Description
This accelerated degree program is intended for students who wish to pursue adolescent education as a career. It combines a Bachelor of Science degree in Earth Science with a Master of Science in Education degree in Adolescence Education Earth Science with Students with Disabilities Certification. The undergraduate portion of this curriculum consists of the standard BS in Earth Science with a modification in the elective credits. This modification will enable a student to complete the coursework required to obtain an MS in Education in less time.
Earth science comprises the fundamental knowledge necessary to understand the main physical processes that govern how the Earth was formed and its continued evolution. Earth science majors must earn a minimum of 36 core and elective credits (in Earth Science and Geology) and an additional 12 credits in related lab sciences and mathematics. The core and elective courses that constitute the curriculum of this interdisciplinary major embody the knowledge base and methodologies of geology (solid earth and its resources), meteorology (the atmosphere and its movement), and hydrology (water and its cycling through the environment).
Many adolescent students in New York take a course in Earth Science and teachers in this area are in high demand. Students in this accelerated program will substitute 12 credits of elective course work with 12 credits of graduate level courses, at the undergraduate tuition rate, in their final year of undergraduate study. This also reduces the required number of semesters of study at the graduate level from 4 to 3.
Admission to the Program
Undergraduate Earth Science majors with a minimum 3.00 overall GPA would qualify for admission to the MSEd Accelerated Pathway. Applications would be managed by the Center for Graduate Study.
Program Requirements
General Education Requirements (34* credits)
- GEP 100 Academic Planning Seminar (1 credit)
- ENG 112 College Composition (3 credits) (Q)
- Oral Communication (3 credits) (Y)
- Social Science (3 credits) (S)
- Humanities (3 credits) (H)
- US History & Civic Engagement (3 credits) (V)
- World History & Global Awareness (3 credits) (O)
- World Language (3 credits) (R)
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice (3 credits) (D)
- Arts (3 credits) (F)
- Contemporary Issues (3 credits) (I)
- Perspectives on Gender (3 credits) (W)
Major Department Requirements (36 credits)
Students in the earth science major pursue a Bachelor of Science degree, and must complete the corresponding degree’s requirements.
Required Core Courses (26-30 credits)
- GEL 201 Introduction to Physical Geology* (L)
- ESC 211 Introduction to Meteorology*
- ESC 222 Introduction to Water Resources*
- BOTH of these courses are required; they should be taken in the junior year to ensure timely graduation:
- ESC 350 Computational Methods in the Field Sciences
- ESC 391 Writing in the Earth Sciences
- ONE of the following is required; it/they are typically taken in the senior year:
- ESC 492 Senior Capstone or
- ESC 494 Senior Research* and
- ESC 495 Senior Seminar*
- ONE of the following geology electives:
- GEL 302 Historical Geology
- GEL 310 Mineralogy Petrology 1
- GEL 463 Environmental and Engineering Geology
- ONE of the following meteorology electives:
- ESC 313 Environmental Climatology
- ESC 332 Air and Water Pollution
- ESC 420 Radar and Satellite Meteorology
- ONE of the following water resources electives:
- ESC 318 Sustainable Land and Water Management
- ESC 412 Hydrology
- GEL 460 Hydrogeology
- Upper-division electives (to meet the minimum requirement of 48 total credits):
- ESC 311 Synoptic Meteorology I
- ESC 312 Synoptic Meteorology II
- ESC 313 Environmental Climatology
- ESC 314 Climatology Laboratory
- ESC 332 Air & Water Pollution
- ESC 412 Hydrology
- ESC 420 Radar & Satellite Meteorology
- ESC 431 Environmental Applications of GIS
- ESC 455 Introduction to Soils Science
- ESC 457 Marine Geology - Bahamas
- ESC 499 Independent Study
- GEL 302 Historical Geology
- GEL 305 Paleontology and Paleoenvironments
- GEL 409 Structural Geology
- GEL 411 Stratigraphy & Sedimentology
- GEL 418 Geomorphology and Surficial Processes
- One course from the following may be included as a designated elective:
- CHM 206 College Chemistry II or
- PHS 210 Introduction to Physics II* or
- PHS 240 Physics II
- MTH 122 Precalculus* or
- MTH 201 Calculus I* (M)
- CHM 205 Chemistry I*
- ONE of the following physics sequences:
- Sequence 1:
- PHS 205 Introduction to Physics I*
- Sequence 2:
- PHS 235 Physics I*
- EDI 513 Introduction to Special Education
- EDI 530 Education & Society
- EDI 531 Teaching Literacy in Middle & High School Content Areas I (B)
- EDI 532 Teaching Literacy in Mid/High School Content Area II (B)
Minimum Total Number of Core Credits (36 credits)
Major Corequisite Requirements (12 credits)
Total Number of Corequisite Credits (12 credits)
*Denotes courses that meet both major and general education requirements.
Some electives are offered only once every two years.
An upper-division course from the major requirements corresponding to that elective area may be substituted with written permission. (e.g., another course required for the geology major may be used in place of GEL 302 or GEL 310).
Education coursework (12 credits)
Electives (20-26 credits)
Total Credits (120 credits)
Additional Degree Requirements
- Completion of all university-wide degree requirements
Matriculation into the Graduate Program
When undergraduate students in good academic standing in this accelerated degree program graduate from Brockport, they can automatically matriculate directly into the Masters in Adolescence Education in Earth Science with Students with Disabilities Certification . All Brockport and graduate academic policies will then apply to them.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Explain the manner with which variables and data, relevant for earth science, are properly collected using discipline-appropriate methodology (fieldwork, instrumentation, remote sensing, or derived products from models).
- Properly interpret earth science data using discipline-accepted qualitative analysis.
- Properly interpret earth science data using discipline-accepted quantitative analysis.
- Define a scientific question and develop a methodology for answering it.
- Locate, evaluate and interpret primary source scientific literature.
- Effectively express earth science concepts and research results following the accepted written format for the discipline.
- Explain earth science concepts and communicate research results following the accepted oral format for the discipline.