Major Struggle

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.

You will do better career wise with a BS in science and a Master’s in Education.

Also, look into which science teachers are most in demand before committing to a specific science major.

@Mandalorian @ucbalumnus I would like to do general science (middle school) which is in demand according to the DOE, and the closest major would be earth and environmental science, with a few extra space/bio courses. I just spoke with my advisor and he says that I can double major in e&e with science ed, which would allow me to get my license with a bachelor’s (I would get masters later while working) but I’d have the same problem where I would have no time to take any extra science courses. Is this a silly reason to not double major do you think?