Additional Information about the BS in Chemistry -
Chemistry Education option

Details on Core Courses

1.  If students choose the analytical chemistry sequence CH 421, 422, 461, only one inorganic course (3 cr), CH 411, is required.  CH 411 and CH 412 are a sequence so that CH 411 is the specified inorganic chemistry course.

2. CH 463 is the recommended WIC course. If CH 462 is taken as the WIC course or an extra lab, CH 422 is strongly recommended as a co-requisite with CH 462.  CH 464 is a WIC course and has a prerequisite of CH 442.

3. SED 416 is no longer offered to undergraduates.  If you did not already take SED 416, the following courses are acceptable substitutes (note some have prereq's):

4. CH 428 Instrumental Analysis (4) is an approved substitute for CH 324 but is not currently taught.

Also see policies
 

Overview of Chemistry Education Option Courses

The BS chemistry degree with an option in chemistry education requires courses that fall into two primary categories:

1) two courses taught by the chemistry department - CH 407 - a seminar about teaching techniques (only meets fall term) and - CH 410 - a teaching internship which involves being the "teaching assistant" for a section of general chemistry.  More information can be found at these links:

CH 410 Undergraduate teaching internship

CH 407 Chemistry Teaching Seminar

and

2) additional courses taught outside the chemistry department.  These include:

a) three courses on teaching methods and materials (e.g., SED 412, 413, and one more) and two teaching practicum courses (SED 309 & 409) in which you are an assistant to a teacher in science classes at a local middle school and at a high school,

and

b) 15 credits of courses in a second endorsement area (SEA) which provide background in a science area outside of chemistry.

The chemistry department requires that the courses for SEA meet the approval of the Department of Science and Math Education.  It is critical that a student interested in this option seek out a secondary advisor in the Department of Science and Math Education. The Department of Science and Math Education will provide you with a list of courses that are acceptable.  Note also that the 15 credits of required SEA courses that the chemistry department requires cannot be ones already specified in the chemistry core. For example, since PH 201 or PH 211 are already required in the chemistry core they cannot be counted twice for the SEA of Physics. If you select Physics as your SEA, then the physics courses you use to satisfy the SEA must be from courses beyond the general physics sequence. However, if you select Biology as your SEA, then a biology course such as BI 211 can be used for the SEA requirements for your chemistry degree because BI 211 is not required for the chemistry core.

You should consult the list of acceptable SEA courses listed on the SMED web page at:

http://smed.science.oregonstate.edu/node/28

Examples of courses that can be used to satisfy the chemistry SEA requirement:

SEA in Biology: BI 211-213 plus one upper division course in: Ecology, Zoology, Botany, Evolution, Genetics, Anatomy & Physiology, History of Science;

SEA in Mathematics: MTH 211-213, ST 351, or MTH 391;

SEA in Integrated Science: BI 211-212, GEO 201-202.

(Note: Multimedia and Information Science is no longer recognized by SMED.  However if you are already doing these courses for your secondary area, chemistry will accept them.)

For the SMED OSU program, PH 211-213 is required for a primary endorsement in Physics.  

SMED courses in the above table for option courses are considered at the "Preprofessional" level for teaching science.

SMED at OSU offers both an Initial Licensure program and a Continuing Program that leads to the MS degree.  For more information on these post graduate programs, see the SMED home page at:

http://smed.science.oregonstate.edu/

last updated 11/06/2009