Chemistry eLearning Course Information
Our aim is to provide a set of online graduate-level courses that make a significant difference in your ability to help your students learn. These courses will be rigorous, but fun! We are continually developing new courses, so check back often!
View a complete list of all e-Learning courses offered. Not all courses are offered every semester.
Note: Due to the level of work required for these courses, we recommend taking NO MORE THAN two courses in any given semester.
All of these courses require that you are either a certified teacher in your state/country, you are already teaching high school chemistry, or you have taken CHE 301 at Illinois State University.
Spring 2026 Course Offering: January 12 - May 8, 2026
The following course will be offered in the Spring 2026 semester.
CHE 466.08: Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry: Computational Chemistry
Graduate Credit Hours: 3
Applications of the principles of physical chemistry to modeling molecular structures, properties, and reactivity using modern software packages (which will be available to freely download or use via the internet). No prior computing experience is required.
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Fall 2025 Course Offerings: August 18 - December 6, 2025
The following courses will be offered in the Fall 2025 semester.
CHE 401.02: Adv. Chemistry Demos: Chemical Reactions, Stoichiometry, and the Mole
Graduate Credit Hours: 3
Topical analysis of current best practices in teaching chemistry related to chemical reactions, stoichiometry, and the mole.
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CHE 402.01: Teaching Chemistry in the Laboratory: An Experimental Science
Graduate Credit Hours: 3
Topical analysis of current best practices in teaching chemistry as an experimental science as it can be achieved in secondary school classrooms. A particular emphasis will be to connect content knowledge to modern demonstrations, experiments, and teaching activities.
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