EDCI Science Education Courses - Undergraduate

EDCI 370 Curriculum and Instruction in Secondary Education: Science (3) Prerequisites: admission to teacher education program; 2.5 GPA; EDHD 413; EDHD 420; EDCI 390; permission of department. For pre-service science teachers only. Preparing objectives, planning lessons, selecting and organizing for classroom and laboratory instruction, determining appropriate teaching methods, selecting textbooks and other instructional materials, and measuring and evaluating student achievement.

EDCI 372 Curriculum and Instruction in Elementary Education: Science (3) Prerequisites: admission to teacher education program; and 2.5 GPA; and EDCI 397; and EDHD 300E; and permission of department. Corequisites: EDCI 322; and EDCI 342; and EDCI 352; and EDCI 362. For elementary education majors only. Objectives, methods, materials and activities for teaching science in the elementary school; emphasis on teaching strategies which help children learn the processes and concepts of science. Includes laboratory/field experiences.  

EDCI 374 The Teaching of Science: Early Childhood; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG. Prerequisites: admission to teacher education program; and 2.5 GPA; and permission of department; and EDHD 312; and EDCI 314; and EDHD 416; and EDHD 419A. Corequisites: EDHD 313; and EDCI 315; and EDCI 316; and EDCI 351; and EDHD 419B. For early childhood education majors only. Objectives, materials, and activities for teaching science to young children. Includes classroom and field experience.  

EDCI 375  Field Experience in Science Education; (1 credit).  Grade Method: S-F. Co-requisite EDCI 370. This course accompanies EDCI 370 as the fall semester field experience leading into student teaching in the spring. Students spend 1/2 day per week at their school placement.

EDCI 470 Practices in Secondary School Science Teaching (3) Prerequisites: admission to teacher education program; and 2.5 GPA; and EDCI 370. Corequisite: EDCI 471. Analysis of teaching theories, strategies and techniques in student teaching.  (NOTE:  This course combines two previous courses, EDCI 371 and 470.)  

EDCI 471 Student Teaching in Secondary Schools: Science (12) Prerequisites: admission to teacher education program; and 2.5 GPA: and permission of department; and EDCI 370. Corequisites: EDCI 371; and EDCI 470.  

EDCI 472 Methods of Teaching Science in Secondary Schools (3) Prerequisites: EDHD 300; and EDCI 390; and permission of department. Methods for classroom and laboratory instruction, determining appropriate teaching methods, selecting instructional materials, evaluating student achievement. Includes lab and field experience. For in-service teachers.

EDCI 473  Environmental Education (3) Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. An interdisciplinary course covering the literature, techniques and strategies of environmental education.

EDCI 474 Science in Early Childhood Education (3) Objectives, methods, materials and activities for teaching science in the elementary school. Primarily for in-service teachers, nursery school through grade 3.

EDCI 475 Science in the Elementary School (3) Objectives, methods, materials, and activities for teaching science in the elementary school. Primarily for in-service teachers, grades 1-6.

EDCI 476 Teaching Ecology and Natural History (3) An introduction to the teaching of natural history in the classroom and in the field. Ecological principles; resources and instructional materials; curricular materials. Primarily for teachers, park naturalists, and outdoor educators.