Biology Science Education (Major/Minor)

Do you feel called to pass on your knowledge of biology to young learners?

A degree in Biology Education will train you to educate youth about the wonders of creation. You’ll be prepared as a biologist and as a middle or high school teacher. You’ll also take advanced courses that will give you the option to pursue teaching college biology classes or find another biology career. By the time you graduate, you will have already taught a full semester of biology to real students, either domestically or abroad, in two different schools and grade levels. 

Education courses will teach you to create a classroom atmosphere suitable for Biology students to learn and grow. By performing research-oriented labs with state-of-the-art lab equipment and learning lab fundamentals, you will be ready to create and conduct labs in your own classroom. You’ll be confident in your ability to communicate scientific concepts relative to students’ grade level and learning development. 

Education and biology will come together when you learn to address moral and ethical interactions between science and society and explain difficult scientific concepts to students. 

Curriculum Guides

  • BA in Biology Science Education
  • BS in Biology Science Education
  • Degree

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Build Skills In: 

  • Cellular and molecular biology  
  • Anatomy and physiology 
  • Genetics 
  • Developmental biology 
  • Ecology 
  • Lesson structures 
  • Student engagement 
  • Assessment methods 
  • Classroom management 

Career Opportunities: 

  • Middle school biology teacher 
  • High school biology teacher 
  • Museum educator 
  • Park educator 
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Launching into Your Classroom

Education majors spend a full semester of their senior year teaching real students locally or internationally. Each Education student teaches at two different schools, preparing you to manage your own classroom after graduation.

Biology Science Education Curriculum Guides & Degree Options

Students interested in course descriptions and academic policies can check out our Undergraduate Catalog.

A Taylor liberal arts education will prepare you to live and work in a fast-changing world. It also goes a step further: laying a strong spiritual foundation that cultivates wisdom. You’ll become a well-versed individual, equipped with critical thinking skills, a lifelong love of learning, and an appreciation for God’s creation.

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Biology Science Education is part of the Biology, Environmental Science & Sustainable Development Department

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Brian Dewar
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Biology

765-998-4918
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Allison Hunt
Assistant to the Dean, School of Natural & Applied Sciences

765-998-5354
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