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Emphasis 2 Entitlement Only

A tentative plan of study for secondary teacher training in chemistry

NIU Links:
Community College Articulation Handbook
 Gives a list of courses at area community colleges that articulate as NIU courses.
Undergraduate Chemistry and Biochemistry Catalog Pages
Gives a complete description of emphases 2 and 3 requirements and courses. 
Click on a link in the table below to find out more about specific courses.
Course search to find out when courses are offered on- or off-campus.
Schedule of Classes for the current semester.

 

Tentative Plan of Study for Emphasis 2:
Includes a physics endorsement

Freshman Year:
CHEM 210 / 212
General Chemistry I 		4
MATH 229
Calculus I		 4
ENGL 103 3
POLS 100 / 150 (Social Sciences) 3
Arts1 3
Total sem hr:
17
CHEM 211 / 213
General Chemistry II		 4
MATH 230
Calculus II		 4
ENGL 104 3
COMS 100 3
Humanities 3
Total sem hr:
17

Sophomore Year:
CHEM 336 
Organic Chemistry I		 3
BIOS 103, 106,  or 109 3
PHYS 250(A) 4
PSYC 102 (Social Sciences) 3
IInterdisciplinary2 3
Total:
16
CHEM 337
Organic Chemistry II		 3
CHEM 332 
Organic Chemistry lab		 2
PHYS 251(A) 4
HIST 260 / 261 Humanities 3
Writing course 3
Total:
15

Junior Year:
CHEM 440
Physical Chemistry		 3
CHEM 470 / 472 
Biochemistry		 3
Humanities 3
ILAS 201 1
EPFE 410 3
Total
13
CHEM 447
Physical Chemistry Lab		 3
CHEM 360
Inorganic Chemistry		 3
PHYS 180 / 181 (if physics endorsement is desired) 4
ILAS 301 2
EPS 406 3
CHEM 498
Technology Training		 3
Total
18

Senior Year:
CHEM 325
Analytical		 4
CHEM 495X
Physical Science Methods		 3
ILAS 3003 2
ILAS 4013 1
TLSE 457 3
Total:
13
CHEM 4973
Student Teaching		 12
Total
12

1 At least one course must be taken from the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
2 Choose a non-Western or Third World studies course, such as ILAS 225.
3 ILAS 300, ILAS 401, and CHEM 497 are part of the Intensive Student Teaching Program.

Total sem hrs for Emphasis 2: 124

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