Oct 08, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Science, General Science Concentration with Teacher Licensure, B.S.


Chemistry 
Amy Phelps
615-898-2077

Amy.Phelps@mtsu.edu  

Students may become licensed to teach biology, chemistry, or physics in secondary schools (grades 7-12) by completing (1) a major in science with a General Science concentration in which 19 hours of coursework has been taken in each of two of three areas of chemistry, biology, or physics; (2) courses in addition to the True Blue Core requirements (see advisor); and (3) a minor in Secondary Education through MTeach.

A minimum of 9 semester hours of upper-division courses in any discipline of the Science major (biology, chemistry, or physics) must be taken at MTSU. The Science major requires only one minor which must include at least 3 semester hours at the upper-division level taken at MTSU.

Students may also become licensed to teach biology, chemistry, or physics by majoring in the subject they intend to teach (see requirements listed under the specific major).

NOTE: A grade of C or better is required on all transfer credits accepted as part of a major or minor in the Department of Chemistry. Students must have a grade point average of at least 2.00 on courses counting toward a major or minor in any of the department’s programs.

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 47-48 hours*
Supporting Courses 8 hours*
Secondary Education Minor 30 hours
Electives 2-5 hours
TOTAL 120-129 hours

 *This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If courses for this program are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the program of study may be completed in 120 hours.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

Major Requirements (47-48 hours)


Emphasis Areas (23-24 hours)


  • Selected from the designated areas of biology, chemistry, and physics

Supporting Courses (8 hours)


Secondary Minor-MTeach (30 hours)


See Secondary Education Minor-MTeach  for further information.

Electives (2-5 hours)


  • Sufficient upper-division credit hours must be taken to equal 36 credit hours

Curriculum: Science, General Science with Teacher Licensure


Freshman


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Junior


  • 1 to 3 credit hours (1 credit hour required)
  • Science major electives 8 credit hours
  • Electives/Secondary Education Minor 9 credit hours
  • Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours


Senior


  • Science major electives 6 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • Electives/Secondary Education Minor 15 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours


Total hours in program: 120


NOTE:


Please see Secondary Education Minor-MTeach  for more information.

NOTE:


Included in the electives will be the hours necessary for the completion of the required 36 upper-division hours for graduation requirements and the necessary hours to satisfy the 120-hour graduation requirement.

NOTE 1: A student who has a sufficiently high score on the ACT Mathematics test may begin with MATH 1910 . If the background in math is weak, MATH 1710  should be taken before MATH 1730 .

NOTE 2: A student who has had little or no high school chemistry or is not satisfied with his/her high school chemistry should first take CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011  before taking CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 .