Chemistry Minor: Secondary Education

The secondary chemistry minor prepares candidates to teach chemistry in grades 6–12. The integrated science major with the secondary chemistry minor is the recommended program for most students.

Program Requirements

EITHER
CHEM 101 - General Chemistry I AND CHEM 102 - General Chemistry II
OR
CHEM 103 - Accelerated General Chemistry *
CHEM 210 - Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 240 - Survey of Organic Chemistry (recommended)
OR CHEM 241 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 350 - Physical Chemistry for the Biological Sciences (recommended)
OR CHEM 351 - Physical Chemistry I
CHEM 320 - Fundamentals of Biochemistry (recommended)
OR CHEM 321 - Biochemistry I
CHEM 295 - Chemistry Seminar (two times)

Total Semester Hours: 20-26

* Students who are well prepared for college chemistry are encouraged to enroll in CHEM 103 .

Cognates

(13 semester hours)

SCES 214 - Communication and Learning in the Natural Sciences
SCES 314 - Integration Methods and Pedagogies for Secondary Science Teachers

Two from:

MATH 171 - Calculus I
OR MATH 132 - Calculus for Management, Life, and Social Sciences
MATH 172 - Calculus II
STAT 143 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics
PHYS 221 - General Physics
PHYS 132 - Matter, Light, and Energy
PHYS 133 - Introductory Physics: Mechanics and Gravity

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