Offered by Department of Chemistry:

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 (Prereq: ENG 100A or English ACT score of 15 or above)

ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101GS* or ACT English score of 30 or above)

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 including:

TE 319, Management and Assessment in K-12/Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours

TE 320, Field Experience in K-12/Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours

TE 321, Reading and Inclusion in Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours

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 Analytic 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, Biology I  - 4 hours

BIOL 107GS, Biology II - 4 hours

BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours

 

Physics  (0 additional hours required)
          Fullfilled by General Studies requirements above.

 

C. Chemistry Subject Endorsement Methodology Requirement (3 hours required)

PHYS 471, Methods in Secondary Science Teaching - 3 hours