Program: Physical Science (with Emphasis in Chemistry) Major (PHSC) (Teacher Licensure), BA - Harding University

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 38 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete 53 hours of Liberal Arts studies. The following Liberal Arts requirements are met within the content of the major:

Biology, mathematics, physical science requirements
3 hours of the Global Perspectives component are counted below in the hours required for the major.
EDFD 203 is taken in place of PSY 201 in the Individual and Social Environment component and is counted below in the hours required for licensure.

Recommended:

PHS 111 is recommended.

Required:

POLS 205 is required.

Major: 52 Hours

40 hours:

CHEM 121 - College Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 122 - College Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 140 - Freshman Seminar
CHEM 249 - Organic Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 261 - Analytical Chemistry Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 315 - Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis Credit Hours: 4
CHEM 324 - Biochemistry I Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 325 - Biochemistry I Lab Credit Hours: 1
CHEM 401 - Physical Chemistry with Biological Applications Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 405 - Research Credit Hours: 0-3
(1 credit hour meets major requirement.)
CHEM 440 - Seminar Credit Hours: 0, 2
PHYS 201 - General Physics I Credit Hours: 4
or PHYS 211 - Engineering Physics Credit Hours: 4
PHYS 202 - General Physics II Credit Hours: 4
or PHYS 212 - Engineering Physics II Credit Hours: 4
PHS 410 - Christian View of Science and Scripture Credit Hours: 2 or 3
(2 credit hours meet major requirements.)

Other required science and math courses (12 hours):

BIOL 250 - Environmental Science Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 259 - Cell Biology Credit Hours: 4
MATH 201 - Analytics and Calculus I Credit Hours: 5

Note(s):

Math leveling work, if needed, replaces the electives and increases the total hours in the degree.

Licensure: 31 Hours

Consult the Cannon-Clary College of Education catalog section for additional licensure information.

EDFD 200 - Chalk / Wire ePortfolio
EDFD 202 - The Teaching Profession and Technology - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 203 - Child and Adolescent Development Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 311 - Principles of Learning and Teaching Credit Hours: 3
RDNG 415 - Interdisciplinary Literacy Credit Hours: 3
SEED 314 - Classroom Management and Assessment - Field Experience II Credit Hours: 2
SEED 417 - Classroom Assessment Credit Hours: 2
SEED 428 - Teaching Science Credit Hours: 3
SEED 451 - Supervised Teaching - Internship II Credit Hours: 8-12
SEED 480 - Professional Educator-Secondary Credit Hours: 2
SPED 418 - Educating the Child with Exceptionalities: Secondary Credit Hours: 2

Note(s):

Students seeking teaching licensure must follow eligibility criteria for admission and retention listed in the Cannon-Clary College of Education section of the undergraduate catalog.

The following Praxis II examinations are required for licensure: Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades 7-12 (0624) and Physical Science: Content Knowledge (0481).

Remaining Bible/Electives: 7 Hours

PHS 410 , counted above in the major, satisfies the Bible requirement in the semester it is taken. It should be taken in the spring of the senior year. Bible is not taken during the supervised teaching semester.

PHS 111 is recommended. Math leveling work, if needed, replaces the electives and increases the total hours in the degree.

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here .

Locations

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 38 Hours

Major: 52 Hours

40 hours:

Other required science and math courses (12 hours):

Note(s):

Licensure: 31 Hours

Note(s):

Remaining Bible/Electives: 7 Hours

Total Hours: 128

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