The program focuses on candidates' understanding of how to integrate the eight Practices of Science with the Subject Matter Knowledge Content standards in PK-8 General Science. Students experience a blend of seated and online content science courses. Program completers are career-ready, technologically savvy, exhibit inter-cultural competence and are equipped to advance social justice.

Graduates demonstrate the disposition, knowledge and skills expected of professional educators articulated by state and national accreditation bodies. They design and conduct scientific inquiries to test scientific hypotheses, using appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data; develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence, communicate scientific procedures and explanations; and know how science, technology, and math inform each other and serve as mechanisms for inquiry into the nature of the universe. They use ?best practices? in teaching inquiry-based science and develop a balanced approach to hands-on science instruction using appropriate methodology and appropriate procedures as described in state standards. They set high expectations and create a safe and collaborative learning environment to engage all students in their learning. They implement well-structured lessons with measurable assessments of learning and engage in ongoing reflection on practice.