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Secondary Chemistry Education (9-12), B.S.

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The Secondary Chemistry education program is designed to prepare teacher candidates to teach chemistry education, 9-12. The curriculum content includes chemistry lab courses aligned to science standards taught in the respective grade levels, along with secondary education pedagogy and field experience course work. Secondary Chemistry Education teacher candidates also complete requirements to achieve recommendation for South Carolina initial teacher certification.

Degree Requirements (127 Cr. Hrs.)

University Core Curriculum (41 Cr. Hrs.)

Specified Course Requirements: Intercultural Inquiry: FOR LANG 112 or higher Quantitative Literacy: MAT 140 - 4 credits Scientific Inquiry: BIO 110 Social Inquiry: PSY 101

Chemistry Course Requirements (30 Cr. Hrs.)

CHE 111 - General Chemistry 1 5 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 113 - General Chemistry 1 Lab 0 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 112 - General Chemistry 2 5 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 114 - General Chemistry 2 Lab 0 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 201 - Organic Chemistry 1 3 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 202 - Organic Chemistry 2 3 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 205 - Organic Chemistry Lab 1 1 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 206 - Organic Chemistry Lab 2 1 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 215 - Analytical Chemistry 4 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 301 - Biochemistry 4 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 321 - Physical Chemistry 3 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 490 - Current Topics in Chemistry 1 Cr. Hrs.

Education Course Requirements (43 Cr. Hrs.)

EDU 110 - Essentials of Teacher Candidacy 1 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 111 - Foundations of Education 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 206 - The Nature of the Exceptional Child 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 211 - Educational Psychology 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 217 - Best Practices for the Secondary Classroom/Field Experience I 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 220 - Technology for the 21st Century Classroom 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 317 - Best Practices for the Secondary Classroom/Field Experience II 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 337 - Methods of Teaching Secondary Science 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 370 - Literacy Development for All Secondary Students 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 443 - Pre-Clinical Field Experience 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 470 - Literacy Development Across the Curriculum and Across Secondary Grade Levels 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 490 - Clinical Experience 12 Cr. Hrs.

Cognates (12 Cr. Hrs.)

BIO 111 - Principles of Biology 2 4 Cr. Hrs.
PHY 151 - General Physics 1 4 Cr. Hrs.
PHY 153 - General Physics 1 Lab 0 Cr. Hrs.
PHY 152 - General Physics 2 4 Cr. Hrs.
PHY 154 - General Physics 2 Lab 0 Cr. Hrs.

Suggested Eight Semester Sequence

First Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

AU 101 - Transitions and Expectations 1 Cr. Hrs.
BIO 110 - Principles of Biology 1 4 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 111 - General Chemistry 1 5 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 113 - General Chemistry 1 Lab 0 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 110 - Essentials of Teacher Candidacy 1 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 111 - Foundations of Education 3 Cr. Hrs.
ENG 101 - Composition and Communication I 3 Cr. Hrs.

Second Semester (18 Cr. Hrs.)

BIO 111 - Principles of Biology 2 4 Cr. Hrs.
ENG 102 - Composition and Communication II 3 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 112 - General Chemistry 2 5 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 114 - General Chemistry 2 Lab 0 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 211 - Educational Psychology 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 220 - Technology for the 21st Century Classroom 3 Cr. Hrs.

Third Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

CHE 201 - Organic Chemistry 1 3 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 205 - Organic Chemistry Lab 1 1 Cr. Hrs.
CHR 105 - Introduction to the Bible 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 217 - Best Practices for the Secondary Classroom/Field Experience I 3 Cr. Hrs.
MAT 140 - Analytic Geometry & Calculus 1 4 Cr. Hrs.
PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology 3 Cr. Hrs.

Fourth Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

CHE 202 - Organic Chemistry 2 3 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 206 - Organic Chemistry Lab 2 1 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 215 - Analytical Chemistry 4 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 206 - The Nature of the Exceptional Child 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 370 - Literacy Development for All Secondary Students 3 Cr. Hrs.
PHI 210 - Philosophical Foundations & Moral Reasoning 3 Cr. Hrs.

Fifth Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

CHE 301 - Biochemistry 4 Cr. Hrs.
CHR 305 - Christian Worldview and Contemporary Application 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 317 - Best Practices for the Secondary Classroom/Field Experience II 3 Cr. Hrs.
PHY 151 - General Physics 1 4 Cr. Hrs.
PHY 153 - General Physics 1 Lab 0 Cr. Hrs.
Intercultural Inquiry - Core Curriculum (Traditional) 3 Cr. Hrs.

Sixth Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

EDU 470 - Literacy Development Across the Curriculum and Across Secondary Grade Levels 3 Cr. Hrs.
PHY 152 - General Physics 2 4 Cr. Hrs.
PHY 154 - General Physics 2 Lab 0 Cr. Hrs.
CON 3** - Connections 3 Cr. Hrs.
Historical Inquiry - Core Curriculum (Traditional) 3 Cr. Hrs.
Creative Inquiry - Core Curriculum (Traditional) 3 Cr. Hrs.

Seventh Semester (13 Cr. Hrs.)

CHE 321 - Physical Chemistry 3 Cr. Hrs.
CHE 490 - Current Topics in Chemistry 1 Cr. Hrs.
CTI 4** - Contemporary Issues 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 337 - Methods of Teaching Secondary Science 3 Cr. Hrs.
EDU 443 - Pre-Clinical Field Experience 3 Cr. Hrs.

Eighth Semester (12 Cr. Hrs.)

EDU 490 - Clinical Experience 12 Cr. Hrs.

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