College Degree Biology Education
Degree Type: Bachelor of Science
College:Education and Human Services
Career Pathway:Human Services
Biology teachers guide students in discovering the marvelous logic, efficient simplicity and the design behind a myriad of complex events in nature. The technological revolution has added an infectious new excitement to the lessons of biology. Biology education today provides access to new knowledge, helping people understand how things happen in the natural and physical environment. Earn a Biology Teaching Degree at Ferris State.
The employment outlook for biology education students is excellent. Graduates of the biology education degree program are prepared to teach biology in high schools and also have the necessary basic preparation to enter a career in industry or pursue an advanced degree in science. One semester of directed biology teaching at the secondary level is required. A teaching minor is also required.
The biology education degree program is a four-year curriculum that may be selected as a college major. A teaching minor also is required. You cannot have a biology education teaching minor with this teaching major. Successful completion of the biology teaching degree program leads to recommendation for a Michigan secondary provisional teaching certificate. The biology education program is designed to take full advantage of the unusual, hands-on Ferris State instructional capabilities in developing both teaching and subject matter competency. Students of the biology education degree program receive the broad background in classroom, laboratory and field training essential to be effective biology teachers.
High school students and and college students wishing to transfer into the biology education degree program with 29 credit hours or less must possess a high school grade point average of 2.25 (on a 4.0 scale) or an ACT composite score of 15. Students wishing to transfer into the biology education program with 30 credit hours or more must possess a 2.0 cumulative GPA. College students transferring into the biology teaching degree program with completed majors or minors must have the appropriate GPA as established by each department. Consult the biology teaching degree program description for other biology education admission requirements.
The biology education degree program leads to a Bachelor of Science degree through the School of Education, College of Education & Human Services. Graduates of the biology education degree program must complete all of Ferris State's general education, biology, and education requirements. Professional education requirements include a semester of directed student biology teaching. Consult the biology teaching degree and biology education degree program description for all graduation requirements.
A 2.50 GPA is required for successful completion of the biology education major.
Department of Biological Sciences
Biology Education
Ferris State University
Dr. Karen Strasser
820 Campus Drive/ASC 2102
Big Rapids, Michigan MI (USA) 49307-2737
Phone: 231-591-2543
About Ferris State University: College classes including our Biology Education Degree Program, are taught at all levels by professional teachers, not graduate assistants. College students at Ferris State University, including our biology teaching degree students, study in more than 170 different college educational programs - including doctorate degrees, masters degrees, bachelor's degrees and associate degree programs.
Seven of the Ferris' Michigan colleges are based in Big Rapids, Michigan - Allied Health Sciences, Arts and Sciences, College of Business, Education and Human Services, Optometry, Pharmacy and Technology. Ferris' College of Professional and Technological studies, and Kendall College of Art and Design are based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. College courses are also offered at several Michigan College campus sites through the Ferris State University Center for Extended Learning.
Approximately 220 student organizations are active on our Michigan college campus, encompassing everything from Biology Education, the Accounting Club, Chess Club to Men's and Women's Rugby; Bulldog Radio, Internet Socialization, to The Juggling Club; and The Dead Poet's Society to The Paintball Club.
The wide range of student organizations and academic support groups caters to support Biology Education students social, athletic, political, academic, performing arts, and additional interests. Ferris State University continues to be a top technical and professional academic institution, providing accredited college education to make its Biology Education students are immediately employable upon graduation.
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Campus Locations
Through our regional college campus locations across lower Michigan, Ferris State University and The University Center for Extended Learning are here to serve your biology teaching degree and biology education needs.
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