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Teacher Leader - Biology

Completion of the Teacher Leader - Biology concentration will prepare the candidate to be a dual-credit instructor in this content area.

Program Requirements

Teacher Leader Core

EDTL 601Leadership and Decision Making

3
EDTL 602Education in Context

3
EDTL 603Research and Teacher Leader

3
EDTL 605Developmental Analysis of Learning

3
Total Credit Hours:12

Choose one of the following:

EDTL 604Collaboration for Teachers

3
EDTL 606Curriculum and Instructional Design

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Biology Concentration

Choose 18 hours from the following:

BIOL 601Biological Concepts

3
BIOL 606Biology of the Vertebrates

3
BIOL 607Invertebrate Zoology

3
BIOL 608Taxonomy of Vascular Plants

3
BIOL 609Limnology

3
BIOL 610Advanced Evolution

3
BIOL 615Systematic Entomology

3
BIOL 617Mycology

4
BIOL 618Microbial Physiology

4
BIOL 620Advanced Plant Physiology

3
BIOL 621Biology of Ferns

3
BIOL 622Forests and Tree Ring Science

3
BIOL 624Immunology

3
BIOL 625Advanced Genetics

3
BIOL 627Pathogenic Microbiology

3
BIOL 628Virology

3
BIOL 629Histology

3
BIOL 630Endocrinology

3
BIOL 631Herpetology

3
BIOL 632Reproductive Physiology

3
BIOL 633Ichthyology

4
BIOL 635Advanced Ecology

3
BIOL 636Wetland Ecology and Management

3
BIOL 637Ornithology

3
BIOL 638Mammalogy

3
BIOL 640Advanced Parasitology

3
BIOL 643General Parasitology

3
BIOL 644Graduate Clinical Lab Procedures

3
BIOL 645Molecular Biology

3
BIOL 646Biotechnology

3
BIOL 647Organ Systems Physiology

3
BIOL 649Plant Anatomy

3
BIOL 651Advanced Cell Biology

3
BIOL 652Aquatic Entomology

3
BIOL 654Environmental Education

3
BIOL 656Plant Morphology

3
BIOL 670Directed Research

1-3
BIOL 671Graduate Seminar

1
BIOL 673Medical-Veterinary Entomology

4
BIOL 676Directed Study

1-3
BIOL 678Animal Behavior

3
BIOL 680History of Science

3
BIOL 690Advanced Biochemistry

3
BIOL 693Laboratory Techniques Biochemistry

2
Total Credit Hours:18

Total Credit Hours: 33

NOTE: This degree will NOT change the area in which a candidate is certified to teach.

NOTE: If a student takes and earns a grade for the 400-level version of a course at MSU in which there is a 400- and 600-level version, h/she cannot take the 600-level version of the same course for graduate credit.