Secondary Education - Chemistry
Effective Fall, 2009
Students seeking Secondary Education Certification in Chemistry must declare majors in both Chemistry (BA) and Secondary Education (Chemistry) and complete the full Chemistry (BA) course sequence as well as the Secondary Education Professional Course and Certification requirements. Students must consult their advisers in both departments each semester regarding course selection and other certification requirements.
A total of 129 Credits is required for a bachelor of science in education with a specialization in chemistry. Required courses include:
Chemistry
52.115 Chem for the Sciences I
52.116 Chem for the Sciences II
52.231 Organic Chemistry I
52.232 Organic Chemistry II
52.321 Analytical Chemistry I
52.341 Biochemistry
52.361 Physical Chemistry I
52.475 The Chemistry Curriculum and the Teaching Lab
54.211 General Physics I
54.212 General Physics II
Secondary Education
60.206 Teachers, Schools and Society
60.251 Psychological Foundations of Education.
60.291 Principles of Teaching
60.311 Classroom Measurement and Assessment
60.406 Multicultural Education
60.453 Teaching of Science
60.497 Teaching in Education: First Experience
60.498 Teaching in Education: Second Experience
70.275 Linking Assessment
70.358 Methods of Instruction
Choose one of the following three courses:
- 60.204 Educational Computing and Technology
- 60.350 Instructional Design Systems
- 60.351 Virtual Learning Communities
General Education
Among 50 credits of general education courses, the following are required:
20.101 Composition I
20.201 Composition II or a Writing Intensive Course:
20.131 The Bible as Literature
20.151 Introduction to Literature
20.152 Literature and Society
20.156 Popular Literature
20.226 European Literature I
20.227 European Literature II
20.236 American Literature I
20.237 American Literature II
20.246 British Literature I
20.247 British Literature II
20.256 Non-Western Literature I
20.257 Non-Western Literature II
Choose one of the following two courses
41.105 Environmental Issues and Choices
45.211 Principles of Sociology
48.101 General Psychology
48.212 Adolescent. Psychology
51.120 Physical Geology
52.251 Inorganic Chemistry
53.125 Calculus I
53.126 Calculus II
53.225 Calculus III
70.101 Introduction to Exceptional Individuals
72.415 ELL: Basics of Language and Communications or
79.494 ELL: Strategies and Methods or
Among courses chosen to meet humanities requirement, three departments must be represented from Art and Art History, Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, English, Languages and Cultures, Music History, and Philosophy. Among natural sciences and mathematics requirements, three departments must be represented from Biological and Allied Health Sciences, Chemistry; Geography and Geosciences; Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, and Physics and Engineering Technology.