CU Teach Engineering Science Concentration (63-75 credits)

Earn an engineering degree and secondary science teacher (grades 7-12) licensure simultaneously.

Includes a semester-long student teaching experience in a middle or high school math classroom.
Students must choose a science area of focus—Physics, Chemistry, or Biology—to ensure deep content knowledge.

The concentration includes 30 to 38 additional science credit hours, depending on concentration focus chosen and 33 education credit hours.

Physics concentration: 30-32 credits
Chemistry concentration: 32-34 credits
Biology concentration: 33-38 credits

CU Teach Engineering students must meet requirements for the Undergraduate Teacher Licensure program through CU Boulder’s School of Education.

To be considered for admission to the Undergraduate Teacher Licensure program, applicants must meet the following:

Minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA (engineering students may be provisionally admitted with a lower GPA).
Minimum 2.75 GPA in IDE Emphasis and Concentration courses.
At least 26 hours of college coursework completed or in progress.
- Within the past five years, at least 25 hours of interaction with children ages 12-18, excluding any form of high school peer counseling, babysitting (or serving as a nanny) and any other experience with youth that is supervised by a relative or friend.
- Step 1: Inquiry Approaches to Teaching and Step 2: Inquiry-Based Lesson Design count towards this requirement.
Demonstration of basic math and verbal skills (mandated by the State of Colorado). Students may complete an appropriate course in mathematics and composition with a grade of B- or better, or submit an approved standardized test score.

Admission to the Undergraduate Teacher Licensure program through CU Boulder’s School of Education is competitive; satisfying the minimum criteria does not guarantee acceptance.

Please refer to the School of Education's Secondary Science Licensure Page to learn more about the application process and access application materials.

Required Education Courses (33 credit hours)
Course Names	Course Code	Credits	Notes
Step 1: Inquiry Approaches to Teaching	EDUC 2020	1 credit	EDUC 2020 also counts as an engineering H&SS course for the CU Teach Engineering Math Concentration.
Step 2: Inquiry-Based Lesson Design	EDUC 2020	2 credits
Knowing and Learning in Mathematics and Science	EDUC 4050	3 credits	EDUC 4050 must be taken the same semester as EDUC 4060. EDUC 4050 also counts as an engineering H&SS course for the CU Teach Engineering Math Concentration.
Classroom Interactions	EDUC 4060	3 credits	EDUC 4060 must be taken the same semester as EDUC 4050. EDUC 4060 is restricted to students admitted to School of Education’s Secondary Math/Science Teacher Licensure Program.
Language and Literacy Across the Curriculum	EDUC 4232	3 credits	EDUC 4232 is restricted to students admitted to the School of Education’s Secondary Math/Science Teacher Licensure Program. Take EDUC 4232 whenever it fits into your schedule.
Teaching Design	GEEN 4400	3 credits	GEEN 4400 is offered in the spring only. GEEN 4400 should be taken in your junior or senior year.
Differentiating Instruction in Diverse Secondary Classrooms	EDUC 4023	3 credits	EDUC 4023 is restricted to students admitted to the School of Education’s Secondary Math/Science Teacher Licensure Program. EDUC 4023 must be taken the same semester as EDUC 5375. EDUC 4023 is best taken during your senior year.
Project-Based Instruction	EDUC 5375	3 credits	EDUC 5375 must be taken the same semester as EDUC 4023. EDUC 5375 is best taken during your senior year.
Student Teaching and seminar	EDUC 4742, EDUC 4513	12 credits	EDUC 4742 and EDUC 4513 must be taken in your final semester. EDUC 4742 and EDUC 4513 are restricted to students admitted to the School of Education’s Secondary Math/Science Teacher Licensure Program.

