To satisfy the requirements of the SEM, students must successfully
complete at least 20 credits representing three or more academic
departments or programs.
- Major in computer science, biology, chemistry, earth and environmental science, neuroscience, physics.
- EDU-464: Critique of Science Education (4 credits) offered in the spring semester.
- General Course Options (select 8-14 credits):
- COM-101: Public Speaking
- COM-351: Advocacy
- CSC-271: Morals, Laws and Society in a Digital Age
- EDU-120: Human Growth and Development (HB)
- EDU-221: Education of Students with Exceptionalities (prerequisites EDU-111 & EDU-120)
- HST-263: The Atomic Bomb in History and Culture (prerequisite one history course numbered 100-199)
- PHL-320: Philosophy of Science (prerequisite PHL-101)
- PSC-210: Interest Groups and Political Movements (prerequisite PSC-101)
- PSC 315: Media and Politics (prerequisite PSC-101 & PSC-150)
- PSY-211: Childhood and Adolescence (HB) (prerequisite PSY-111)
- PSY-213: Adulthood and Aging (HB) (prerequisite PSY-111)
- REL-361: Religion and Science (UQ)
- REL-362: Religion and the Environment (NE)
- WGS-249: Women in science
- Potential
May X courses include EDU-508: International Perspectives on Public
Education (May X–travel study) and EDU-115: Depiction of Schools on
Film.
- The Science Oversight
Committee will continue to review the content of potential FYS/W
courses based on the relevance of those courses to (i) exposing
students to how individuals come to understand larger issues through
social institutions; and/or (ii) explicitly studying scientific
intersections in specific disciplines including philosophy, history or
religion. Potential FYSs include: FYW-1139: God and Darwin,
FYW-1146: Neuroethics, FYW-1120: Medicine, Morality and Culture, FYW
1105: Disease and Culture, FYS-1165: Epidemics: History and
Mathematical Modeling, FYS 1128: Energy Future of America, FYS 1142:
Nuclear Power: Pros and Cons, FYW-1119: Mapping Arguments, FYS-1160:
Captivating the Public Eye: Media & Human Behavior, and FYW 1108:
Evaluating Scientific Claims in the Media.
Only one course can be from the student’s major department. At
least 12 credits must be from non-FYS/W courses and above the entry
level (100). Only one course can be a May Experience course and only
one course can be a FYS/FYW.
- Teaching Experience (select 2-8 credits):
- BIO-461: Teaching Methods and Materials in Biology
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CHM-461: Teaching Methods and Materials in Chemistry
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CSC-476: Teaching Methods in Computer Science
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EDU-333: Science in Grades PK-6
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EDU-454: Teaching Science in Grades 9-12
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EDU-465: Informal Science Education
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PHY-461: Teaching Methods and Materials in Physics
Students cannot receive simultaneous credit for a teaching methods course and participate in a Furman Advantage Teaching Fellowship program. If the student chooses
multiple courses from this category, those courses must be from at
least two different departments.
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