Chemistry BS

Major Requirements

A major in chemistry consists of:

CHEM 130	General Chemistry I/Lecture	3
CHEM 130L	General Chemistry I/Lab	1
CHEM 131	General Chemistry II/Lecture	3
CHEM 131L	General Chemistry II/Lab	1
CHEM 210	Organic Chemistry I/Lecture	3
CHEM 210L	Organic Chemistry I/Lab	1
CHEM 211	Organic Chemistry II/Lecture	3
CHEM 211L	Organic Chemistry II/Lab	1
CHEM 316	Chemical Analysis/Lecture	3
CHEM 316L	Chemical Analysis/Lab	1
CHEM 340	Inorganic Chemistry	3
CHEM 360	Synthesis and Characterization	4
CHEM 395	Chemistry Seminar	1
CHEM 400	Biochemistry	4
CHEM 438	Introduction to Chemical Research	3
CHEM 450	Physical Chemistry I	4
CHEM 451	Physical Chemistry II	4
CHEM 460	Advanced Organic Chemistry	3
CHEM 480	Internship in Chemistry	2 to 6
	and/or
CHEM 499	Supervised Research	1 to 6
MATH 123	Elementary Statistics	3
MATH 141	Calculus I	4
MATH 142	Calculus II	4
MATH 310	Differential Equations	3
PHYS 252	Calculus-Based Physics I	4
	or
PHYS 250	General Physics I/Lecture	3
	and
PHYS 250L	General Physics I/Lab	1
	and
PHYS 262	Calculus in Physics I	1
PHYS 253	Calculus-Based Physics II	4
	or
PHYS 251	General Physics II/Lecture	3
	and
PHYS 251L	General Physics II/Lab	1
	and
PHYS 263	Calculus in Physics II	1

Students must complete CHEM 395 for four hours and CHEM 480 and/or CHEM 499 for four hours to earn a major in chemistry.

It is strongly recommended that students also take:

MATH 250	Calculus III	4
MATH 295	Introduction to Discrete Mathematics	4
MATH 342	Linear Algebra	3
MATH 410	Probability and Statistics	3

Effective as of 11/8/2021