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. To plan your course of study, download our tentative course offerings for spring 2024 - spring 2027.
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.
Summer 2024 Course Offerings: June 3 - July 26 , 2024
The following courses will be offered in the Summer 2024 semester.
PLEASE NOTE: We have recently transitioned our courses from ReggieNet to Canvas. The previous syllabi you see might reference ReggieNet, though all of the Summer 2024 courses will be offered in Canvas. You will still be able to access your courses through my.illinoisstate.edu.
CHE 401.05: Advanced Chemistry Demos: Redox, Electrochemistry, & Solutions
Graduate Credit Hours: 3
Topical analysis of current best practices in teaching redox, electrochemistry and solutions. A particular emphasis will be to connect content knowledge to modern demonstrations and teaching activities.
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(Tentative) CHE 403.01: Teaching Science Safely: Secondary Schools
Graduate Credit Hours: 3
Topical analysis of current best practices in teaching chemistry safely as it relates to secondary schools.
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CHE 454.09: Nuclear Chemistry
Graduate Credit Hours: 3
Fundamental concepts and applications of nuclear chemistry and radiochemistry, including nuclear dating, nucleosynthesis, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, and radiation effects.
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Fall 2024 Course Offerings: August 19 - December 13, 2024
The following courses will be offered in the Fall 2024 semester.
PLEASE NOTE: We have recently transitioned our courses from ReggieNet to Canvas. The previous syllabi you might see are all from ReggieNet, though all of the Fall 2024 courses will be offered in Canvas. You will still be able to access your courses through my.illinoisstate.edu.
CHE 401.03: Advanced Chemistry Demos: Kinetics, Equilibrium, & Acids & Bases
Graduate Credit Hours: 3
Topical analysis of current best practices in teaching Kinetics, Equilibrium, and Acids and Bases as they pertain to secondary school classrooms. A particular emphasis will be to connect content knowledge to modern demonstrations and teaching activities.
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CHE 401.06: Adv. Chemistry Demos: Thermochemical Energy in the Chemistry Curriculum
Graduate Credit Hours: 3
Topical analysis of current best practices and difficulties in teaching energy concepts in chemistry as they pertain to secondary school classrooms.
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