BS. Secondary Education Math

PROGRAM MISSION

 

Bá’ólta’í adoodleełgi bína’niltin bił hazánídóó éí bá’ólta’í áyoolííł, Diné bizaad dóó Diné bi’ó’ool’įįł yee yinootį́į́ł. Bá’ólta’í bohónéedzáanii dadooleeł. Na’nitin yíhooł’ą́’ígíí t’áá ałtso da’ołta’í yee neidínóotįįł. Óhoo’aah bił nahaz’ą́ą́góó ólta’í Sá’ąh Naagháí Bik’eh Hózhóón bik’ehgo Diné bizaad dóó bi’ó’ool’įįł dóó Bilagáana bizaad dóó bi’ó’ool’įįł yee hadiléé dooleeł.

The Center for Diné Teacher Education is preparing future teachers continuously. Navajo language and culture is being taught to them. They will become respectful, effective teachers. The teachers will use Navajo teachings with all students. Their lessons will be based on Sá’ąh Naagháí Bik’eh Hózhóón. They will develop their students according to Navajo teachings and traditions.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

 

Bá’ólta’í adoodleełgi bína’niltin bił haz’ánídóó binahjį’ oonishígíí éí Są’ah Naagháí Bik’eh Hózhóón bindii’a’ áyósin. Nitsáhákees, Nahat’á, Iiná, dóó Sihasin bee nizhónígo bidziilgo k’é bii’ siláago yinahjį’ anootííł. Bá’ólta’í silí’ígíí éí ółta’í índa hada’iiltáhígíí dóó níléí naakits’áadah dayółta’jį’ bits’áádóó óhooł’aah dooleeł.

The Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education program prepares prospective teachers in Mathematics and Science to develop the necessary values, knowledge, skills, and confidence to promote student academic skills and confident cultural identities in English and Navajo.

PROGRAM GOALS

 
  1. Designs and plans for instruction.
  2. Creates and maintains a positive learning climate.
  3. Implements and manages instruction and assessment
  4. Demonstrates professionalism.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES - EDUCATION

 

Students will…

  1. Develop lesson and units.
  2. Address all levels of students’ knowledge and understanding
  3. Promote Navajo language and culture.
  4. Maintain positive classroom behavior.
  5. Give clear directions and explanations
  6. Use instructional technology effectively
  7. Demonstrates Knowledge of subject
  8. Demonstrate professional characteristics.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES and COURSE MATRIX - Science

 

 

Program Outcomes for Upper Division Science Component of the BS in Secondary Education Science Major

 

BIO 326

Ecology

 

 

Junior Fall

BIO 365

Writing in Biology

Junior

Fall

BIO 370

Vertebrate Zoology

 

 

Junior

Spring

CHM 300

Organic Chemistry

 

 

Junior Spring

BIO 344

Cell Biology

 

 

Senior

Fall

 

Outcome # 1:  Students will understand the unity of life and its sequential manifestations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure #1: Atomic, Molecular, Cellular Levels

 

 

 

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Measure #2: Organismal Level

 

 

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Outcome #2: Students will experience the unity of life from the perspectives of different modes of inquiry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure #1: Field Work

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Measure #2: Indoor lab

 

 

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Outcome #3: Students will integrate their understanding and experience and apply it for the betterment of mankind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure #1: Describe the impact of climate change on biological systems

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Outcome #4: Students will integrate western knowledge and Diné knowledge of life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure #1: “Explain” the relationships between western levels of knowledge and Dine knowledge

 

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Outcome # 5: Students will reflect on their competencies and progress within the Secondary science major and formulate a plan to advance their goals, personal and academic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measure #1: Show advancing abilities in understanding  areas of biological interest

 

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Mission Statement: The Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education Science degree at Diné College, from the Science perspective, is a classic program of courses surveying a wide range of disciplines, including molecular, cellular, organismal, and ecological levels of biology, physics and geology, and commensurate math and chemistry support. It is designed to promote enhanced knowledge and appreciation of the student’s own life and life on earth, while also providing courses and training that will enable students to succeed in our program, develop a career path, pursue graduate studies, obtain employment and promotion in the secondary education workforce, and serve the Navajo Nation. This matrix is the same as the BS Biology matrix, but with the required Secondary Education Junior and Senior Science courses.

