General Science / Concurrent Education

Program Overview & Highlights

Be the cool teacher who knows about nature and can make things explode and react. This intensive program allows you to pursue your bachelor of science degree while studying education and getting classroom experience. You’ll finish with two degrees and be eligible to teach at the intermediate/senior level (grades 7 to 12).

80 days of real teaching experience inside local schools

35% of Ontario secondary schools and 24% of elementary schools are facing daily teacher shortages

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service learning electives to enhance your experience

98.8%

of our graduates are employed within 2 years

What Lancers Are Saying

The placements I had over the duration of my time at the University of Windsor allowed me to apply theoretical knowledge to various classroom settings. I had the opportunity to work closely with experienced teachers and advisors in order to hone my skills, develop a greater understanding of classroom dynamics and build meaningful connections. The French Studies / Concurrent Education program gave me numerous opportunities for placements in different schools and grade levels so as to better prepare me for the field of education.

Jordyn Mills

Educational consultant. CSC Providence
French Studies / Concurrent Education, 2015

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

Course Requirements: Advanced Functions/MHF4U and two of Chemistry/SCH4U, Biology/SBI4U, Physics/SPH4U. English/ENG4U.
Strongly Recommended: Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U
Minimum Average: 80% (70% average of all attempted science and math courses)
Mean Average: 87%
Note: Admission to first year only

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Career Tracks

Secondary school teacher
principal
special education teacher
learning strategist
academic administrator
educational assistant
department head

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

Students using this program guide should also attend Head Start or make an appointment with an academic advisor in their program area during the first two weeks of the Fall 2025 semester.
Science academic advising and course selection questions can also be obtained by contacting us at the email address scienceundergrad@uwindsor.ca. Education academic advising can be obtained by contacting the Faculty of Education at the email address educ@uwinsdor.ca
Open Choice means any course that fulfils the degree requirements. Many students choose to select a Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (FAHSS) course in the first year.
EDUC 1199: This 1.0 credit course is required for this Concurrent Education major, but it will be added automatically to your course schedule later in the summer. Please select five courses now from your teachable subject area(s). The addition of EDUC-1199 will not create a course overload.

Required Course Notes

Education Course

EDUC 1199

Two sets of two courses from two different Departments or Schools (* Course with lab):

First Science subject satisfies six of ten requirements for the First Teachable (choose one of):

BIOL 1101* and BIOL 1111*
CHEM 1100* and CHEM1110*
PHYS 1400* and PHYS 1410*

Second Science subject is normally used to satisfy the Second Teachable (choose one of):

BIOL 1101* and BIOL 1111*
CHEM 1100* and CHEM 1110*
MATH 17201 or MATH 17601, and MATH 1730
PHYS 1400* and PHYS 1410*

One set of two courses from a third Department or School (* Course with lab)

ECON 1100 and ECON 1110
BIOL 1101* and BIOL 1111*
CHEM 1100* and CHEM 1110*
COMP 2067 and COMP 2087
COMP 1400* and COMP 1410*
MATH 1760 or MATH 17201, and MATH 1730
MATH 1760 or MATH 17201, and STAT 2910
PHYS 1300* and PHYS 1310*
PHYS 1400* and PHYS 1410*
ESCI 1100* and ESCI 1111

Two Additional Courses

Open choice
Open choice

Various other Science or Arts and Social Science courses count toward a degree. Seek program advising for more information. Email scienceundergrad@uwindsor.ca for an appointment or electronic advice.

1 Students who “have” credit for MCV4U Calculus and Vectors should register in MATH 1720 and MATH 1250; those who” do not” have this credit should register in MATH 1760 and MATH 1260.

Teachable areas may be Chemistry, Biology or Physics. Normally, the teachables are used toward the two areas of concentration in the Faculty of Science General Program. Students should consult the Faculty of Education website for a list of teachables.

In person advising regarding the General Science component of the program or course selection is available at the Faculty of Science office. All students are encouraged to seek advising regularly. Email” scienceundergrad@uwindsor.ca for an appointment or to ask your question(s) electronically. Some advising can be done remotely.

All students should see advisors in the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Education on a regular basis to discuss course selection and academic progress.

Required Courses

COMP 2067: Programming for Beginners

COMP 1400: Introduction to Algorithms and Programming I

EDUC 1199: Community Service Education

ECON 1100: Introduction to Economics I

MATH 1720: Differential Calculus

This course will cover trigonometric functions and identities, inverse trigonometric functions, limits and continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken both Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who do not have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1760. (Prerequisites: Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U) and Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or MATH-1780.) (Antirequisite: MATH-1760.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MATH 1760: Functions and Differential Calculus

This course will cover a review of functions, trigonometric functions and identities, transcendental functions, inverse trigonometric functions, introduction to limits, continuity, derivatives and applications, mean value theorem, indeterminate forms and l’Hôpital’s rule, antiderivatives and an introduction to definite integrals. This course is for students who have taken Ontario Grade 12 Advanced Functions (MHF4U), but have not taken Ontario Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U). Students who have credit for MCV4U should take MATH-1720. The course is equivalent to MATH-1720 for all prerequisite purposes. (Prerequisite: Ontario Grade 12Advanced Functions (MHF4U).) (Antirequisite: MATH-1720.) (4 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

PHYS 1400: Introductory Physics I

PHYS 1300: Introductory Physics for Life Sciences I

ESCI 1100: Environmental Systems – An Introduction to Environmental Science

CHEM 1100: General Chemistry I

BIOL 1101: Cell Biology

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