Graduate Certificate in Earth Science Teaching
https://www.montana.edu/academics/science-teaching-certificate/
The Graduate Certificate in Teaching Earth Science offers courses ranging from geology and landforms to hydrology and paleontology. Also included and recommended while earning this certificate is a broad scoped course listed as Earth System Science.
Complete 12 credits selected from the below list, or other approved credits from the MS in Science Education (MSSE) Program Course Catalog:
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 Earth science concepts as described in the Next Generation Science Standards.
- Identify that topics in Earth science are linked together and demonstrate how Earth science is connected to other science content.
- Plan, create and adapt teaching activities to create custom Earth science lesson strategies.
Complete 12 credits selected from the below list:
| ERTH 516 | Geology of the Northern Rocky Mountains (Summer-On Campus) | 2 |
| ERTH 519 | Watershed Hydrology for Teachers (Spring-Odd Years-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 520 | Fundamentals of Oceanography for Teachers (Summer-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 521 | Geology of the Moon for Teachers (Spring-Even Years-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 523 | Weather for Elementary and Middle School Teachers (Spring-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 524 | K-14 Earth System Science (Fall-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 525 | Landforms for Elementary Teachers (Summer-Online) | 1 |
| ERTH 527 | Weather & Climate for Teachers (Spring-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 528 | Climate Change for Teachers (Summer-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 587 | Invertebrate Paleontology for Teachers (Spring-Odd Years-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 594 | Seminar (Summer-On Campus) | 1 |
| ERTH 595 | Historical Geology for Teachers (Fall-Online) | 3 |
| ERTH 596 | Geology of Glacier National Park for Teachers (Summer-On Campus) | 2 |
| 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 |
| GEO 585 | Mineralogy for Science Teachers (Spring-On Campus) | 1 |
| LRES 582 | Streamside Science for Teachers (Summer-Online) | 3 |
| LRES 584 | Principles of Soil Science for Teachers (Spirng-Odd Years-Online) | 3 |
| LRES 585 | Water Quality in the Classroom for Teachers (Spring-Even Years-Online) | 3 |
| MSSE 503 | Integrating Literature into the Biology/Life Science Classroom (Spring-Online) | 3 |
| PHSX 511 | Astronomy for Teachers (Fall-Online) | 3 |