Hello!
I am currently a sophomore in college and I am struggling with my choice of major. My ultimate goal is to become a science teacher. I could major in science education, which is a program mixed with almost as many science courses as would be required for the (bare minimum) requirements of a science major, but there are also a lot of education courses including a practicum. This would mean that I can take absolutely no science elective courses that are not required by the program, and there are A LOT of science classes that I feel I would be missing out on (also, the knowledge from these classes would likely make me a more knowledgeable teacher, imo). I could take these courses if I majored strictly in a science discipline, but then I would not graduate with my Initial Teaching License, and would have to get my MAT after undergrad, which would naturally result in additional cost. So I don’t know what to do! Please, any advice would be appreciated!
tl;dr: I could major in education and feel like I am missing out on a lot of interesting courses, or I could major in a science discipline and miss out on getting my teaching license as an undegrad and spend more money on a masters.