Program Sheet: SECONDARY EDUCATION—CHEMISTRY
CERTIFICATION (non-degree) PROGRAM
Candidate Name:
SS #:
Undergrad Institution:
Major:
Required Courses
Communications
SEGL 101: Composition (3)
SEGL 102: Composition and Literature (3)
SSPH 201: Public Speaking (3)
Degree/Year:
GPA:
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Mathematics
SMTH 141: Calculus I (4)
SMTH 142: Calculus II (4)
SMTH 241: Calculus III (4)
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Professional Education
SEDC 300: Resources and Technology in Teaching (3)
SEDF 200: Teacher Education Colloquium (0)
SEDF 210: Foundations of Education (3)
SEDF 333: Educational Development of the Lifelong Learner (3)
SEDF 341: Educational Procedures for Exceptional Learners (3)
SEDS 342: Clinical I in Middle Grades/Secondary Education (1)
SEDS 440: Clinical II in Middle Grades/Secondary Education (1)
SEDS 442: Secondary School Curriculum and Methodology (4)
SEDS 450: Clinical III in Middle Grades/Secondary Education (1)
SEDR 418: Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School (3)
SEDS 448: Teaching Middle and Secondary Science (3)
SEDS 481: Directed Teaching in Secondary School Natural Science (15)
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Content Concentration
SCHM 111: General Chemistry (4)
SCHM 112: General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis (4)
SCHM 321: Quantitative Analysis & 321L: Quantitative Analysis Lab (3/1)
SCHM 331: Organic Chemistry I & 331L: Organic Chemistry I Lab (3/1)
SCHM 332: Organic Chemistry II & 332L: Organic Chemistry II Lab (3/1)
SCHM 541: Physical Chemistry I & 541L: Physical Chemistry I Lab (3/1)
SCHM 581/583L: Biochemistry/Biochemistry Lab (3/1)
SCHM elective (499 or higher level) (4)
SPHS 201: General Physics I or SPHS 211: Essentials of Physics I (4)
SPHS 202: General Physics II or SPHS 212: Essentials of Physics II (4)
SGEL 101: Physical Geology, SGEL 102: Historical Geology, or SGEL 103 Environmental Earth Science (4)
Total semester hours needed for certification
Additional certification requirements
Unit requirements: Admission to the professional program:
To take education courses numbered 400 and above,
candidates must attain admission to the professional program. This entails earning (and maintaining) a 2.5 minimum GPA,
passing all parts of the Praxis I Pre-professional Skills Test (PPST), signing an attestation of non-criminality, and securing two
favorable recommendations from USC Upstate professors. “Certification only” candidates may be granted a one-semester
exemption from this policy in order to pursue certification as full-time students during their first semester of enrollment;
however, they may not begin a second semester until gaining admission to the professional program. State requirements:
Passing scores on the PPST, passing scores on the Praxis II content area test(s), FBI fingerprint clearance.
Signed: ____________________________________________
Date: _________________
USC Upstate School of Education
AY 2009/2010
REV 10/09