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Environmental Studies - Science Teacher Certification

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Program Review 2011
"Antioch University New England has a clear mission to educate graduate students for social justice and sustainability in a creative, rigorous, and self-directed manner. This mission is clearly woven throughout the curriculum and assessment processes."
— New Hampshire Council of Teacher Education (NHCTE)

Course Sequence

REQUIREMENTS: 42 CREDITS
Core (C) - 12 credits; Concentration (T) - 18 credits; Methods: courses selected by student - 6 credits; Capstone: Student Teaching Internship - 6 credits

Fall I (9 credits)

Earth Systems and Climate Change (C)(3)
Ecological Dynamics of Landscapes (C)(3)
Problem Solving Science (T)(3)

Spring I (12 credits)

Political Economy of Sustainability (C)(3)
Curriculum Design (T)(3)
Conceptual Human Development(T)(3)
Method (3)

Summer (4 credits)

Foundations of Science and Environmental Education (T)(3)
School Law (T)(1)

Fall II (11 credits)

Leadership for Change (C)(3)
Science Teaching Methods (T)(3)
Teaching Exceptional Children (T)(2)
Method (3)

Spring II (6 credits)

Capstone: Student Teaching Internship (6)

"[At AUNE] the fact that the science teacher certification program is embedded within the environmental science department certainly reinforces system thinking in looking at how the world is organized." — New Hampshire Council of Teacher Education

Sample Method courses include:

Building Sustainable Organizations(BSO)
Citizen Participation and Sustainable Communities
Climate Change: Resilience, Adaptation and Mitigation
Coastal Geoecology of New England (Fall 2011 field study trip)
Community & School-based Sustainable Food Systems
Conservation Psychology Theory & Application
Cuba: Sustainability and the New Food System (Fall 2012 registration; January 2013 field study trip)
Ecology and Management of Adirondack Mountains (Fall 2012 field study trip)
Ecosystems of Mount Desert Island (Spring 2012 field study trip)
Energy and Materials Sustainability
Environmental Law
Environmental Assessment Techniques
Financial Administration
Foundations of Environmental Education
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Integrated Conservation of Tropical Ecosystems: Costa Rica (Spring 2012, March field study trip)
Land Use and Community Planning
Making Sense of Place
Natural Resource Inventory
New England Flora
Non Profit Organizations & Social Entrepreneurship
Organizing for Social Change
Ornithology
Principles of Sustainability
Program Evaluation for Environmental and Conservation Educators
Proposal Writing and Project Management
Qualitative and Quantitative Research Design Techniques
Research Seminar
Soil Ecology
Soils Mapping and Interpretation
Vertebrate Ecology: Mammalogy
Wetlands Ecology
Wildlife & Forest Management

Last Updated: 10/27/11