{"id":56,"date":"2022-02-17T16:57:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T22:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/professional-education\/fastrack\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:41:11","slug":"life-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/professional-education\/fastrack\/program-of-study\/life-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Required Professional Education Courses<\/h2>\n<p>Complete the following courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ED 6101 Educational Foundations (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 6107 Advanced Educational Psychology (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 6140 Human Diversity in Education (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 6334 Curriculum and Instructional Design (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 6108 Equitable and Inclusive Learning Communities (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 5799 Professional Teacher (1 credit)<\/li>\n<li>ED 5737 Content Area Reading (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Student Teaching and Final Reflection Course:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ED 5820, ED 5830, OR ED 5840 Student Teaching (6-credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 6407 The Reflective Educator (2 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Complete 6 credits of student teaching:<\/p>\n<p>ED 5830 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/graduate\/current\/courses\/ed\/5830\">Student Teaching &ndash; Secondary<\/a> (6 credits)<\/p>\n<h2>Life Science Specialty<\/h2>\n<p>A. Required Biology courses<br>\nComplete the following courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BIOL 2360 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/biol\/2360\">Genetics<\/a> (4 credits)<\/li>\n<li>BIOL 2610 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/biol\/2610\">General Ecology<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>BIOL 3710 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/biol\/3710\">Microbiology<\/a> (4 credits)<\/li>\n<li>BIOL 4620 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/biol\/4620\">Evolution<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>BIOL 3720 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/biol\/3720\">Plant Form and Function<\/a> (4 credits)<br>\n<em>or<\/em> BIOL 3830 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/biol\/3830\">Aquatic Plants and Algae<\/a> (4 credits)<\/li>\n<li>BIOL 4894 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/biol\/4894\">Advanced Research Project I<\/a> (2 credits)<br>\n<em>or<\/em> BIOL 4895 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/biol\/4895\">Advanced Research Project II<\/a> (2 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>B. 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