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This major is a combination of chemistry and physics. Upon completing this program, 33 hours of Professional Education Requirements (see below) and other requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, students will be licensed to teach chemistry and physics in grades 7-12. Students taking this major and the professional education sequence should note that one or two additional semesters may be needed to complete all the requirements.

A major in Physical Science includes the following courses:

• BIOL 145 Organismal Biology (3)
• BIOL 146 Introductory Cell Biology (3)
• CHEM 131 General Chemistry I (4)
• CHEM 132 General Chemistry II (4)
• CHEM 221 Organic Chemistry I (4)
• CHEM 312 Inorganic Chemistry (4)
• CHEM 322 Organic Chemistry II (4)
• CHEM 331 Quantitative Analysis (4)
• CHEM 343 Biochemistry I (3)
• MATH 201 Calculus I (5)
• MATH 202 Calculus II (5)
• PHYS 211 General Physics I (5)
• PHYS 212 General Physics II (5)
• PHYS 332 Instrumentation (4)
• PHYS 401 Thermodynamics (4)
• PHYS 402 Modern Physics (4)
• SCI 120 Earth Science (4)
• SCI 160 Current Issues in Science (3)

 Professional Education Requirements

• EDUC 112 Foundations of Education (3)
• EDUC 232 Psychology of Human Learning (3)
• EDUC 312 Principles of Secondary School Instruction (3)
• EDUC 357 Content Reading Strategies in Middle/Secondary School (3)
• EDUC 362 Instructional Technology (3)
• EDUC 405 Applied Instructional Technology (1)
• EDUC 415 Assessment in Education (3)
• EDUC 443 Teaching Integrated Science in the Secondary School (3)
• EDUC 460 Student Teaching Seminar (1)
• EDUC 497 Adolescence to Young Adult Student Teaching (12)
• SPED 243 Inclusion and the Schools (3)