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Program OutcomesEDUC 101EDUC 121EDUC 201EDUC 250EDUC 255CHEM 105CHEM 106CHEM 211CHEM 212PHYS 101PHYS 102MATH 211MATH 212ENGL 111COMM 101/102
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SECONDARY EDUCATION
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Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in Adolescent Development, which includes:
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of adolescent development and diversityXX
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of adolescent cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and moral developmentXX
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of how culture, economic background, linguistics background, gender, religion and family structure impact adolescentsXXX
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Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in Instructional Technology, which include:
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Demonstrate an understanding of software and educational technologies associated with operations and concepts for instruction and use of technology to enhance productivity, efficiency and professional practice, specifically:X
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Demonstrate an understanding, evaluate and select information, sources, and digital tools based on appropriateness to specific toolsX
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Apply instructional technology to generate ideas, products, and processesX
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Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in Diversity/Multicultural Issues, which include:
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Demonstrate an understanding and awareness of diverse adolescent abilities and their influence on instructional needsX
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Demonstrate how culture, economic background, linguistics background, gender, religion, and family structure influence the learning of adolescentsX
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Demonstrate sensitivity to varying adolescent abilities and diversityX
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Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in the Roles and Responsibilities of Educators, which include:
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of professional roles and responsibilities of the professionX
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Demonstrate an understanding of the ethics of the profession, e.g. confidentiality, plagiarismX
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Demonstrate ability to collaborate and communicate with peers, students, and educaiton professionalsX
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Understand the appropriate use of social networking and/or electronic communication with peers, students, and education professionalsX
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Recognize varying roles of teachers in schools and communityX
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Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in Educational Learning Theory, which includes:
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of contemporary learning theories and theories of motivation and how development occurs according to these theoriesX
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of how adolescents construct meaning based on different learning theoriesX
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of how adolescents respond to instructional strategies and learning environments based on different motivation theoriesX
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Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in the History and Philosophy of Education, which include:
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of the historical, philosophical, ethical, and legal foundations of the fieldX
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of key historical events that have influenced American public educationX
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of key philosophical orientations that influences American public educationX
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of legal influences of American public educationX
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Demonstrate an emerging understanding of the inherent value of equity in American educationX
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Demonstrate Competency and Expectations within Clinial Experiences, which include:
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Demontrate sensitivity to varying adolescent abilities and diversity through experiences in both community and school settingsX
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Demonstrate familiarity wiht current secondary school settingsX
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Demonstrate appropriate professional dispositions, presentation and behaviors, e.g., collegiality, ability to self-assess accuratelyX
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CHEMISTRY
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Demonstrate Competency and Knowledge of the Principles of Chemistry, which include:
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Chemical Toolbox
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Use theory to predict, graph, and interpret experiment observations.XXXX
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Use math and critical reasoning to organize and manipulate data for meaningful interpretations of data and results, use statistics to judge limitations of error, and discern causes of error. Distinguish between precision and accuracy.XXXX
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Apply relevant fundamental mathematical relationships in order to carry out accurate calculations related to the specific topics covered.XXXX
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Apply rules of significant figures and rounding, converting among units, and using dimensional analysis to solve numerical problems.XXXX
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Use problem-solving skills to reduce complex problems into simpler components, identifying principle objectives.XXXX
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Integrate knowledge of two or more traditional subfields of chemistry to solve complex chemical problems.XXXX
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Demonstrate computer literacy to use multiple programming, computational, online and database tools. Utilize computational tools to organize, process, store, and retrieve data.XXXX
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Understand the major systems of nomenclature used in chemistry for inorganic and organic compounds, including stereochemistry (R/S and E/Z).XXXX
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Matter
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Recognize the atomic symbols of the elements and use the periodic table to extract valuable information about atoms and ions especially concerning bonding.XXXX
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Classify matter: pure substances (elements and compounds) or mixtures (homogeneous or heterogeneous).XXXX
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Understand the differences between physical and chemical changes, physical properties and chemical properties.XXXX
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Describe matter in terms of its physical properties (both intensive and extensive) and chemical properties.X
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Compare and contrast the three forms of matter: solid, liquids and gas. Compare a gas, a liquid, and a solid using a kinetic-molecular theory description.XX
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Use mathematical relationships (including Boyle’s Law, Charles’s Law, Avogadro’s Law, ideal gas law, and van der Waals equation) to describe gases.X
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Describe gases with respect to density, vapor pressure, partial pressures, diffusion, effusion, molecular speed distributions.X
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Define changes of state physically and pictorially (heating curves and phase diagrams). Apply the Clausius-Clapeyron equation.X
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Describe liquids with respect to surface tension, viscosity, capillary action, and vapor pressure.X
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Identify types of solids: molecular solids, metallic solids, ionic solids, and covalent network solids. Identify coordination number, common unit cells (simple cubic, body-centered cubic, and face-centered cubic unit cell) , and properties that relate to its structure.XX
