CHECKSHEET: MIDDLE GRADES EDUCATION CERTIFICATION

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Program Sheet: SECONDARY EDUCATION—BIOLOGY
CERTIFICATION (non-degree) PROGRAM
Candidate Name:
SS #:
Degree/Year:
Undergrad Institution:
Major:
GPA:
Required Courses
Communications
SEGL 101: Composition (3)
SEGL 102: Composition and Literature (3)
SSPH 201: Public Speaking (3)
Professional Education
SEDC 300: Resources and Technology in Teaching (3)
SEDF 210: Foundations of Education (3)
SEDF 333: Educational Development of the Lifelong Learner (3)
SEDF 341: Educational Procedures for Exceptional Learners (3)
SEDS 342: Clinical I in Middle Grades/Secondary Education (1)
SEDS 440: Clinical II in Middle Grades/Secondary Education (1)
SEDS 442: Secondary School Curriculum and Methodology (4)
SEDR 418: Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School (3)
SEDS 450: Clinical III in Middle Grades/Secondary Education (1)
SEDS 448: Teaching Middle and Secondary Science (3)
SEDS 481: Directed Teaching in Secondary School Natural Science (15)
Content Concentration
SBIO 101: Biological Science I (4)
SBIO 102: Biological Science II (4)
SBIO 201: Introduction to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (4)
SBIO 202: Introduction to Cell & Molecular Biology (4)
SBIO 310: Invertebrate Zoology (4)
SBIO 315: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (4)
SBIO 320: Botany, SBIO 380: Plant Geography, or SBIO 525 Plant Taxonomy (4)
SBIO 330: Microbiology (4)
SBIO 350: Genetics (4)
SPHS 201: General Physics I (4)
SGEL 101: Physical Geology (4)
SCHM 111: General Chemistry (4)
SCHM 112: General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis (4)
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Total semester hours needed for certification __________
Additional certification requirements
Unit requirements: Admission to the professional program: To take education courses numbered 400 and above, candidates
must attain admission to the professional program. This entails earning (and maintaining) a 2.5 minimum GPA, passing all parts
of the Praxis I Pre-professional Skills Test (PPST), signing an attestation of non-criminality, and securing two favorable
recommendations from USC Upstate professors. “Certification only” candidates may be granted a one-semester exemption from
this policy in order to pursue certification as full-time students during their first semester of enrollment; however, they may not
begin a second semester until gaining admission to the professional program. State requirements: Passing scores on the
PPST, passing scores on the Praxis II content area test(s), FBI fingerprint clearance.
Signed: ____________________________________________
USC Upstate School of Education
Date: _________________
AY 2008/2009
REV 05/08
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