Earth Science Teacher (7-12), B.A. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2019-2020

First Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 15 credits	Credits
EESC 1101: Intro to Earth Science Major (Also fulfills Pathways Scientific World)	3	EESC 1201: Intro to Environmental Science Major	3
BIOL 1001: General Biology I, or BIOL 1010: The Study of Life Major (Also fulfills Pathways Required Core)	3	PHYS 1005: The Simple Laws That Govern the Universe, or PHYS 1100: General Physics I, or PHYS 1150 Major (Also fulfills Pathways College Option)	3
MATH 1011: Precalculus Mathematics Pathways Required Core (Depending on placement exam, students may begin with either MATH 1021 or MATH 1011 or MATH 1201. See an advisor to confirm your math placement.)	3	ENGL 1012: English Composition II Pathways Required Core	3
ENGL 1010: English Composition I Pathways Required Core	4	U.S. Experience in Its Diversity Pathways Flexible Core	3
World Cultures & Global Issues Pathways Flexible Core	3	Individual & Society Pathways Flexible Core	3

Second Year

Fall Classes - 17 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 15 credits	Credits
EESC 2100: Earth Materials Major	3	EESC 2200W: Sedimentology Major	3
CHEM 1100: General Chemistry I Major (Also fulfills Pathways College Option)	5	EESC 3800: Statistics & Data Analysis in Geosciences, or MATH 1201, or MATH 1501 Major	3
Creative Expression Pathways Flexible Core	3	SEED 2001: Historical, Philosophical, & Cultural Foundations of Education Major	3
General Elective General Elective	3	SEED 2002: Children & Youth in Urban Education Major	3
General Elective General Elective	3	Creative Expression Pathways Flexible Core	3

Third Year

Fall Classes - 16 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 17 credits	Credits
EESC 3100: Intro to Geochemistry Major	3	EESC 2300: Structural Geology and Plate Tectonics Major	3
EESC 3350: Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Petrology Major	4	EESC 3000: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Major	4
SEED 3401: Language and Literacy in Urban School Contexts Major	3	SEED 3402: Teaching Adolescents in the Content Areas Major	4
SEED 3456: Inclusive Education and Teaching Students with Special Needs Major	3	SEED 4480: Methods of Instruction in Adolescence Science Teaching Major	3
College Option Pathways College Option	3	College Option Pathways College Option	3

Fourth Year

Fall Classes - 14 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 11 credits	Credits
EESC 3850: Field Mapping Major	3	EESC 3900: Meteorology Major	3
SEED 4481: Science Student Teaching Seminar I Major	3	SEED 4483: Science Student Teaching Seminar II Major	3
SEED 4482: Adolescence Science Education: Student Teaching Practicum I Major	2	SEED 4484: Adolescence Science Education: Student Teaching Practicum II Major	2
General Elective General Elective	3	General Elective General Elective	3
General Elective General Elective	3

Degree Details

30 Pathways Credits*

75 Major Credits

15 General Elective Credits

120 Total Credits

Contact Information

Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences
3131 Ingersoll Hall
Jennifer Cherrier
yhaughton@brooklyn.cuny.edu

*The Pathways curriculum is typically 42 credits. However, the Earth Science Teacher (7-12) B.A. major includes four courses (EESC 1101, BIOL 1001 or BIOL 1010, CHEM 1100, and PHYS 1100 or PHYS 1150 or PHYS 1005) that satisfy Pathways requirements. Therefore, students majoring in Earth Science Teacher (7-12) only need to complete 30 additional Pathways credits.

The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied.

In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis.

EESC 1101 and EESC 1201 can be taken in any order, but both should be finished after the first year.