Secondary Licenses: Chemistry

The required courses for a 9-12 teaching license in chemistry and physical science are listed below. All teaching candidates are advised that completion of the program within a four-year time frame requires careful planning. If you seek a license to teach, please seek early advising from the School of Education to plan your program.

An optional general science 5-8 extension may be earned in combination with the chemistry license.

The Licensure Requirements Form lists a full description of the required courses and tests.

Education courses:
EDU 3150 Schools and Society
EDU 3250 Educational Psychology
EDU 5620 Education and Cultural Diversity
EDU 5640 Families, Schools, and Communities
EDU 5690 Theory to Practice 5-8
EDU 5710 Teaching Literacy in the Middle and High Schools
EDU 5720 Exceptionality
EDU 5740 Teaching Science in the Middle and High Schools
EDU 5780 Teaching in Secondary Schools
EDU 5900 Student Teaching Seminar
EDU 5950 Secondary Student Teaching

Chemistry courses:
CHEM 1130 General Chemistry I
CHEM 1140 General Chemistry II
CHEM 3240 Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 3330 Instrumental Methods
CHEM 3450 Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 3460 Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 3550 Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 3560 Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy
CHEM 3940 Advanced Laboratory Techniques
CHEM 5840 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Other courses:
PHYS 1150/1230 Algebra-based or General Physics
PHYS 1160/1240 Algebra-based or General Physics II
MATH 3320 Multivariable and vector calcus (or equivalent)

Additional courses for optional 5-8 general science license:
BIOL 1800 Principles of Ecology and Evolution
BIOL 1820 Principles of Plant and Animal Physiology
PHYS 101 Astronomy (taken at Augsburg)
GEOL 150 Dynamic Earth and Global Change (taken at Macalester)

See the secondary chemistry licensure requirements form for a full description of the required courses and tests.