Integrated Science Education, Biology Concentration, BA

The Hope College Education Department offers an integrated science teaching major, with a biology concentration, in the secondary level for certification through the Michigan Department of Education. The major consists of 39 core integrated science credits and 16 biology credits, for a total of 55 credits.

In addition, students must also declare one of the 44-credit secondary education teaching majors: Secondary Education, 5-9 Gr, 7-12 Gr, BA  (for a middle school focus) or Secondary Education, 7-12 Gr, 5-9 Gr, BA  (for a high school focus). Students may also declare a content minor: Psychology Education Minor  or Teaching English as a Second Language Minor .