Graduate Certificate in Life Science Teaching
https://www.montana.edu/academics/science-teaching-certificate/
The Graduate Certificate in Teaching Life Science offers a broad spectrum of courses. From these, students can create a diverse program that covers anatomy and physiology, microbiology, nutrition, ecology, plants, and insects or that focuses on a specific area of interest.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a mastery of discipline specific concepts, theory, and application at the learner's appropriate instructional level: elementary, middle, or high school.
- Define and apply life science concepts as described in the Next Generation Science Standards.
- Identify that topics in life science are linked together and demonstrate how life science is connected to other science content.
- Plan, create and adapt teaching activities to create custom life science lesson strategies.
Complete 12 credits selected from the below list, or other approved credits from the MS in Science Education (MSSE) Program Course Catalog:
| BIOE 513 | Terrestrial Ecology of Plains and Prairies (Summer-Online) | 1 |
| BIOE 519 | Riparian Zones/Wetlands (Summer-Online) | 2 |
| BIOE 520 | Animal Biodiversity in GYE for Teachers (Summer-On Campus) | 2 |
| BIOE 522 | Birds of Prey (Summer-Odd Years-On Campus) | 2 |
| BIOE 523 | Wildlife Ecology (Summer-On Campus) | 2 |
| BIOE 526 | Symbiosis for Teachers: Eat, Prey, Love (Spring-Even Years-Online) | 3 |
| BIOE 527 | Teaching Evolution (Fall-Online) | 3 |
| BIOE 536 | A Study of Local Ecosystems for Teachers (Fall-Online) | 2 |
| BIOE 585 | Exploring Biology for Teachers (Spring-Online) | 3 |
| BIOE 593 | Alpine Ecology for Teachers (Summer-Odd Years-On Campus) | 2 |
| BIOE 595 | Ecology and Conservation of the World's Marine Ecosystems for Teachers (Fall-Online) | 3 |
| BIOE 596 | Land Use Issues in GYE for Teachers (Summer-On Campus) | 2 |
| BIOE 597 | Ecology of Trout Steams for Teachers (Summer-Even Years-On Campus) | 2 |
| BIOE 599 | Winter Ecology in Yellowstone National Park (Winter Session (TBD)-On Campus) | 2 |
| BIOH 585 | Human Dissection for Teachers | 2 |
| BIOH 586 | AP Biology Principles for Teachers (Fall-Even Years-Online) | 3 |
| BIOH 595 | Anatomy & Physiology for Tchrs (Summer-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 520 | Fundamentals of Oceanography for Teachers (Summer-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 587 | Invertebrate Paleontology for Teachers (Spring-Odd Years-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 597 | Vertebrate Paleontology for Teachers (Spring-Even Years-Online) | 3 |
| GEO 521 | Dinosaur Paleontology l (Summer-On Campus) | 2 |
| GEO 522 | Dino Paleontology II (Summer-Even Years-On Campus) | 2 |
| LRES 557 | Thermal Biology in YNP (Summer-On Campus) | 2 |
| LRES 569 | Ecol of Invasive Plants in GYE (Summer-On Campus) | 2 |
| LRES 582 | Streamside Science for Teachers (Summer-Online) | 3 |
| LRES 584 | Principles of Soil Science for Teachers (Spring-Odd Years-Online) | 3 |
| LRES 585 | Water Quality in the Classroom for Teachers (Spring-Even Years-Online) | 3 |
| M 517 | Advanced Mathematical Modeling for Teaching (Summer-Odd Years-Online) | 3 |
| MB 533 | Current Topics in Microbiology for Teachers (Fall-Online) | 3 |
| MB 536 | Exploring Microbiology (Summer-Even Years-Online) | 3 |
| MB 540 | Environmental Microbiology (Summer-Odd Years-Online) | 3 |
| MB 541 | Microbial Genomics (Spring-Even Years-Online) | 3 |
| MSSE 503 | Integrating Literature into the Biology/Life Science Classroom (Spring-Online) | 3 |
| NUTR 526 | Nutrition for Fitness/Performance (Spring-Online) | 3 |
| PHSX 582 | Astrobiology for Teachers Online (Spring-Online) | 3 |
| PSPP 521 | Plant Science for Teachers: It Grows on You (Summer-Online) | 1 |
| PSPP 522 | Insect-ology for Teachers (Summer-Online) | 3 |
| PSPP 547 | Biomimicry for Teachers (Spring-Online) | 2 |
| PSPP 548 | Flowering Plants of the Northern Rocky Mountains (Summer-On Campus) | 2 |
| PSPP 549 | Botany of Spices & Medicinal Plants for Teachers (Summer-On Campus) | 2 |