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DEGREE: BACHELOR OF ARTS
MAJOR: CHEMISTRY EDUCATION

CURRICULUM CREDITS

University and College Requirements.
Including:
CHEM 164 Freshman Majors Seminar 1


MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

Core - to total a minimum of 30 credits of CHEM:
One of the following two General and Quantitative Chemistry sequences (plus FYE): 12
CHEM 111/CHEM 112 General Chemistry
CHEM 115 Introduction to Chemical Sciences
CHEM 120 Quantitative Chemistry
or
CHEM 103/CHEM 104 General Chemistry
CHEM 220/CHEM 221 Quantitative Analysis and Laboratory

One of the following three Organic Chemistry sequences: 4-8
CHEM 213/CHEM 215 Elementary Organic Chemistry
CHEM 321/CHEM 322 Organic Chemistry
CHEM 331/CHEM 332/ CHEM 333 Organic Chemistry and Laboratory

CHEM 437/CHEM 438 Instrumental Methods and Laboratory 4

One of the following two Physical Chemistry sequences: 4
CHEM 418/CHEM 445 Introductory Physical Chemistry and Laboratory
CHEM 443/CHEM 445 Physical Chemistry and Laboratory

CHEM 214/CHEM 216 Elementary Biochemistry and Laboratory 4
Electives Chemistry courses selected with consent of advisor 0-3

Related Work:
BISC 207 Introductory Biology I 4
GEOL 107 General Geology 4
MATH 241/MATH 242 Analytic Geometry and Calculus A and B 8
PHYS 201/PHYS 202 or PHYS 207/PHYS 208 Introductory Physics I and II  or  Fundamentals of Physics I and II 8

Professional Studies:
EDUC 413 Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology 4
EDUC 414 Teaching Exceptional Adolescents 3
EDUC 419 Diversity in Secondary Education 3
EDUC 420 Reading in the Content Areas 1
EDUC 400 Student Teaching 9
SCEN 491 Teaching Science in Secondary Schools 4

Grade of C- or better required in all required CHEM and EDUC courses and SCEN 491.

To be eligible to student teach, Chemistry Education students must have a GPA of 2.75 in their chemistry major and an overall GPA of 2.5. They must also pass a teacher competency test as established by the University Council on Teacher Education. Students must consult with the teacher education program coordinator to obtain the student application and other information concerning student teacher policies.

CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF 124


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