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Atomic Structure
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Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the structure of the nucleus (including nucleons), atoms, isotopes, ions, and molecules.X
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Apply a fundamental knowledge of atomic orbitals (s, p, d, and f) to electronic configurations and the explanation of electronic spectroscopy.X
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Apply the Pauli exclusion principle, Hund’s rule, Aufbau principle to write the electronic configurations for the elements, identifying diamagnetic and paramagnetic species. Explain how electronic configurations relate to electronegativities and bonding properties of these elements. Distinguish between core and valence electrons.X
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Employ periodic trends (including successive ionization energies, electron affinities, atomic radii, ionic radii, shielding and effective nuclear charge) to atoms and ions.X
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Understand the basic mathematical relationships underpinning quantum mechanics, such as the wave function, de Broglie wavelength, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and other physical properties of a particle.X
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Chemical Bonding
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Predict, compare and contrast the different types of intramolecular (covalent, ionic, and metallic) and intermolecular bonding (London forces (induced dipole), dipole-dipole, hydrogen-bonding, and ion-dipole) demonstrated in substances? Predict the consequences of these types of bonds on physical properties.XX
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Apply physical properties of a particle.X
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Understand the interaction of light with matter. Relate energy of a photon to wavelength, frequency, and to emission and absorption spectroscopy. Understand the relative regions of the electromagnetic radiation.X
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Apply valence bond theory (hybridization, σ + π bonds), and molecular orbital bonding models to describe bonding at the molecular level.XX
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Develop a fundamental understanding of the behavior and properties of phases of matter (gases, liquids, and solids).X
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Define and identify ionic and covalent bonding, energetics of bonding, lattice energy through the Born-Haber cycle.X
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Describe bonds using single, double, and triple bond notation, coordinate covalent bond, valence bond descriptions (hybrid orbitals), and sigma and pi bond descriptions.XX
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Relate bonding properties (such as delocalized electrons, formal charge, bond length, bond order, bond enthalpy) and its consequences to molecular structure and reactivity.XX
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Define bonding in metals and metal compounds, metallic bonding, band theory, magnetic properties, conductivity, semiconductors, insulators, and defects.X
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Describe diatomic molecules using molecular orbital theory, identifying bonding, antibonding orbitals, and bond order.XX
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Molecular Structure & Function
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Distinguish between structure/reactivity and structure/property relationships.XXXX
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Relate bond polarity and molecular dipole moment to identify polar and non-polar molecules.X
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Predict general trends in the boiling points and solubilities of compounds, based on their size, polarity, and ability to form hydrogen bonds.X
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Identify constitutional isomers, stereoisomers, and diastereomers, including cis-trans (geometric) isomers.X
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Distinguish between angle strain, torsional strain, steric strain, and understand their significance to reactivity.XXX
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Identify resonance-stabilized structures and compare the relative importance of their resonance forms. Calculate formal charges for different bonding modes.XX
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Relate the dependence of structure and reactivity on context, particularly solvent effects and other non-covalent interactions.X
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Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of structure-function relationships for organic molecules by functional groups, including alkanes, alkyl halides, alkenes, alkynes, arenes, alcohols, ethers, amines, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, and carboxylic acid derivatives.XX
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Relate the interplay between electronic, steric, and orbital interactions in the behavior and properties of molecules.XX
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Draw and describe reactive intermediate structures of carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, and carbenes and the structural features that stabilize them. Explain which are electrophilic and which are nucleophilic.X
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Reactions
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Write accurate, balanced equations for chemical (including redox) and nuclear reactions, including deducing stable products in a nuclear reaction based on the stability of radionuclides. Predict the type of radioactive emission for a nuclear reaction. Distinguish the different classes of nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, artificial vs. Natural radioactivity)XX
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Employ the detailed quantitative relationships (moles, molar mass, and molarity) governing chemical reactions, including the ability to perform a variety of stoichiometry calculations (such as limiting reagent, dilutions, theoretical yield, percent yield).X
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Demonstrate a basic understanding of reaction chemistry, including oxidation-reduction (both inorganic and organic, half reactions and net ionic equations), acid-base, neutralization, precipitation, substitution (both inorganic and organic), elimination, rearrangements, and addition.XXX
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Identify nucleophiles (Lewis bases) and electrophiles (Lewis acids), and write equations for Lewis acid-base reactions using curved arrows to show the flow of electrons.XX
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Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of reactions and propose logical mechanisms for the major functional groups of organic molecules, including alkanes, alkyl halides, alkenes, alkynes, arenes, alcohols, ethers, amines, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, and carboxylic acid derivatives.XX
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Understand and employ the methodologies of organic synthesis, including retrosynthetic analysis of target molecules.XX
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Energy and Thermodynamics
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Define a system (versus surroundings) in terms of kinetic and potential energy, internal energy, work and heat.XX
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Define chemical and physical processes as exothermic or endothermic processes, calculating ∆Ho and ∆So for a reaction based on stoichiometry. Calculate ∆Go from both ∆Ho and ∆So, and from ∆G values of formation.XX
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Manipulate common thermochemical calculations and relationships (including calorimetry; heats of reaction; Hess’s Law and standard enthalpies or entropies of formation; calculating for reactions and phase changes).XX
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Manipulate common calculations and relationships to solutions (such as Henry’s Law; calculating solution concentration and converting between the various forms of concentration expression; applying Raoult’s Law; calculating colligative properties.)XX
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Calculate and relate Ecell, equilibrium constant, ∆G at various conditions.X
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Calculate the binding energy in a nuclear reaction.X
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Kinetics
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Calculate reaction rates, determining reaction orders and rate constants.X