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 are required for a Bachelor of Science in Education with a specialization in chemistry. Required courses include:

Chemistry

CHEM.115 Chem for the Sciences I

CHEM.116 Chem for the Sciences II

CHEM.231 Organic Chemistry I

CHEM.232 Organic Chemistry II

CHEM.321 Analytical Chemistry I

CHEM.341 Biochemistry

CHEM.361 Physical Chemistry I

CHEM.475 the Chemistry Curriculum and the Teaching Lab

PHYSICS.211 General Physics I

PHYSICS.212 General Physics II

Secondary Education

EDFOUND.206 Teachers, Schools and Society

EDFOUND.251 Psychological Foundations of Education.

EDFOUND.291 Principles of Teaching

EDFOUND.311 Classroom Measurement and Assessment

EDFOUND.406 Multicultural Education

EDFOUND.453 Teaching of Science

EDFOUND.497 Teaching in Education: First Experience

EDFOUND.498 Teaching in Education: Second Experience

SPECED.275 Linking Assessment

SPECED.358 Methods of Instruction

Choose one of the following three courses:

EDFOUND.204 Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning

EDFOUND.350 Instructional Design Systems

EDFOUND.351 Virtual Learning Communities

General Education

Among 50 credits of general education courses, the following are required:

ENGLISH.101 Composition I

ENGLISH.201 Composition II or a Writing Intensive Course:

ENGLISH.131 the Bible as Literature

ENGLISH.151 Introduction to Literature

ENGLISH.152 Literature and Society

ENGLISH.156 Popular Literature

ENGLISH.226 European Literature I

ENGLISH.227 European Literature II

ENGLISH.236 American Literature I

ENGLISH.237 American Literature II

ENGLISH.246 British Literature I

ENGLISH.247 British Literature II

ENGLISH.256 Non-Western Literature I

ENGLISH.257 Non-Western Literature II

Choose one of the following two courses

COMMSTUD.103 Public Speaking

COMMSTUD.104 Interpersonal Communication

AUDSLP.415 ELL: Basics of Language and Communications or

PROFSTUD.494 ELL: Strategies and Methods

CHEM.251 Inorganic Chemistry

GEOG.105 Environmental Issues and Choices

GEOSCI.120 Physical Geology

MATH.125 Calculus I

MATH.126 Calculus II

MATH.225 Calculus III

PSYCH.101 General Psychology

PSYCH.212 Adolescent Psychology

SOC.211 Principles of Sociology

SPECED.101 Introduction to Exceptional Individuals

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.