 semester hours)
    • PHY 200 Celestial Systems (4 semester hours)
    • One of the following:
      • BIO 475 Scientific Analysis and Writing I (2 semester hours) (Writing Intensive)
      • CHM 390 Senior Project Design (2 semester hours) (Writing Intensive)
    • A minimum of three (3) additional semester hours of mathematics (MAT) at the 200 level or higher.
    • Two courses from one of the following lettered groups:
      1. PHY 211 General Physics I (4 semester hours)
        PHY 222 General Physics II (4 semester hours)
      2. PHY 251 Physics I (4 semester hours)
        PHY 252 Physics II (4 semester hours)

    Note: To qualify for Early Adolescence through Adolescence (grades 6-12) teaching certification, a student must complete the courses listed above, the Early Adolescence through Adolescence Professional Sequence, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) statutory requirements.