Chemistry Teaching (BS)

• Program Prerequisite: Chemistry Teaching majors must meet the Teacher Education admission and licensure requirements (see Department of Teacher Education ).
• Grade Requirements: Average GPA of 2.00 or better in Chemistry courses. Also refer to the general grade requirements for graduation on Degree Requirements .
• Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours are required for graduation; 43 are required within the teaching major, plus the credits required by the Teacher Education department. A total of 40 upper division credit hours (in courses numbered 3000 and above) are required for all Chemistry majors to fulfill University graduation requirements.
• Program Code: 6007BS
• CIPC: 131323

Advisement

All Chemistry Teaching majors should meet with the Chemistry Teaching major advisor at least annually for course and program advisement. Call 801-626-6952 for information and to arrange an appointment.

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Admission Requirements

Declare your program of study (see Enrollment Services and Information ). There are no special admission or application requirements for the Chemistry Teaching major, however, teaching majors must meet the Teacher Education admission and licensure requirements (see Department of Teacher Education ).

General Education Requirements

Refer to Degree Requirements  for Bachelor of Science requirements. The following courses required for the Chemistry major also satisfies general education requirements: CHEM 1210  and CHEM 1215 .

Program Learning Outcomes

• Problem-solving skills. Chemistry majors should be competent problem-solvers. They should be able to identify the essential parts of a problem and formulate a strategy for solving the problem. They should be able to estimate the solution to a problem, apply appropriate techniques to arrive at a solution, test the correctness of their solution, interpret their result and connect it to related areas of chemistry.
• Laboratory skills. Chemistry majors should be competent experimentalists. They should be able to design and set up an experiment, collect and analyze data, identify sources of error, interpret their result and connect it to related areas of chemistry.
• Presentation skills. Chemistry majors should be able to express (orally and in writing) their understanding of core chemical principles, the results of experiments, the analysis of problems and their conclusions.
• Computer skills. Chemistry majors should be competent users of basic software, such as word processing, spreadsheet, and graphing programs. Strong presentation and organizing skills are complimented with computer knowledge in graphing and spreadsheets.