The goal of UMBC's B.A. in Chemistry Education is to provide a curriculum that, in four years, gives students a solid foundation in chemistry and also the coursework necessary for certification to teach chemistry at the secondary level. It is considered crucial that graduates be fully-trained chemists, capable of working in a range of technical positions outside of secondary education. The curriculum also seeks to expand the scientific background/perspective of graduates by requiring courses in other scientific disciplines as well as a science history course.

The Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry Education, Physical Chemistry consists of at least 106 credits distributed as follows:

*These courses must be completed with a grade of C or better. An overall C average must be maintained in required major courses.

A. Chemistry (35 credits)
CHEM 101	Principles of Chemistry I*
CHEM 102	Principles of Chemistry II*
CHEM 102L	Introductory Chemistry Lab*
CHEM 300	Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 301	Physical Chemistry*
CHEM 302	Physical Chemistry II
CHEM 311L	Advanced Laboratory I
CHEM 351	Organic Chemistry I*
CHEM 351L	Organic Laboratory I*
CHEM 352	Organic Chemistry II*
CHEM 405	Inorganic Chemistry
B. Mathematics (8 credits)
MATH 151	Calculus and Analytic Geometry I*
MATH 152	Calculus and Analytic Geometry II*
C. Physics (8 credits)
PHYS 121	Introductory Physics I*
PHYS 122	Introductory Physics II*
D. Education (33 credits)
EDUC 310	Inquiry into Education
EDUC 311	Psychological Foundations of Education
EDUC 388	Inclusion and Instruction
EDUC 410	Reading in the Content Area – Part I
EDUC 411	Reading in the Content Area – Part II
EDUC 412	Analysis of Teaching and Learning
EDUC 427	Teaching Science in the Secondary School
EDUC 456	Internship in Secondary Education
EDUC 457	Internship Seminar in Secondary Educuation
E. Other (22 credits)
Biol 100 + BIOL 100L	Concepts of Biology
ENGL 100	Composition (or qualifying score on placement, 100A or 110)
PSYC 100	Introduction to Psychology
HIST 110	Western Civ to 1700 or HIST 111 – Western Civ 1700 to present
HIST 445	History of Science to 1700 or HIST 446 – History of Science since 1700
GES Elective
F. Approved Electives
Arts and Humanities (3 courses required)
Language and Culture (3 courses required)

Freshman
Fall	Spring
MATH 151	MATH 152
MATH 101	CHEM 102
Arts & Humanities Elective I	CHEM 102L
Language/Culture Elective I	Language/Culture Elective II
ENGL 101	PSYC 101
Sophmore
Fall	Spring
CHEM 351	CHEM 352
CHEM 351L	CHEM 300
PHYS 121	PHYS 122
Language/Culture Elective III	Arts & Humanities Elective I
HIST 110 or HIST 111	EDUC 310
Junior
Fall	Spring
CHEM 301*	CHEM 302*
CHEM 311L*	BIOL 100 & BIOL 100L
GES Elective or HIST 445	GES Elective or HIST 446
EDUC 311	Arts & Humanities Elective
EDUC 412	EDUC 410
senior
Fall	Spring
CHEM 405	EDUC 456
Science Elective**	EDUC 457
EDUC 427
EDUC 438
EDUC 411

*denotes courses that differ between Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry tracks
**any 300 or 400 level CHEM, BIOL, or PHYS course

In addition to the requirements for the major, all students must satisfy University credit and GEP requirements