BS Chemistry: STEM Education
General Education
(see General Education Requirements for list of approved courses)
Rhetoric and Composition: (6 hours)
- Two approved courses in rhetoric and composition
Mathematics: (4 hours)
Statistics: (3 hours)
Natural Sciences: (8 hours)
- PHYS 1030 - General Physics - Mechanics and Heat and
- PHYS 1030L - General Physics Laboratory - Mechanics and Heat
and
- PHYS 1040 - General Physics - Electromagnetism and Optics and
- PHYS 1040L - General Physics Laboratory - Electromagnetism and Optics
or
- PHYS 2300 - Principles of Physics - Mechanics and Heat and
- PHYS 2300L - Principles of Physics Laboratory-Mechanics and Heat
and
- PHYS 2310 - Principles of Physics - Electricity and Magnetism and
- PHYS 2310L - Principles of Physics Laboratory - Electricity and Magnetism
Humanities and Fine Arts: (6 hours)
- Two approved humanities and fine arts courses, one from fine arts and one from either
Cultures and Civilizations: (9 hours total)
- Option A: Western Humanities I and II and one approved Non-Western Cultures and Civilizations course or
- Option B: World Civilization I, II, III
Behavioral and Social Sciences: (6 hours)
- Two approved behavioral or social science courses in two different disciplines
Program Requirements
- BIOL 1110 - Principles of Biology I
- BIOL 1120 - Principles of Biology II
- PHYS 1030 - General Physics - Mechanics and Heat
- PHYS 1030L - General Physics Laboratory - Mechanics and Heat
- PHYS 1040 - General Physics - Electromagnetism and Optics
- PHYS 1040L - General Physics Laboratory - Electromagnetism and Optics
or
- PHYS 2300 - Principles of Physics - Mechanics and Heat
- PHYS 2300L - Principles of Physics Laboratory-Mechanics and Heat
- PHYS 2310 - Principles of Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
- PHYS 2310L - Principles of Physics Laboratory - Electricity and Magnetism
- MATH 1710 - Precalculus I
- MATH 1720 - Precalculus II
- MATH 1950 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I
- MATH 1960 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry II
Chemistry courses:
- CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I
- CHEM 1110L - General Chemistry I Laboratory
- CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II
- CHEM 1120L - General Chemistry II Laboratory
- CHEM 2810 - Scientific Communication
- CHEM 3010 - Organic Chemistry I
- CHEM 3010L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
- CHEM 3020 - Organic Chemistry II
- CHEM 3020L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
- CHEM 3210 - Quantitative Analysis
- CHEM 3310 - Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM 3710 - Physical Chemistry I
- CHEM 3820 - Chemical Literature
- CHEM 4510 - Biochemistry
- CHEM 4830r - Seminar
One Chemistry elective from:
One Chemistry elective from:
- CHEM 4030 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
- CHEM 4220 - Methods of Environmental Analysis
- CHEM 4997r - Research
STEM Education Requirements:
- STEM 1010 - Step One: Inquiry Approaches to Teaching Science and Mathematics
- STEM 1020 - Step Two: Inquiry Based Lesson Design in Math and Science
- STEM 2010 - Knowing and Learning
- STEM 2020 - Classroom Interactions
- STEM 3010 - Perspectives on Science and Mathematics
Additional Information and Notes:
Minimum of 39 hours of 3000 and 4000 level courses.
Electives to complete 125 hours.
In addition to the department and university requirements there are the following minimum requirements for graduation with licensure: 2.5 cumulative average, 2.5 at UTC, 2.5 average in STEM courses with no grade lower than C, 2.5 average in courses in licensure content area courses with no grade lower than C. Please see the Courses section of this catalog for complete course descriptions.
See Degree and Graduation Requirements for additional requirements.
Showcase/Suggested Course of Study
Please see the Courses section of this catalog for complete course descriptions.
Freshman Year |
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| Fall Semester: | Hrs | Spring Semester: | Hrs | |
| ENGL 1010 | 3 | ENGL 1020 | 3 | |
| BIOL 1110/L | 4 | BIOL 1110/L | 4 | |
| MATH 1710 | 3 | MATH 1720 | 3 | |
| CHEM 1110 | 3 | CHEM 1120 | 3 | |
| CHEM 1110L | 1 | CHEM 1120L | 1 | |
| STEM 1010 | 1 | STEM 1020 | 1 | |
| 15 | 15 | |||
Sophomore Year |
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| Fall Semester: | Hrs | Spring Semester: | Hrs | |
| CHEM3010 | 3 | CHEM 3020 | 3 | |
| CHEM 3010L | 1 | CHEM 3020L | 1 | |
| MATH 1950 | 4 | PHYS 1040 or PHYS 2310 | 3 | |
| PHYS 1030 or PHYS 2300 | 3 | PHYS 1040L or PHYS 2310L | 1 | |
| PHYS 1030L or PHYS 2300L | 1 | STEM 2020 | 3 | |
| STEM 2010 | 3 | MATH 1960 | 4 | |
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 3 | |||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | ||||
| 18 | 15 | |||
Junior Year |
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| Fall Semester: | Hrs | Spring Semester: | Hrs | |
| CHEM 3210 | 3 | CHEM 4510 | 3 | |
| CHEM 3210L | 1 | CHEM Elective | 4 | |
| CHEM 3310 | 3 | Fine Arts | 3 | |
| MATH 2100 or 3100 | 3 | Cultures and Civilizations | 3 | |
| CHEM 3820 | 1 | STEM 3020 | 3 | |
| CHEM 2810 | 2 | |||
| STEM 3010 | 3 | |||
| 16 | 16 | |||
Senior Year |
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| Fall Semester: | Hrs | Spring Semester: | Hrs | |
| CHEM 3710 | 3 | Cultures and Civilizations | 3 | |
| CHEM 3710L | 1 | Behavioral and Social Sciences | 3 | |
| Cultures and Civilizations | 3 | STEM 4020 | 6 | |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences | 3 | CHEM Elective | 4 | |
| CHEM 4830 | 1 | |||
| STEM 4010 | 3 | |||
| 14 | 16 | |||