Chemistry Teacher Certification Track (BS) Sample Plan

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Year One
Fall		Spring
EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I	3	EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II	3
UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience	3	PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking or TH - 109 Catholic Theology	3
CH - 101 General Chemistry I + CH 101L + CH 101P (Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Scientific Inquiry - 1/6)	5	CH - 102 General Chemistry II + CH 101L + CH 101P	5
MA - 121 Calculus I (Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Mathematical Reasoning - 2/6)	3	MA - 122 Calculus II	3
ED - 109 The Educative Process	3	Expanded Literacies (3/6)	3
		UNIV - 110 Being Well or FN - 100 Financial Literacy	1
TOTAL CREDITS	17	TOTAL CREDITS	18
Year Two
Fall		Spring
Expanded Literacies (4/6) or Free Elective	3	Expanded Literacies (4/6) or Free Elective	3
PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking or TH - 109 Catholic Theology	3	Expanded Literacies (6/6)	3
CH - 231 Organic Chemistry I + CH 231L	4	CH - 232 Organic Chemistry II + CH 232L	4
PH - 201 General Physics I: Mechanics and Heat : + PH 201L	5	PH - 202 General Physics II: Wave Phenomena and Electromagnetism + PH 202L	5
ED - 209 Cognition and Learning (Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Social Analysis - 5/6)	3	CH - 203 Inorganic and Material Chemistry I	3
TOTAL CREDITS	18	TOTAL CREDITS	18
Year Three
Fall		Spring
Lens 1, 2, or 3 (1/3)	3	Lens 1, 2, or 3 (2/3)	3
CH - 304 Inorganic Chemistry + CH 304L or CH - 351 Physical Chemistry I + CH 351L*	5	CH - 352 Physical Chemistry II + CH 352L or CH - 362 Instrumental Analytical Chemistry + CH 362L*	5
CH - 361 Analytical Chemistry - CH 361L or CH - 435 Biochemistry I + CH 435L*	4-5	CH - 461 Research or CH - 396 Chemistry Internship	3
ED - 366 Literacy Interventions 4-12	3	CH - 455 Research Seminar	3
UNIV - 110 Being Well or FN - 100 Financial Literacy	1	ED - 218 Introduction to Exceptionality	3
TOTAL CREDITS	16-17	TOTAL CREDITS	17
Year Four
Fall		Spring
Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3)	3	Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3)	3
CH - 361 Analytical Chemistry - CH 361L or CH - 435 Biochemistry I + CH 435L*	4-5	CH - 352 Physical Chemistry II + CH 352L or CH - 362 Instrumental Analytical Chemistry + CH 362L*	5
CH - 304 Inorganic Chemistry + CH 304L or CH - 351 Physical Chemistry I + CH 351L*	5	Free Elective	3
ED - 373 Teaching English Learners	3	Free Elective	3
TOTAL CREDITS	15-16	TOTAL CREDITS	14
TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 131

YEAR FIVE - GRADUATE M.Ed. PHASE *
Summer		Fall
SC 518	3	SC 525	3
SC 519	3	SE 522	3
SC 524	3
SC 522	3
Spring		Summer
SC 551	3	ED 600	3
OVERALL TOTAL POST-BACHELOR’S CREDITS: 24
CH-304 and CH-361, 362 must be taken in the same year. *Physical Chemistry I and II are offered on alternate years with Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry.
**Admission Requirements for Graduate M.Ed. Phase: (1) Satisfactory completion of ED 109, ED 209, ED 218, ED 366, and ED 373; (2) cumulative GPA of 3.0; and (3) passing score on PRAXIS Biology test.
**Additional tuition based on current M.Ed. rates.
For more information about the requirements in our general education Connections Curriculum, which are included in the sample plan above, please see I. General Education (Connections Curriculum), which can be found in The Undergraduate Program .