Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements

20 semester hours

1. Core courses in STEM Education

8 semester hours

• EDUC 205: Multicultural Perspectives in the Classroom (4)
• NSCI 350: STEM Education Partnership (4)

2. Content Area Courses

12 semester hours

Students must complete coursework across three STEM content areas as part of this program.

Biology & Chemistry

4 semester hours, chosen from the following courses:

• BIOL 225: Molecules, Cells, and Organisms (4)
• BIOL 226: Genes, Evolution, Diversity, and Ecology (4)
• CHEM 104: Environmental Chemistry (4)
• CHEM 115: General Chemistry I (4)
• CHEM 116: General Chemistry II (4)

Geosciences & Physics

4 semester hours, chosen from the following courses:

• GEOS 102: General Oceanography (4)
• GEOS 103: Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Geologic Hazards (4)
• GEOS 104: Conservation of Natural Resources (4)
• GEOS 105: Meteorology (4)
• GEOS 106: Geology of National Parks (4)
• GEOS 107: Global Climate Changes (4)
• PHYS 110: Astronomy (4)
• PHYS 125: College Physics I (4)
• PHYS 126: College Physics II (4)
• PHYS 153: General Physics I (4)
• PHYS 154: General Physics II (4)

Computer Science & Mathematics

4 semester hours, chosen from the following courses:

• DATA 133: Introduction to Data Science I (4)
• CSCI 144: Introduction to Computer Science (4)
• MATH 123: Modern Elementary Mathematics I: Number Sense and Algebraic Sense (4)
• MATH 145: Statistics for Biologists (4)
• MATH 151: Calculus I (4)
• MATH 152: Calculus II (4)
• MATH 242: Introduction to Mathematical Statistics (4)
• MATH 321: Geometry (4)
• MATH/EDUC 446: Mathematics in the Secondary School (4)