Program Requirements

Completion deadline
- You must complete the program within seven years of when you began it.
Program approval
- Full-time students must receive advisor approval by the end of the first year of study
- Part-time students must receive advisor approval by the end of the second year of study
Coursework, minimum of 90 hours, distributed as follows:
- Forty-eight of the required 90 hours must be completed at Ball State
- Science education and education coursework
  - Not to overlap with any other requirements
  - Includes:
    - EDHI 609 Teaching at the College Level
    - EDHI 610 Issues in Higher Education
    - EDPSY 646 Tests and Measurement
    - SCI 696 Current Issues in Science Education
    - One course in learning or development
- Major in one of the science fields listed below, 25 credit hours
  - Biology
  - Chemistry
  - Computer Science
  - Geology
  - Mathematical Science
  - Natural Resources and Environmental Management
  - Physics and Astronomy
  - Physiology and Health Science
- Cognate in another science field or related area, 15 credit hours
  - Courses in education and sceince education, not included in the major, 20 hours
Research colloquium (ID705), 2 credit hours
- Two semesters in the research colloquium
- At least one session presentation
Dissertation, 10 credit hours
- In science education at the elementary, middle, secondary, or college level
Teaching Internship, (SCI 790) 3 credit hours
- A supervised, extended internship to give you experience in methods classes and in lower-division science classes in conventional and technology-oriented systems instruction
Residency
- One of two residency options must be completed.
  - Option A: Two consecutive semesters, which may include one summer, during which at least 15 hours of graduate coursework must be completed.
  - Option B: At least 24 hours in four consecutive semesters, including summer(s), with at least six hours taken each semester