This major satisfies the endorsement for grades 5–12.
Review School of Education for prerequisites and additional requirements.

Grade Requirements: due to the cumulative nature of chemistry courses, the department strongly recommends that students receive a grade ≥C in all prerequisite chemistry courses.

School of Education

Secondary Education Core
EDUC 303 & EDUC 309 & EDUC 341 & EDUC 386A & EDUC 413	FOUNDATIONS OF ASSESSMENT and FOUNDATIONS OF SECONDARY CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT and SECONDARY STRATEGIES, MANAGEMENT, ASSESSMENT and FIELD EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICUM and CONTENT AREA LITERACY: MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION CANDIDATES	15
EDUC 386B & EDUC 427	FIELD EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICUM and GENERAL STUDENT TEACHING K-12 (These are variable credit courses. The minimum for each is 3 credits.)	6-15
EDUC 426	SECONDARY STUDENT TEACHING 5-12	12
Total Credits		33-42

University Competencies and Proficiencies

English 
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance 
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB

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General Education Requirements (GER)

• Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours 
  • 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
  • 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
• Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0

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Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)

Humanities and Arts 
Natural Sciences 
Social Sciences

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University Graduation Requirements (UGR)

Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List

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Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).

Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Requirements in Degree Works are based on these two catalog years:

1. The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
2. The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.

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Students who earn a BAE in Chemistry/Biochemistry/Secondary from EWU should be able to:​​

• apply best practices to teach Chemistry that are outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards;
• demonstrate effective strategies for teaching Chemistry to a community of diverse students;
• demonstrate understanding of core concepts in Chemistry;
• describe the procedures for responding to potential safety hazards in the laboratory, classroom, and field;
• shows evidence of integrating the 3 dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards.