Coordinator:
Dr. Ravit Duncan (848-932-0792; email: ravit.duncan@gse.rutgers.edu)
Please visit the website.
Pre-Admission Core Courses (6.5 credits)
05:300:200 Introduction to Education (3)
05:300:201 Introduction to Education Field Based Lab - Clinical Experience (.5)
05:300:306 Introduction to Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)
Biological Science Education (15 credits)
05:300:462 Demonstration and Technology in Science Teaching (3)
11:300:450
Biology and Society (3)
11:300:453
Teaching and Assessment in Life Science (3)
Graduate-level electives in life science or science education (6)
Common Professional Education Core (15 credits)
05:300:450 Urban Education I (1.5)
05:300:451 Urban Education
II (1.5)
05:300:452 Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in
the K-12 Classroom I (1.5)
05:300:453 Teaching Emerging Bilinguals
in the K-12 Classroom II (1.5)
15:255:534 Classroom Organization for the Inclusive and Special Classroom (3)
15:293:523 Inclusive Teaching in Education (3)
Choose one from the following:
15:255:539 Communities, Schools, and Social Justice (3)
15:253:540 Teaching
English Language Learners (3)
05:300:406 Community-Based Language Learning
(3)
Clinical Experience
(19.5 credits)
05:300:498 Clinical Experience Phase 1 (.5)
05:300:499 Clinical Practice Phase 2 (4)
15:255:535 Clinical Practice Phase 3 (9)
15:255:536 Clinical Practice Seminar (6)
Major Requirements
Every candidate for certification in biological science education must complete a full major in life science (animal science, biotechnology, biological science, cell biology and neuroscience, ecology and natural resources, environmental science [life science option], food science, genetics and microbiology, marine science [life science option], molecular biology, nutritional science, plant science, physiology). Regardless of the chosen major, at least 30 credits of coursework in the life sciences must be included.