General CU Teach Engineering Science (24-26 credits)

Required courses (10 credits)
Course Names	Course Codes	Credits
General Chemistry 1 with lab	CHEN 1211 and CHEM 1221	5 credits
General Chemistry 2 with lab	CHEM 1133 and 1134	5 credits

Choose either the general biology set or the cellular and molecular biology with lab and microbiology set (7-8 credits):

CU Teach Engineering Science Additional Courses (choose one set)
Course Names	Course Codes	Credits
General Biology 1 with lab and General Biology 2 with lab	EBIO 1210 and EBIO 1230, EBIO 1220 and EBIO 1240	8 credits
Cellular and Molecular Biology with lab and Microbiology	MCDB 1150 and EBIO1230, EBIO 3400	7 credits

Choose Two Additional Options (7-8 credits)
Course Names	Course Codes	Credits
Introduction to Geology with lab	GEOL 1010 and GEOL 1030	4 credits
Introductory Astronomy 1 or Accelerated Introductory Astronomy 1	ASTR 1010 or ASTR 1030	4 credits
Teaching & Learning Earth Systems	EDUC 4833	3 credits

Physics Focus Required Course
Course Name	Course Codes	Credits	Notes
Teaching & Learning Physics	PHYS 4460	3 credits	PHYS 4460 is only offered in the Fall semester.

Choose One Additional Physics Focus Course (3 credits)
Course Names	Course Codes	Credits
General Physics 3	PHYS 2130	3 credits
Foundations of Modern Physics	PHYS 2170	3 credits

Chemistry Focus Required Courses
Course Names	Course Codes	Credits	Notes
Organic Chemistry 1 with lab	CHEM 3311 and 3321	5 credits
Teaching & Learning Chemistry	EDUC 4822	3 credits	EDUC 4822 is only offered in the Fall semester.

Biology Focus Required Course
Course Names	Course Codes	Credits	Notes
Teaching & Learning Biology	EDUC 4811	3 credits	EDUC 4811 is only offered in the Fall semester.

Biology Focus Additional Courses (choose two)
Course Names	Course Codes	Credits
Principles of Ecology	EBIO 2040	4 credits
Genetics: Molecules to Populations	EBIO 2070	4 credits
Human Anatomy with lab	IPHY 3410 and IPHY 3415	5 credits
Molecular Cellular Biology 1	MCDB 3135	3 credits
Introduction to Human Physiology	IPHY 3430	3 credits
Anatomy and Physiology for Engineers	MCEN 4117	3 credits

Scholarships for CU Teach Concentration Students

CU Teach Engineering Just Try It! Bechtel Scholarships
CU Teach Engineering Bechtel Scholarship

$1,000 for EDUC 2035: Designing STEM Learning Environments and Experiences

Invites science, mathematics and engineering students to explore teaching as a career by providing first-hand experiences teaching science/math lessons in local elementary classrooms.
Introduces theory and practice necessary to design and deliver excellent instruction.
Master teachers provide ongoing support and feedback.
Meets weekly on CU campus (1.5 hours/week) and involves five visits to an elementary school.

Students must remain in the course for a full 10 weeks or else the scholarship allotment will need to be returned. Just Try It! scholarships are not for graduating seniors within 2 semesters of graduation.

Contact IDE Professor, Dr. Malinda Zarske, for more information and to apply for these scholarships.

Up to $25K in scholarship funds for your last 5 semesters:

$4,000/semester for your 5th and 4th semester out from graduation
$6,000/semester for your 3rd, and 2nd semester out from graduation
$6,000 for your actual student teaching semester at DSST

The CU Teach Engineering Bechtel Scholarship is offered to CU Teach Engineering students ONLY, by meeting the following requirements:

Have a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA
Be enrolled as a full-time, undergraduate IDE student, with a declared CU Teach Engineering Concentration
Be within the last five semesters of attaining teacher licensure through CU Teach Engineering and have acceptance to the Undergraduate Teacher Licensure Program in the School of Education
Have completed a minimum of 56 credit hours of college-level coursework (Transfer students must have at least one semester of grades at CU Boulder before applying for the CU Teach Engineering Bechtel Scholarship).
Have completed GEEN 1400 (First-Year Engineering Projects), with a grade of B- or better
Have completed GEEN 2400 (Engineering for the Community), with a grade of B- or better
Have completed EDUC 2035 (Designing STEM Learning Environments and Experiences)
Have completed or be enrolled in EDUC 4060 (Classroom Interactions)
Have completed two of the five IDE Engineering Core courses, with grades of C or better
Have completed Physics 1 and Physics 2, with grades of C or better
Be a domestic student

Contact IDE Professor, Dr. Malinda Zarske, for more information on the CU Teach Engineering Bechtel Scholarship.

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$1,000 for EDUC 2035: Designing STEM Learning Environments and Experiences