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Bachelor of Science in Secondary Biology (Grades 6-12)

THE EXAMINATION OF LIFE
Unlike stuffier subjects that high school students study, in biology students learn about themselves and the living world around them. As a science teacher you can explain information that’s useful—even crucial—for teens and preteens to know as they blossom into adults. Through you, students can discover the architecture and building blocks of cells, tissue and organs—and even become aware of the physiological dangers of using steroids, drugs, or alcohol.

At Southeastern, you’ll learn to design lessons, dissections, and other labs that deepen your students’ interest and understanding of living, breathing and moving things. Like the subject you’ll be teaching, our approach is hands-on. Through college-level science classes and teaching field studies, you’ll study matter in microscopes and teach students how to do the same. And once you graduate, your skills will be in high demand, for many schools struggle to fill openings for science teachers. Some states, such as Florida, even have programs to reimburse college tuition for students who enter the profession. If God has wired your mind for science, Southeastern can equip you to serve as a teacher and pass on appreciation for the handiwork of the Creator.

THE CORE AND THE CRAFT
Southeastern’s secondary biology education program begins with our Christ-centered liberal arts (general education) core curriculum, where you develop an understanding and appreciation of God and His creation, human creativity and reason, and our place of responsibility as stewards in the world God has made. As you forge links between what you’ve learned in the core and the more specialized courses in your major, our hope is that you also begin to relate all that you learn to your life and your faith.

Within the secondary biology program itself, you’ll obtain an extensive education in instructional methods, class management and assessment as well as study the psychological foundations of learning and the social dimensions of the U.S. public school system. You also will deepen your knowledge of biology by taking courses in human anatomy and physiology, genetics, microbiology, and ecology. Southeastern will arrange for you to spend many hours in local middle and high school classrooms where you will observe topnotch teachers, instruct students and be mentored. Your training will culminate with student teaching, a 14-week assignment to a classroom where you’ll plan and teach lessons and manage and assess learners.

WHAT'S NEXT
Nearly all of our education majors earn Florida teacher certification, which enables them to teach in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and at Department of Defense schools. Our graduates serve as public and private school educators around the country and abroad in Germany, Italy, Korea, and Costa Rica. Some of our graduates choose to teach in human resources departments in the private sector. Whether you elect to seek employment or choose to go on for graduate study, you’ll join a growing group of Southeastern alumni who are making their mark in education and other fields. A degree in secondary biology education will equip you to work in the following capacities and fields:

• sixth- through 12th-grade science teacher in a public, private or Christian school
• U.S. Department of Agriculture food inspection
• Food service
• Health insurance
• Nutrition
• Pharmaceutical sales

CATALOG DESCRIPTION AND COURSE REQUIREMENTS

This program is available:

“Subjects like history, government, economics, civics, social studies, and so on can have a very powerful effect on young minds. Social science education majors should prepare themselves well in these areas and in such a way that their teaching of these subjects promotes Judeo-Christian principles and values—not necessarily to evangelize, but to follow an oft-stated goal here at Southeastern to ‘be salt.’”
—Dr. Ken Myers, Assistant Professor of History