Science Education (Concentration in Chemistry), BSEd

Total number of hours for the program: 120.

(Nine credits required for the major may also fulfill requirements in Liberal Studies. If CHEM 242 is used as an upper-level elective, the degree has 121 hours.)

Admission to the Science Education Program

Students seeking admission to the Science Education Program must declare their major and meet the requirements for admission to the Teacher Education Program .

Professional Education Sequence

To take courses in the required Professional Education Sequence, students must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program and are subject to all teacher education requirements. EDCI 201 is the only course in the professional education sequence that may be taken before admission to teacher education.

Continuation in the Science Education Program

To continue in the program, students must meet the continuation requirements of the Teacher Education Program .

Liberal Studies Hours (42 hours)

Liberal Studies Program Requirements

Professional Education Sequence (23 hours)

EDCI 201 - Teacher Leadership in a Diverse Society Credits: 3
PSY 323 - Psychology Applied to Learning and Teaching Credits: 3
SPED 339 - Designing Classrooms as Responsive Learning Communities Credits: 3
EDSE 483 - Secondary/Special Subject Area Internship I Credits: 2-3
EDSE 485 - Internship II Credits: 6
SCI 491 - Supervised Student Teaching in the Sciences, 9-12 Credits: 3
EDSE 495 - Seminar Credits: 3

Science and Math Requirements for Chemistry Concentration (64-65 hours)

The concentration requires 64-65 hours including all of the following:

SCI 150 - Introduction to Secondary Science Education Credits: 1
SCI 301 - Nature of Science Credits: 3
SCI 422 - Principles and Methods of Science Education Credits: 3
MATH 146 - Precalculus II Credits: 4
MATH 153 - Calculus I Credits: 4
BIOL 140 - Principles of Biology I Credits: 4
BIOL 141 - Principles of Biology II Credits: 4
CHEM 139 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4
CHEM 140 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4
GEOL 150 - Methods in Geology Credits: 4
GEOL 155 - Historical Geology Credits: 4
PHYS 230 - General Physics I Credits: 4
PHYS 231 - General Physics II Credits: 4
CHEM 232 - Quantitative Analysis Credits: 4
CHEM 241 - Organic Chemistry I Credits: 4
CHEM 352 - Physical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamics Credits: 3
CHEM 495 - Seminar in Chemistry Credits: 1

Chemistry Elective:

Take 4 hours from the following or other approved courses.

CHEM 242 - Organic Chemistry II Credits: 4
CHEM 321 - Inorganic Chemistry Credits: 3
CHEM 330 - Aquatic Chemistry Credits: 4
CHEM 370 - Instrumental Analysis I Credits: 4
CHEM 372 - Chemical Thermodynamics Laboratory Credits: 1

Capstone (2 hours)

CHEM 380 - Research in Chemistry Credits: 1-3, R12

Additional Requirements

To satisfy general university degree requirements, students must take at least 30 hours at the junior-senior level at WCU.