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Teaching Minors

ART K-12

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Credits
ART 110RA--2D Art Fundamentals    4
ART 111RA--3D Art Fundamentals    4
ART 112RA--Drawing Fundamentals    3
ART 202IA--Ancient - Medieval Art     3
ART 203IA--Renaissance-Modern Art     3
ART 205--Painting     4
ART 238RA--Representational Draw     4
Take one class from the following:
     ART 206--Metalsmithing   
     ART 207--Sculpture    
     ART 208--Ceramics    
EDEL 332--Teaching Art (3)
EDSD 453--Methods of Teach Art (3)
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BIOLOGY

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Credits
BIOL 101IN--Biology of Organisms    4
BIOL 102--Molec & Cellular Biol     4
BIOL 301--Principles of Genetics     3
BIOL 303--Principles of Ecology     3
BIOL 403--Evolution     3
BIOL 406--Rocky Mountain Ecosyst     2
Take one of the following:
     MB 101IN--Unseen Universe: Microbes    3
     MB 301--General Microbiology     5
Take one of the following:
     BIOL 411--Animal Physiology    3
     BIOL 430--Plant Physiology  3
Biology Electives (except BIOL 100) 3
EDSD 301--Paraprofessional (with 466) (1)
EDSD 466--Methods of Teach Sec Science (3)
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CHEMISTRY

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Credits
BCHM 340--General Biochemistry    5
CHEM 131--General Chemistry I     4
CHEM 132--General Chemistry II     4
CHEM 215--Elements Organic Chem     5
CHEM 301--Elem of Physical Chem     4
CHEM 302--Physical Chem Lab     1
Take one of the following:
     CHEM 228--Fund Anal Chem   3
     CHEM 334--Inorganic Chem 3
     CHEM 505 --Crit Concepts in Chem      3
EDSD 466--Method Teach Sec Science (3)
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EARTH SCIENCE

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Credits
ESCI 111IN--Physical Geology    4
ESCI 112CS--Physical Geography     4
ESCI 307--Prin of Geomorphology     4
GEOG 210--Weather and Climate     3
GEOL 204R--Mineralogy     4
GEOL 210--Historical Geology     3
Take one of the following:
     GEOL 212--Dinosaur Paleontology    3
     GEOL 310--Invert Paleontology     3
EDSD 466--Methods Teach Sec Sci (3)
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Students who are required to take more than 8 credits listed above in their major must take additional elective physical science courses in the Earth Sciences, Geography, or Geology rubric with the advice and consent of their minor advisor in Earth Sciences.

ECONOMICS

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Departmental Courses Required Credits
ECON 101IS--Econ Way of Think    3
ECON 102IS--Macro & Intntl Econ     3
ECON 201IS--Intro Micro Theory     3
ECON 311--Intermediate Microeconomics with Economic Education Applications     3
ECON 313--Money and Banking;    3
One additional ECON course at the 300 or 400 levels;
(No seminars, 470's, or 489/490's)		 3
EDSD 458--Method Teach Soc Study    3
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NOTE: ECON 250 (Honors Economics, 4 credits) may be substituted for the three-course sequence: ECON 101, ECON 102, and ECON 201.

ENGLISH

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Credits
ENGL 123IH--Intro to Literary Stdy    3
Take one of the following:
     ENGL 211--Bibical Foundations of Literature   3
     ENGL 213--Classical Foundations of Literature    3
ENGL 216--Survey of Brit Lit I     3
ENGL 217--Survey of Brit Lit II     3
ENGL 218--Survey of Am Lit I     3
ENGL 219--Survey of Am Lit II     3
ENGL 221--College Writing II     3
ENGL 338--Language for Teachers    4
Take one of the following:
     ENGL 300--Surv of Literary Criticism    3
     ENGL 308--Multicultural Literature     3
     ENGL 440--World Literature     3
     ENGL 337--Oral Traditions     3
     ENGL 461--Integrative Tchng Meth     3
EDSD 457--Methods Teach Engl    3
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The Core courses required for our program will fulfill the Humanities component of the Core and will therefore be counted among the 32 credits stipulated for the Core.

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Credits
HDCF 263--Relationships and Family Systems 3
HDFN 221CS--Human Nutrition 3
HDFN 226--Culinary Fundamentals 3
HDFN 227--Culinary Fundamentals Lab 2
HDCF 138--Survey of Family Finance & Cons Issues 3
HDCF 219--Apparel Construction 3
HDCF 338--Personal & Fam Finance I 3
HDCF 335--Program Planning in FCS 3
HDCF 344--Contemporary Housing 3
EDSD 459--Methods of Teaching FCS (3)
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FRENCH K-12

Credits
MLF 101--Elementary French I    4
MLF 102D--Elementary French II     4
MLF 219D--Intermediate French     3
MLF 220D--French Lang Culture     3
Select three credits from the following: 3
     MLF 301--Histoire Civilisation
     MLF 302--La France Aujourd'Hui
MLF 351--Adv Grammar & Composit    3
MLF 352--Adv Convers & Phonetic     3
Select three credits from the following: 3
     MLF 401--French Literature I
     MLF 402--French Literature II
EDCI 462--Methods of Teach Mod Lang (4)
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GERMAN K-12

Credits
MLG 101--Elementary German I    4
MLG 102D--Elementary German II     4
MLG 219D--Intermediate German     3
MLG 220D--German Language & Cult     3
MLG 350--Adv Gram Conv Comp I     3
MLG 351--Adv Gram Conv Comp II     3
MLG 410--Linguistics-Phonetics     3
Select three credits from the following: 3
     ML 344--Instr Perspectives
     MLG 301--German Cult & Civ
     MLG 303--Mod Grmn Cult & Socity
     MLG 315--Survey German Lit
     MLG 320--Contemp German Lit
     MLG 450R--Sem: Grmn Lit & Cult
EDCI 462--Methods of Teach Mod Lang (4)
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GOVERNMENT

Take all of the following: (9 credits)
POLS 206IS--Government of the U.S.
POLS 208--State Loc Gov and Pols
POLS 214IS--Principles of Political Science OR POLS 255
Take two of the following:(American Institutions; 6 credits)
POLS 304--U.S. Presidency
POLS 306--Legislative Process
POLS 409--Constitutional Law
Take one of the following: (Political Theory; 3 credits)
POLS 321--Classical Political Thought
POLS 322--Modern Political Thought
Take two of the following: (Political Processes and Public Policy; 6 credits)
POLS 301--Parites and Elections
POLS 302--Media and Politics
POLS 350--Natural Resource Policy
POLS 415--Montana Policy and Politics
POLS 421--Politics of Food and Hunger
POLS 441--International Human Rights
EDSD 458--Methods of teaching Social Studies Secondary

The Department offers a Teaching Minor in History to strengthen the academic portfolios of non-majors preparing for teaching careers. Students are required to consult with the Department's certification officer prior to declaring the Teaching Minor.

HISTORY

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.


Credits
All required
HIST 105IH--West Civ to 16004
HIST 107IH--West Civ 1600 to Present4
HIST 155IH--America & Wrld Before 18654
HIST 156IH--America & Wrld After 18654
Complete one of the following: 4
     HIST 109D--Modern Asia
     HIST 110D--Latin Amer Hist
     HIST 104D--World History
EDSD 358--Method Teach Soc Studies(3)
TOTAL CREDITS20

LIBRARY MEDIA K-12

Available only through the BATE graduate level online program

Required courses are: Credits
EDCI 304--Children's Literature    3
EDCI 406--Young Adult Literature 2
EDCI 522--Info Resources & Services     3
EDCI 545--Orgn of Info Schl Lib Media Cntrs 3
EDCI 546--Schl Lib Media Speclst 3
EDCI 547--Info Inqry Ed Chng 3
EDCI 548--Manage of Info Rsrces 3
EDCI 476--Internship     2
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The Library Media Endorsement has been redesigned around graduate level coursework. It is available to qualified undergraduates by special permission of the instructor.

Total is 22 credits for minor or added endorsement for K-12 library media certification.

MATHEMATICS

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Credits
MATH 181Q--Calculus & Anl Geom I    4
MATH 182Q--Calculus & Anl Geom II     4
MATH 224Q--Calc Funct Sev Varib     4
MATH 256--Fndtn of Higher Math     3
MATH 328--Discrete Mathematics     3
MATH 329--Modern Geometry     3
MATH 428--Math Model for Tchrs     3
STAT 332--Elementary Statistics     3
EDSD 461--Methd Teach Sr Hi Math (3)
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PHYSICS

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Credits
Take one of the following:
     PHYS 211--Gen & Mod Phys I    4
     PHYS 221--Honors Gen & Mod Phys I     4
Take one of the following:
     PHYS 212--Gen & Mod Phys II    4
     PHYS 222--Hnrs Gen & Mod Phys II     4
EDSD 466--Method Teach Sec Scnce (3)
PHYS 213--Gen & Mod Phys III    4
PHYS 231--Intro Theoretical Phys     3
PHYS 261--Physical Measurements I     2
PHYS 361--Physical Measuremnts II     2
Take one of the following:
     PHYS 301--Classical Mechanics    4
     PHYS 317--Electr & Magnetism I     3
Physics elective (200 level or above) 3
Approved elective in Biology,
      Chemistry, or Earth Science		 3
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PSYCHOLOGY

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Credits
PSY 100IS--Introductory Psychology     3
PSY 221--Research Design & Analysis I     4
PSY 231--Research Design & Analysis II 3
PSY 301--Physiological Psychology    3
PSY 311--Sensation & Perception 3
PSY 341--Learning and Motivation     3
PSY 361--Memory and Cognition     3
PSY 382--Abnormal Psychology     3
PSY 452--Social Psychology     3
EDSD 458--Method Teach Soc Study    (3)
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READING K-12

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Credits
EDCI 406--Young Adult Literature     2
EDCI 434--Corr & Remedial Readng     3
EDCI 474--Middle School Literacy    2
EDCI 476--Internship     2
EDEL 304--Children's Literature     3
EDEL 305--Princ and Prac of Emergent Lit (K-3) 4
EDEL 405--Tch Lit to Rdrs (4-8)     4
EDSD 450--Content Area Reading     2
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SPANISH K-12

Credits
MLS 101--Elementary Spanish I    4
MLS 102D--Elementary Spanish II     4
MLS 219D--Intermediate Spanish    3
MLS 220D--Spanish Lang & Culture     3
MLS 350--Intensive Gram&Phonetics    3
MLS 351--Adv Oral & Written Com     3
Select three credits from the following: 3
MLS 360--Hispanic Texts & Cinema   
MLS 420--Culture & Revolution   
MLS 330IH--Travel in Lat Am Lit & Film
Select three credits from the following: 3
     MLS 301--Spanish Cult & Civ
     MLS 302--Latin Amer Cult & Civ
     MLS 320--Survey of Spanish Lit
     MLS 321--Cont Lat American Lit
EDCI 462--Methods of Teach Mod Lang (4)
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TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

A student must receive a grade of C or better in all the courses required for this minor and have a GPA of 2.50 or higher.

Credits
TE 207--Materials and Processes    4
AGED 333--Const Tech     3
TE 406--Curr & Facilities Plan     3
TE 101--Intro to Technology Ed     1
TE 230--2-D Comp Aided Draftng     3
TE 330--Transportation Tech     3
TE 331--Electronic & Video Communicatn     4
TE 417--Manufacturing Technology      3
EDSD 452--Methods Teach Ag & TE (3)
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