Program: Adolescence Education: Chemistry (7-12) [ACH] - SUNY Cortland

2006-2007 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 06, 2025

This major leads to New York State certification to teach chemistry in grades 7-12.

Students will be accepted to the program after 45 credit hours have been completed. At that time students must have an overall grade point average of 2.5 and a grade point average of 2.5 in chemistry, related areas and the professional preparation courses.

A. Required Courses: 28 credit hours

Six additional hours in chemistry at the 300 level or above, excluding courses in section B.

CHE 221 - General Chemistry I (4 cr. hr.)
CHE 222 - General Chemistry II (4 cr. hr.)
CHE 301 - Organic Chemistry I (4 cr. hr.)
CHE 340 - Inorganic Chemistry (3 cr. hr.)
CHE 410 - Quantitative Analysis (3 cr. hr.)
CHE 431 - Physical Chemistry I (3 cr. hr.)
CHE 471 - Quantitative Measurements Laboratory (1 cr. hr.)
CHE 472 - Equilibrium Measurements Laboratory (1 cr. hr.)

B. Elective Advanced Labs: A total of two credit hrs from a minimum of two of the following courses:

One credit may be substituted with CHE 480 with prior department approval.

CHE 442 - Advance Preparations (1-3 cr. hr.)
CHE 453 - Introductory Biochemistry Lab II (1 cr. hr.)
CHE 470 - Advanced Laboratory (1 cr. hr.)
CHE 473 - Thermodynamics and Kinetics Laboratory (1 cr. hr.)
CHE 474 - Spectroscopy Laboratory (1 cr. hr.)
CHE 475 - Inorganic Preparations Laboratory (1 cr. hr.)

C. Related Courses: 28 credit hours

BIO 110 - Principles of Biology I (4 cr. hr.)
BIO 111 - Principles of Biology II (3 cr. hr.)
GLY 261 - Physical Geology (4 cr. hr.)
GLY 262 - Historical Geology (4 cr. hr.)
MAT 121 - Calculus A (3 cr. hr.)
MAT 122 - Calculus B (3 cr. hr.)
PHY 201 - Principles of Physics I (4 cr. hr.)
PHY 202 - Principles of Physics II (4 cr. hr.)

D. Required Professional Courses: 38 credit hours

AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (HIS) (3 cr. hr.)
AED 442 - Methods I: Teaching the Sciences in the Middle and Secondary Schools (BIO) (3 cr. hr.)
AED 443 - Methods II: Teaching the Sciences in the Middle and Secondary Schools (BIO) (3 cr. hr.)
AED 444 - Laboratory Practicum (BIO) (1 cr. hr.)
AED 445 - Student Teaching: Adolescence Education — Science (BIO) (14 cr. hr.)
HLH 199 - Critical School Health Issues (2 cr. hr.)
LIT 449 - Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 101 - General Psychology I (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 350 - Psychology of Language (3 cr. hr.)
or
SHH 300 - Normal Language Development (3 cr. hr.)

E. Additional Requirements: 28-33 credit hours

Composition and General Education Courses: 27 credit hours
Foreign Language Courses: 0-6 credit hours
Free Elective Courses: 0-1 credit hours

F. Admission to the Major

Completion of 45 credit hours with at least a 2.5 grade point average overall and at least a 2.5 grade point average in each of areas A, B and C above. Students enrolled in an adolescence education science program will not be allowed to progress through courses in the pedagogical sequence if they have not met all the criteria for admission to teacher education by the time they have completed AED 391: Introduction to Adolescence Education. The pedagogical sequence is designated by AED 391, AED 442, AED 443, AED 444 and AED 445.

G. Eligibility for Student Teaching

To be eligible for AED 445: Student Teaching, a minimum overall grade point average of 2.5 is required. Additionally, a minimum grade point average of 2.5 is required in each of areas A, B, and C above. A minimum of 24 credit hours in chemistry courses and 22 credit hours in related science and math courses is needed. The following must be completed before the student teaching experience. Additionally, each teacher candidate will be required to submit a professional portfolio.

AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (ICC) (3 cr. hr.)
AED 442 - Methods I: Teaching the Sciences in the Middle and Secondary Schools (BIO) (3 cr. hr.)
AED 443 - Methods II: Teaching the Sciences in the Middle and Secondary Schools (BIO) (3 cr. hr.)
AED 444 - Laboratory Practicum (BIO) (1 cr. hr.)
BIO 110 - Principles of Biology I (4 cr. hr.)
and
BIO 111 - Principles of Biology II (3 cr. hr.)
or
BIO 201 - Biological Sciences I (4 cr. hr.)
and
BIO 202 - Biological Sciences II (4 cr. hr.)
CHE 221 - General Chemistry I (4 cr. hr.)
CHE 222 - General Chemistry II (4 cr. hr.)
CHE 301 - Organic Chemistry I (4 cr. hr.)
CHE 340 - Inorganic Chemistry (3 cr. hr.)
GLY 261 - Physical Geology (4 cr. hr.)
MAT 121 - Calculus A (3 cr. hr.)
MAT 122 - Calculus B (3 cr. hr.)
PHY 201 - Principles of Physics I (4 cr. hr.)
PSY 101 - General Psychology I (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.)

H. Other

Specific information regarding requirements (for example, state examinations and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment) for New York State teaching certification can be found here.

Catalog

A. Required Courses: 28 credit hours

B. Elective Advanced Labs: A total of two credit hrs from a minimum of two of the following courses:

C. Related Courses: 28 credit hours

D. Required Professional Courses: 38 credit hours

E. Additional Requirements: 28-33 credit hours

F. Admission to the Major

G. Eligibility for Student Teaching

H. Other

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 124

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