Art1 – paper/rubric

Art2 – portfolio herbarium

Art5   lab report/rubric

Art6 – paper—Climate change effects on plants of the Navajo Nation

Art7 – lab report/rubric

Art11– research paper, with writing rubric

2025 – 2026 Checklist

Bachelor of Science Degree Secondary Education, Mathematics (128–129 credits)

General Education Requirements (40–41 hrs) Upper Division Requirements (62 hrs)
Communications (6 hrs) ENG 101 College Composition I (3.0) ENG 102 College Composition II (3.0)
Humanities / Fine Arts (6 hrs) Choose two courses with different prefixes from: ARH 110; ARH 211; CW 208; ENG 231; ENG 233; FA 106; FA 115; FA 178; HUM 152; LIB 110
Course 1: __________ (3.0)
Course 2: __________ (3.0)
Mathematics (4 hrs) MTH 110 College Algebra (4.0)
Navajo Studies (9–10 hrs) NAV 101/102/201/202/211 (3.0/4.0) NIS 111 Foundations of Navajo Culture (3.0) NIS 221 Navajo History to Present (3.0)
Laboratory Sciences (9 hrs minimum) BIO 181 General Biology I (4.0) CHM 151 General Chemistry I (5.0)
Social & Behavioral Sciences (6 hrs) 1 HST plus POS 181 & POS 271 HST 101/102/135/136 (3.0) POS 181 (1) and POS 271 (2) (3.0)		 Junior Semester I EDU 362 Integrated Elementary Teaching Methods (3.0) MTE 401 Methods of Teach Second Math I (3.0) MTH 220 Calculus III (4.0) MTH 225 Elementary Linear Algebra (3.0) MTH 318 Introduction to Number Theory (3.0)
Total: 16 hrs
Junior Semester II EDU 240 Intro to Special Education (3.0) EDU 353 Diversity in Navajo & Amer Ind Educ (3.0) EDU 475 Methods Language Div Students II (3.0) MTE 402 Methods of Teach Second Math II (3.0) MTH 365 Modern Geometry (3.0)
Total: 15 hrs
Senior Semester III EDU 352 Methods Teaching DEP in B-12 (3.0) EDU 361 Methods for Lang Diverse Students I (3.0) EDU 477 Integrated Teaching Methods II (3.0) MTE 442 History and Philosophy of Math (3.0) MTH 221 Ordinary Differential Equations (3.0)
Total: 15 hrs
Senior Semester IV EDU 496 School Law and Ethics (2.0) EDU 498 Student Teaching (12.0) EDU 499 Diné Education Seminar (2.0)
Total: 16 hrs
Upper Division Credits: 62 hrs

Lower Division Requirements (26 hrs)

Course Credits
MTH 190 Pre-Calculus 4.0
MTH 191 Calculus I 4.0
MTH 192 Calculus II 4.0
MTH 210 Discrete Mathematics 3.0
MTH 213 / PSY 213 Statistics 4.0
CSC 150 Programming Fundamentals 3.0
EDU 200 Foundation of Education 3.0
EDU 297 Practicum in Education 1.0
IMPORTANT: To fulfill the General Education Science Core, students are required to take BIO 181 and CHM 151.
NOTE: EDU 297 must be taken Freshman Fall or Spring semester (or when first declaring this major).

Must pass all courses with “C” grades or higher

DEAN'S OFFICE

Dr. Shazia Tabassum Hakim, Ph.D., SCCM (MLS) CCM 
Acting Dean, School of STEM
Tuba City Campus

Phone: (928) 283-5113 ext. 07520
Research Labs: 7538, 7539
Email: stabassum@dinecollege.edu
Selina Yazzie
Administrative Assistant
Tsaile Campus

Phone: 928-724-6731
Email: syazzie@dinecollege.edu