All students complete 12 credits of core education courses, 12 credits of science, and 6 credits of electives, which may be any combination of education and science.

The Required Core Education Courses Are:

EDCI 504 Evaluation and Measurement in Education (3 cr, distance, fall or spring)
EDCI 505 Foundations of Action Research in Science Teaching and Learning (3 cr, distance, fall or spring)
EDCI 509 Implementing Action Research in Teaching and Learning (3 cr, distance, fall only)
EDCI 575 Capstone Project/Symposium in Science Education (3 cr, campus-final summer)

Capstone Projects from the Symposia in Science Education:

Abstracts 2008
Abstracts 2007
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Teacher Quote

I chose this program for the science courses, but I wound up learning a lot more from the education courses than I anticipated. These are the first education courses I've taken that were relevant and meaningful.

Texas Teacher

The Science Courses Are:

In addition to completing core courses as described above, each student also develops interdisciplinary combinations of science content courses (minimum 12 credits) from offerings in two or more areas: biology, chemistry, earth science, health and human development, land resources and environmental sciences, mathematics, microbiology, plant sciences, physics, and other related areas. Some of the science content courses are listed below. New classes are continually being developed.

Indicates a newly developed course.

Biology/Ecology

BIOL 513 Terrestrial Ecology of Plains and Prairies ( 1 cr, distance)
BIOL 516 Terrestrial Ecology of the Northern Rocky Mountains (2 cr, campus)
BIOL 519 Biology of Riparian Zones and Wetlands (2 cr, distance)
BIOL 520 Understanding and Managing Animal Biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (2 cr, campus)
BIOL 522 Birds of Prey of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (2 cr, campus)
BIOL 523 Wildlife Ecology of the Northern Rocky Mountains (2 cr, campus)
BIOL 580 Land Use Issues in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (2 cr, campus)
BIOL 580 Ecology of Trout Streams (2 cr, campus)
BIOL 580 Anatomy & Physiology (3 cr, distance )

Chemistry and Biochemistry

CHEM 500 Science Lab Safety and Risk Management (1 cr, campus)
CHEM 505 Critical Concepts in Chemistry (3 cr, campus)
CHEM 506 Enhancing Laboratory Instruction with Use of Computers (2 cr, campus)
CHEM 580 Environmental Measurements: Sensors and Electronics (3 cr, distance)
CHEM 580 Examining Life in Extreme Environments (2 cr, campus)
CHEM 580 Exploring Biochemistry for Teachers (3 cr, distance)
CHEM 580 Exploring Chemistry for Middle & High School Teachers (3 cr, distance)
CHEM 580 Exploring Organic Chemistry for Teachers (3 cr, distance)
CHEM 580 Special Topics: Equilibrium, Thermodynamics, Kinetics (3 cr, distance)

ESCI 512 Mountains and Plains Riparian Processes (2 cr, distance)
ESCI 516 Northern Rocky Mountain Geology (2 cr, campus)
ESCI 517 Electronic Hydrology (2 cr, distance)
ESCI 519 Hydrology of Streams and Lakes (3 cr, distance)
ESCI 500 Seminar: Field Geology (1 cr, campus)
ESCI 580 Geology of Glacier National Park & Surrounding Areas (2 cr, campus)
GEOL 580 Dinosaur Paleontology of Hell Creek Formation (2 cr, campus)
GEOL 580 Advanced Paleontology for Teachers (2 cr, campus)
GEOL 580 Geology of the Yellowstone Volcanic Center (2 cr, campus)

Electrical Engineering

EE 580 Solar Cell Basics for Science Teachers (2 cr, campus)

Health and Human Development

HDFN 524 Teaching Adolescent Nutrition (2 cr, distance)
HDFN 526 Nutrition for Fitness and Performance (3 cr, distance)

LRES 580 Water Quality (3 cr, distance)
LRES 580 Twelve Principles of Soil Science (3 cr, distance)
LRES 557 Thermal Biology in Yellowstone National Park (2 cr, campus)
LRES 569 Ecology of Invasive Plants in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (2 cr, campus)

MATH 427 Integrating Mathematics and Science through Modeling (3 cr, distance)
MATH 518 Statistics for Teachers (2 cr, distance)
MATH 519 Applications of Statistics in the Mathematics Classroom (2 cr, distance)

Microbiology

MB 536 Exploring Microbiology (3 cr, campus)
MB 538 Cell and Molecular Biology (2 cr, campus)
MB 539 Infection and Immunity (3 cr, distance)
MB 540 Environmental Microbiology (3 cr, campus)
MB 541 Microbial Genetics (3 cr, distance)
MB 580 Biofilms: the Diversity of Slime (2 cr, campus)
MB 580 Current Topics in Microbiology (3 cr, distance)

Physics

PHYS 401 Physics by Inquiry I (3 cr, campus)
PHYS 402 Physics by Inquiry II (3 cr, campus)
PHYS 403 Special Relativity On-line (3 cr, distance)
PHYS 404 Physics by Inquiry III (3 cr, campus)
PHYS 480 Conceptual Physics (3 cr, distance)
PHYS 511 Astronomy for Teachers (3 cr, distance)
PHYS 512 General Relativity On-line (3 cr, distance)
PHYS 513 Demystifying Quantum Mechanics (3 cr, distance)
PHYS 514 Comparative Planetology (3 cr, distance)
PHYS 580 Particle Physics for Teachers (3 cr, distance)
PHYS 580 Studying the Universe with Space Explorations (3 cr, distance)
PHYS 582 Astrobiology for Teachers (3 cr, distance)
PHYS 583 The Invisible Universe: The Search for Astronomical Origins (3 cr, distance)
PHYS 580 Teaching Mechanics Using Research-Based Curriculum (2 cr, campus)
PHYS 580 Teaching Electricity and Magnetism Using Research-Based Currciulum (2 cr, campus)

Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology
PS 569 Flowering Plants of Northern Rocky Mountains (2 cr, campus)
PS 580 Plants, People, and Health (2 cr, campus)
PS 580 Biomimicry: The Technology of Biology (2 cr, campus)

Range Science
ARNR 480 Yellowstone Range Ecology (2 cr, campus)

The Electives Courses are:

The final 6 credits of the 30 credit program are electives and may include choices from education or science. New classes appear each year. The following courses are sample electives:

EDCI 536 Construction of Curriculum (3 cr, campus and distance)
EDCI 537 Contemporary Issues in Science Education (2 cr, campus)
EDCI 580 Teaching Inquiry in the Science Classroom (2 cr, campus)
EDCI 580 Master Teacher Strategies for Science Teachers (2 cr, campus)
MSSE 580 Web Tools for Teachers (3 cr, distance)
MSSE 580 Integrating Literature into the Science Classroom (2 cr, distance)

How are the on-line courses taught?

*Campus - course offered on-campus during a summer session
**Distance - distance delivery course offered by asynchronous, computer-mediated communication