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2025-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Chemistry Secondary Certification, B.S.

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Students interested in teaching chemistry in the state of Pennsylvania should enroll in the Chemistry Secondary Education Certification program. Students enrolled in a program of studies leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science with secondary certification will fulfill the chemistry core curriculum and the requirements listed below. Students are expected to graduate with a minimum QPA of 3.0 as required by the state of Pennsylvania for certification. Any student enrolled in chemistry-secondary education desiring the additional preparation for this program and certification by the American Chemical Society must complete the Chemistry- secondary education curriculum and the additional requirements specified under ACS certification.

Teacher Education students majoring in chemistry must take the chemistry core curriculum and the following courses in allied fields. Some of these may be taken as general education

Credit Requirements*

  • General Education: 47 credits
  • Major Requirements: 78 credits
  • Total Credits to Graduate: 125 credits

* All undergraduate degree programs require a minimum of 120 credits.  Some courses meet multiple requirements, but are only counted once toward the 120 credit total required to graduate.

Chemistry Requirements (36 crs.)

Professional Education Requirements (33 crs.)

Allied Fields (9 crs.)

Teacher Education students majoring in chemistry must take the following courses in allied fields. 

Note:

Students seeking certification in secondary education must also complete 1 writing course (ENGL 114  or ENGL 115  ) and 1 literature course (ENGL 190  , ENGL 243  , ENGL 248  , or ENGL 250  ).

General Education

General Education Requirements

 

General Education Requirements Specific for this Major:

Advising Notes:

  1. Students should begin their math sequence in their 1st year.
  2. Semester I: CHEM 121, CHEM 123, MATH 211
  3. Semester II: CHEM 122, CHEM 124, MATH 212, PSYC 101
  4. Semester III: PHYS 205, PHYS 123, CHEM 221, CHEM 223, BIOL 161
  5. Semester IV: PHYS 206, PHYS 125, CHEM 222, CHEM 224

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