Skip NavigationWheaton College Home
  

 

Overview

Faculty

Majors

Student
Opportunities

 

 

 

 

 

Major and Courses

 


*BIOLOGY SECONDARY EDUCATION GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
. (Double major in Biology and Secondary Education)

 

I. Core (34 hrs)

BIOL 241 College Biology (4)
BIOL 242 College Biology II (4)
BIOL 252 Biological Systems (4)
BIOL 321 Human Physiology (4)
BIOL 351 General Ecology (4) 
BIOL 356 Genetics (4)  
BIOL 364 Microbiology and Immunology (4) 
BIOL 494 The Integrated Biologist (2)
a botany course (4)

II. Required supporting courses (24 hrs)

CHEM 221 & 222 General Chemistry I & II (8) or CHEM 236 and 237
CHEM 241 Principles of Organic Chemistry (4)
GEOL 211 Physical Geology (4)
PHYS 221 General Physics (4)
ASTR 301 Planetary Astronomy (2) or ASTR 302 Stellar Astronomy (2)

SCI 321 Science for Sec Teachers (2)

III. Lab work - 2 semesters of lab assistance in department

MAT REQUIREMENT

-12 additional upper divisional biology hours

COMBINED BACHELOR’S/MAT

-Program may be completed in six years and one summer.

 
 

Back to top

 
   


*CHEMISTRY SECONDARY EDUCATION GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS (
Double major in Chemistry and Secondary Education)

 

I. Chemistry Courses (36)

CHEM 236 General Chemistry (4)
CHEM 237 Inorganic Chemistry (4)
CHEM 341 Organic Chemistry I (4)
CHEM 342 Organic Chemistry II (4)
CHEM 355 Analytical Chemistry (2)
CHEM 371 Physical Chemistry I (4)
CHEM 372 Physical Chemistry II (2)

CHEM 436 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (2)
CHEM 455 OR CHEM 457  - Adv. Analytical I or II (2)
CHEM 461 General Biochemistry (4) (counts for four additional hours of at the 400 level)
CHEM 475 Methods in Physical Chemistry (2) 
CHEM 494 Chemistry in Context (2)

II. Physics Courses (10)

PHYS 231 Classical Physics I (4)
PHYS 232 Classical Physics II (4)
ASTR 301 Planetary Astronomy (2) or ASTRO 302 Stellar Astronomy (2)

III. Science Course (10)

SCI 321 Science for Sec Teachers (2) Spring
BIOL 201 Principles of Biology (4)
GEOL 211 Physical Geology (4)

MAT REQUIREMENT

-12 additional upper divisional hours

COMBINED BACHELOR’S/MAT

- Program may be completed in six years and one summer.

 
 

Back to top

 
   


*PHYSICS SECONDARY EDUCATION GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS -
(Double major in PHysics and Secondary Education)

 


I. Physics Courses (32)

PHYS 231 Classical Physics I (4)
PHYS 232 Classical Physics II (4)
PHYS 333 Modern Physics (2)
PHYS 335 Modern Science Skills Lab (2)
PHYS 341 Analytical Mechanics (4)
PHYS 342 Electromagnetic Theory (4)

PHYS 343 Experimental Physics (2)
PHYS 344 Quantum Mechanics (4)
PHYS 351 Electronics (2)
PHYS 353 Optics (2)

PHYS 494 Physics Seminar(2)


II. Supporting Courses

CHEM 236 General Chemistry

ASTR 301 Planetary Astronomy (2) or ASTR 302 Stellar Astronomy (2)
BIOL 201 Principles of Biology (4)
GEOL 211 Physical Geology (4)

SCI 321 Science for Secondary Teachers (2
)

III. At least two semesters as a lab assistant in the Physics or Chemistry Department


MAT REQUIREMENT

-12 additional upper divisional hours in physics

COMBINED BACHELOR’S/MAT

-Program may be completed in six years and one summer.

 

 
 

Back to top

 
   


*GEOLOGY SECONDARY EDUCATION GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS (
Double major in Geology and Secondary Education)

 

1. Geology Courses (32) Bachelor of Arts Option

GEOL 211 Physical Geology (4) OR GEOL 221 - Physical Geology for Science Majors (4) or GEOL 201
GEOL 321 Earth History and Stratigraphy (4)
GEOL 336 Process Geomorphology (4)
GEOL 342 Fundamentals of Geochemistry (2)

GEOL 343 Fundamentals of Mineral Science (2)
GEOL 344 General Petrology & Petrography (4)
GEOL 412 Field Geology (6) [Summer ONLY] or equivalent
GEOL 443 Structural Geology (4)

GEOL 494 Geology (2) Seminar in Geology

 

II. Supporting Courses (20)

PHYS 221 General Physics I (4)
CHEM 236 Introductory Chemistry (4)

CHEM 237 Inorganic Chemistry (4)
BIOL 201 Principles of Biology (4)

ASTRO 301 Planetary Astronomy or 302 Stellar Astronomy (2)

SCI 321 Science for Secondary Teachers (2)



MAT REQUIREMENT

-12 additional upper divisional hours in geology

COMBINED BACHELOR’S/MAT


-Program may be completed in six years and one summer.

 

 
 

Back to top