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Catalog Year: 2020-2022

University of Texas at San Antonio

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Here NCTQ outlines (1) the set of courses providing candidates with the content most aligned with what elementary teachers need within current institution and program requirements, and (2) suggestions for courses to fill in gaps where candidates still lack coverage. 

"Most Aligned" Set of Courses

  1. Science Requirement 01

    BIO 1233 - Contemporary Biology I

  2. Science Requirement 02

    PHY 1013 - Universes

  3. Science Requirement 03

    IDS 3003 - STEM in Social Contexts

  4. Science Requirement 04

    IDS 3234 - Investigations in Physical Science

  5. Science Requirement 05

    IDS 2413 & IDS 3211 - Earth Systems Science and Inquiry in Earth Systems Science

  6. Science Requirement 06

    CI 4353 - Approaches to Teaching Science EC–6

How to Improve Content Coverage

Using the “Most Aligned” Set of Courses, current course requirements can address up to 88.89% coverage of science topics.

The topics still lacking coverage include:

  • Engineering Design

To improve content coverage, the institution or teacher preparation program may need to require additional courses for their candidates to achieve coverage across all topics. Our analysts identified the following courses to cover these topics:

  • Engineering Design: No applicable courses found in NCTQ's analysis

Analysis of Content Covered by "Most Aligned" Set of Courses

= Course is Currently Recommended or Required by Program

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Themes: Pedagogy Life Science Physical Science Earth & Space Sciences Engineering
Topics (hover to see name):

A

Cross-cutting Concepts

B

Scientific and Engineering Practices

C

Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

D

Inheritance and Variation of Traits

E

Forces, Waves, and Energy

F

Structure and Properties of Matter

G

Space Systems

H

Earth's Systems and Processes

I

Engineering Design
BIO 1233
Contemporary Biology I
PHY 1013
Universes
IDS 3003
STEM in Social Contexts
IDS 3234
Investigations in Physical Science
IDS 2413 & IDS 3211
Earth Systems Science and Inquiry in Earth Systems Science
CI 4353
Approaches to Teaching Science EC–6
Total Content Covered: 88.89%
If a candidate takes the above courses, this is the topic coverage they would experience overall:
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