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

Chemistry, Teacher Licensure (MTeach), B.S.


Department of Chemistry 
615-898-2077
Amy Phelps, program coordinator
Amy.Phelps@mtsu.edu
 

Students seeking a license to teach chemistry in secondary schools (grades 7-12) must complete (1) a major in Chemistry, (2) an MTeach minor, and (3) PSCI 1030 /PSCI 1031  in addition to the True Blue Core requirements.

Students must contact their Secondary Education Minor-MTeach  advisors for approval of appropriate courses and more information.

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.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Chemistry, Teacher Licensure (MTeach), B.S., Academic Map  

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 36-42 hours*
Supporting Courses 24-28 hours*
Secondary Education Minor (MTeach) 30 hours
TOTAL 124-135 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 124 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:

Supporting Courses (24-28 hours)


Secondary Minor-MTeach (30 hours)


See Secondary Education Minor-MT  for further information.

Curriculum: Chemistry Teacher Licensure (MTeach)


Freshman


Subtotal: 31 Hours


Sophomore


Subtotal: 33 Hours


Junior


Subtotal: 30 Hours


Senior


Subtotal: 30 Hours


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 .