Program Mission

The mission of the Chemistry Program is to train ethically grounded critically thinking students to apply broad chemical knowledge to solve real-world problems and to prepare them for employment in chemistry-related fields, graduate studies in chemistry, or professional studies through a community of faith and scholarship.

Program Outcomes

1. Graduates will be able to explain fundamental concepts and solve problems in quantitative, biological, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.
2. Graduates will be proficient in fundamental laboratory skills, including safety and use of instrumentation and computers and in the application of the scientific method.
3. Graduates will be able to communicate scientific results via oral and written reports, with effective use of scientific literature.
4. Graduates will be aware of major ethical issues at the forefront of their discipline and apply ethical principles of the discipline in regard to treatment of experimental data, use of sources, and in collaboration with colleagues in light of cultural differences present in a diverse and multicultural society.
5. Graduates in Chemistry-Secondary education will be competent in the content of chemistry and be able to teach it.

Program Requirements

Requirements for a B.A. in Chemistry

Students must complete all the requirements for a double major in Secondary Education (B.A.).

Secondary Education Major Requirements

A grade of 'D' will not be accepted in Education courses, major content courses, or the General Education courses that are specifically required for the Secondary Education major. 

Changes in Kansas State Department Licensure requirements will preclude requirements established by Benedictine’s School of Education.
Students will complete the College’s general education requirements in addition to the following courses.

Suggested Sequence of Courses for a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Chemistry and Secondary Education