Another change to the specific subject science authorizations is the requirement that one course include a laboratory section. This can be within any of the courses used to add the specific science area or be a separate course. Once a candidate has met the required component areas, he or she can use elective units taken from related subject areas. This guide has been developed to help in the evaluation process for the specific subject science supplementary authorizations. The guide lists each of the component areas that must be covered, with key words or phrases that need to appear in course descriptions, sample course titles that cover the component area, and notes about each component.
General notes appear at the bottom of each chart.
The sample course titles mentioned on the guide are not an exhaustive list, but rather a sampling of those offered at colleges and universities. The new science standards specifically exclude Health Science course work as acceptable units toward the science authorizations. Therefore, Physical Geography will not be acceptable toward the Introductory Science or Geosciences supplementary authorizations. The Commission will continue to accept Physical Geography toward Earth Science, Introductory General Science, and Introductory Physical Science until July 1, 1996. Physiology of Exercise and Kinesiology will no longer be accepted as Biological Sciences course work and therefore cannot be used toward Introductory Science or specific subject Biological Sciences.