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Chemistry Secondary Education Concentration

Typical Four-Year Sequence of Courses

The Department of Chemistry has prepared a typical sequence of courses that illustrates how a student in the chemistry secondary education concentration may complete the Towson UTeach requirements and the University Core Curriculum Requirements for graduation in four years. Each student's actual schedule may be somewhat different depending on the student's individual situation. Note that the actual sequence of courses is mainly constrained by the course prerequisites. Students requiring remedial or preparatory coursework in mathematics will require more time to complete the sequence.

Freshman Year
Fall Term		Spring Term
Course	Units	Course	Units
SEMS110 Introduction to STEM Teaching I: Inquiry Approaches to Teaching	1	SEMS 120 Introduction to STEM Teaching II: Inquiry-Based Lesson Design: Inquiry-Based Lesson Design	1
CHEM 131 General Chemistry I and CHEM 131L General Chemistry I Laboratory (Core Curriculum 7)	3 1	CHEM 132 General Chemistry II and CHEM 132L General Chemistry II Laboratory	3 1
GEOL 121 Physical Geology or ASTR 161 Astronomy (Core Curriculum 8)	4	BIOL190 Introductory Biology for the Health Professions or BIOL 201 Biology I: Cellular Biology and Genetics	4
MATH 211 Calculus for Application or MATH 273 Calculus I (Core Curriculum 3)	3 – 4	ENGL 102 (Core Curriculum 2)	3
TSEM 102 (Core Curriculum 1)	3	Core Curriculum	3
Total	15 – 16	Total	15

Sophomore Year
Fall Term		Spring Term
Course	Units	Course	Units
SEMS 230 Knowing and Learning	3	SEMS 240 Classroom Interactions	3
CHEM 210 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry	5	CHEM 332 Organic Chemistry	5
PHYS 211 General Physics I Non Calculus-Based or PHYS241 General Physics I Calculus-Based	4	PHYS 212 General Physics II Non Calculus-Based or PHYS242 General Physics II Calculus-Based	4
CHEM 331 Organic Chemistry	5	Core Curriculum	3
Core Curriculum	3	Core Curriculum	3
Total	20	Total	18

Junior Year
Fall Term		Spring Term
Course	Units	Course	Units
SEMS 250 Perspectives on Science and Math	3	SEMS 360 Research Methods	3
CHEM 323 Inorganic Chemistry or CHEM 351 Biochemistry	3 – 4	CHEM 372 Intermediate Laboratory I	2
CHEM 345 Principles of Physical Chemistry	3	Chemistry Elective(s)	4
Core Curriculum	3	SCED 460 Using Reading & Writing in the Secondary Schools	4
Core Curriculum	3	Core Curriculum	3
Total	15 – 16	Total	16

Senior Year
Fall Term		Spring Term
Course	Units	Course	Units
SEMS 470 Project-Based Instruction	3	SCIE 393 Student Teaching in Secondary Education – Science	12
CHEM 401 Chemistry Seminar	1	SCIE 393 Student Teaching in Secondary Education – Science	12
SCIE 380 Teaching Science in the Secondary School	3	SCIE 430 Seminar in Student Teaching – Science	1
SCED 461 Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Areas	3	SCIE 430 Seminar in Student Teaching – Science	1
Core Curriculum	3	SEMS 498 Internship in Secondary Mathematics and Science	2
Core Curriculum	3
Total	16	Total	15

In this concentration, the total number of units required for graduation is 130 to 132.

$Documents$
	• Core Curriculum Requirements Checklist (PDF)