Chemistry Major
Chemistry 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Science in Education
NSS BSE 5206
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- + General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education = 49
- English Language minimum = 9 including:
- ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
- ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
- SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech
Communication - 3 hours
- Humanities minimum = 12 including:
- Take 1 course from:
- HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
- HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
- HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3
hours
- Take 1 course from:
- HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
- HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- MATH 102*, College Algebra - 3 hours
- *Students with sufficient mathematics preparation may enter the mathematics program
at a higher level, reducing hours required for the endorsement and increasing hours of
unrestricted Electives.
- Natural Sciences minimum = 13
- CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
(see prerequisites)
- CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1
hour
- CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
- CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1
hour
- Take 1 course from:
- PHYS 205GS, General Physics - 5 hours
- PHYS 206GS, General Physics - 5 hours
- PHYS 275GS, General Physics (Calculus) - 5
hours (Prereq. or concurrently with: MATH 115 or equivalent)
- PHYS 276GS, General Physics (Calculus) - 5
hours
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including:
- Take any Economic Perspective GS course - 3 hours
- Take any Political Perspective GS course - 3 hours
- Take any GS course from:
- Social Perspective,
- Geographical Perspective or
- Behavioral Perspective, - 3 hours
- Personal Development minimum = 3
- PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
- Professional Sequence = 30
- Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education
programs.
- Endorsement = 52
- Second Subject Endorsement, normally = 30
- Should required hours of the second endorsement also meet other requirements, the total
required hours may be reduced.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 162
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
- Minimum total hours required for BSE in Chemistry Teaching Subject Endorsement = 162
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
- A. Chemistry Subject Endorsement Requirements (38 hours required)
- Take all of the following courses:
- CHEM 301, Techniques of Chemical Analysis - 4
hours
- CHEM 480, Physical Chemistry - 4 hours (Prereq:
MATH 202, PHYS
205GS)
- CHEM 430, Inorganic Chemistry - 4 hours
- Take all of the following prerequisite courses:
- MATH 103, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours
Students with sufficient mathematics preparation may enter the mathematics program at a
higher level, reducing hours required for the endorsement.
- MATH 115, Calculus I with Analytical Geometry -
5 hours
- MATH 202, Calculus II with Analytic Geometry -
5 hours
- Take 1 course from:
CHEM 251, Essentials of Biochemistry - 4 hours (Prereq: CHEM 250*)
- CHEM 351, Biochemistry - 4 hours (Prereq: CHEM 250* or CHEM 361GS* and CHEM 361L*)
- Take ONE of the following options:
- Take 1 course:
- CHEM 250, Elementary Organic Chemistry - 5 hours
- OR take 4 courses:
CHEM 360, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
CHEM 360L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
CHEM 361, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
CHEM 361L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- Take any other courses from the following to reach the total of 38 hours:
- CHEM 399, Chemistry Apprenticeship - 1 hour
- CHEM 451, Advanced Biochemistry - 3 hours
- CHEM 469, Chemistry Seminar - 1 hour
- CHEM 470, Advanced Organic Chemistry - 3 hours
- CHEM 481, Physical Chemistry - 4 hours
-
- B. Chemistry Subject Endorsement Other Science Requirements (12 hours required)
-
- Earth Science: Take ONE of the following options:
- Take 2 courses:
- Take 1 from:
PHYS 209GS, Meteorology
- 3 hours
OR
GEOG 209GS, Meteorology
- 3 hours
OR
PHYS 210GS, Astronomy -
3 hours
- Take 1 course:
GEOG 256, Geology Field
Study - 1 hour
- OR take 1 course:
- PHYS 201GS, Earth Science - 4 hours
-
- Biology: Take 1 course from:
- BIOL 103GS, General Biology - 4 hours
- BIOL 104GS, General Botany - 4 hours
- BIOL 107GS, General Zoology - 4 hours
- BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours
-
- Physics (0 additional hours required) Comment: This statement makes clear to
State DOEd that Physics is part of the major.
Fullfilled by General Studies
Natural Science requirements above.
C. Chemistry Subject Endorsement Methodology Requirement (3 hours required)
- PHYS 471, Methods in Secondary Science Teaching
- 3 hours
21 Aug 2006
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