[gobuckskb9]

I want to teach high school chemistry.
At my University, one must get a Bachelor's degree in a major, then go to grad school to get a master's of education.
I am majoring in chemistry, currently going for a Bachelor of Arts. Is this a good idea? or should I go for a Bachelor of Sciences?

[sjb]

Whereabouts are you? I can only personally think of 2 universities in the UK that would offer BAs in Chemistry. What is the difference between the two degrees in terms of the content?

[gobuckskb9]

I go to Ohio State University.
BA's take gen chem, ochem, 2 ochem labs, 2 pchem lectures, 1 pchem lab, and two advanced chem electives (achem and another) as well as two advanced science electives.

BS's take: everything the BA takes but a higher level pchem class as well as advanced inorganic and instrumental lectures and an instrumental lab plus an advanced chem elective and another upper level chem class.

Keep in mind that I want to teach high school chemistry.

[azmanam]

imho, BS's are taken a bit more seriously than BA's (but honestly, only very slightly.  no offense to any BA's out there).  You can probably get a job equally easily with either.  I don't think one is going to get you significantly better jobs, and the other won't lock you out of any jobs.  It's a matter of motivation, imho.  Do you want to push yourself to take the harder classes and learn more information you'll probably never use as a HS teacher?  Or do you realize you'll never use that information and want to take other ugrad courses to prepare you to be a better HS teacher (i.e. some classes in the education school perhaps).

Again, that's just my opinion.  Your mileage may vary.