Chemistry Minor, B.S. in Ed., Standard Secondary Certificate

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

The student must have completed at least 20 hours of his or her chemistry minor, in addition to CHM 505 (3), before approval for student teaching can be given. The student must have a minimum grade point average of 2.7 in those 23 hours of chemistry courses. Transfer chemistry credit will be accepted from regionally accredited institutions, but at least 6 hours must be CMU classes with a minimum grade point average of 2.7. At least 12 of the required chemistry credit hours must have been received within 10 years of application for student teaching.
In order for a student to be approved for student teaching in chemistry, two CMU chemistry faculty must, at the student’s request, provide completed department student evaluation forms.
Each student must demonstrate competency in chemistry by passing an American Chemical Society standardized chemistry examination at a specific level in order to be approved for student teaching.

Program Requirements

CHM 131	General Chemistry I	4(3-3)
CHM 132	General Chemistry II	4(3-3)
CHM 211QR	Quantitative Analysis	4(2-6)
CHM 505/PHY 505	Teaching Chemistry and Physics in Secondary Schools	3(3-0)

CHM 342	Survey of Organic Chemistry	4(3-3)
CHM 343	Organic Chemistry I: Foundations	4(4-0)
CHM 349	Organic Chemistry Laboratory	2(0-6)

Select one of the following:

CHM 421	Introductory Biochemistry for Health Sciences	3(3-0)
CHM 520	Introductory Biochemistry	3(3-0)