Chemistry, B.S. (Certifiable for secondary teaching)
This program is designed for those students seeking state certification for teaching chemistry at the secondary level, and includes a student-teaching component in the senior year at an area school.
Requirements
Chemistry Core
| CHEM 161 | General Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 162 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 200 | Foundations of Analytical Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 201 | Foundations of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 210 | Foundations of Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 211 | Foundations of Organic Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 212 | Organic Synthesis | 3 |
| CHEM 213 | Organic Synthesis Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 260 | Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 316 | Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds | 3 |
| CHEM 238 | Introduction to Research | 1 TO 6 |
| CHEM 432 | Chemistry Seminar | 2 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 31-32 |
One of the following1:
| CHEM 321 | Physical Chemistry of Thermodynamics & Kinetics | 3 |
| CHEM 322 | Physical Chemistry of Quantum & Statistical Mechanics | 3 |
| CHEM 320 | Biophysical Chemistry | 3 |
One of the following:
Related Requirements
| BIO 121 | General Biology I | 4 |
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| BMS 102 | Introduction to Biomolecular Science | 3 |
| and | |
| BMS 103 | Introduction to Biomolecular Science Laboratory | 1 |
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| GSCI 121 | The Dynamic Earth | 3 |
| PHYS 125 | University Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS 126 | University Physics II | 4 |
| SCI 420 | History and Nature of Science | 3 |
| MATH 152 | Calculus I | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 22 |
30 credits also must come from the following courses, which require prior acceptance into the Professional Program in the School of Education and Professional Studies:
| SPED 315 | Introduction to Educating Learners with Exceptionalities | 3 |
| EDTE 316 | Principles of Learning in Diverse Settings (Secondary) | 4 |
| EDF 415 | Educational Foundations | 3 |
| EDSC 425 | Multicultural, Interdisciplinary Teaching at the Secondary Level | 3 |
| EDSC 435 | Secondary Education Student Teaching | 3 TO 9 |
| RDG 440 | Literacy in the Secondary School | 3 |
| SCI 416 | Educational Technology in Secondary Science | 1 |
| SCI 417 | Teaching of Science in the Secondary School | 4 |
| SCI 419 | Student Teaching Seminar | 1 |
Total Credit Hours: 36
For students contemplating graduate