Science Teaching Major (Teacher Certification)
Students who wish to prepare for careers as science teachers at the secondary school level should choose the Science Teaching major. This major is designed to meet the Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB) requirements for teaching licensure in one or more of the following areas:
The Science Teaching major is comprised of coursework in three areas:
- The University Core Curriculum requirements that all USI students must fulfill
- The professional education requirements that students in all Teacher Education programs must fulfill (see Bower-Suhrheinrich College of Education and Human Services)
- The science and mathematics courses required to provide the content knowledge necessary for achievement of teaching licensure (see links above).
A minimum of 51 hours of content courses is required for the Science Teaching major. Within the Science Teaching major, students may opt for either single or dual certification/licensure. Students who seek licensure in a single science area are required to explore that content area in depth by fulfilling the single licensure program requirements for that area.
Students who prefer dual certification/licensure take coursework in two content areas (either both in science, or one in science and one in mathematics) and explore these in less depth than is required for the single licensure option. Students should choose either the single or dual licensure option in keeping with their ultimate career goals, and should do so as early as possible in their undergraduate degree program.
If the required courses in a student's chosen program for either the single or dual licensure option total less than 51 hours, then the student must take directed elective courses to bring the total number of science/math content hours to 51. Specific content course requirements for the single- and dual-licensure options in each area (Life Sciences, Earth/Space Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics) are listed in the USI Bulletin with the academic department that offers the content coursework. The dual licensure content requirements for Mathematics are the same as those listed in the USI Bulletin for the Mathematics Teaching minor.
The course requirements listed under the dual licensure option for each licensure area are considered to be the minimum content background necessary to meet IPSB certification requirements in that area. Therefore, students who do not pursue the Science or Mathematics Teaching major, but who wish to seek teaching certification in one of the science areas or mathematics, must fulfill, at a minimum, the content course requirements indicated for the dual licensure option in that area.
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