Our teaching major in life sciences* program prepares you to teach at the middle school level (grades 5 to 8) as a science generalist with a life science concentration or at the high school level (grades 9 to 12) as a science specialist teacher in four years.

You may consider adding grade-level expertise in the other option to make yourself more marketable:

• To add a high school option to the middle school course work, eight additional hours are required.
• To add a middle school option to the high school course work, 10 additional hours are required.

For detailed program requirements, review the Science Teaching Major Handbook*Science teachers can be licensed in five separate areas: life science, physical science, earth-space science, chemistry, and physics. Each licensure has its own course requirements and degree expectations. Contact the following departments for more information:

• Life science: Biology Department
• Physical science: Physics or Chemistry Department
• Earth-space science: Geology or Geography Department
• Chemistry: Chemistry Department
• Physics: Physics and Astronomy Department