Major Requirements

Entry into the Major

Following the ACS Guidelines for Undergraduate Professional Education in Chemistry, the following courses are required for the chemistry major. Any chemistry or supporting course in which the student receives a grade of C- or lower must be repeated.

Core Requirements

Required lower division courses:

• CHEM113 General Chemistry I and CHEM114 General Chemistry II
• CHEM215 Organic Chemistry I and CHEM216 Organic Chemistry II
• MATH151 Calculus I and MATH152 Calculus II
• PHYS213 General Physics I and PHYS214 General Physics II

Required upper division courses:

• CHEM313 Analytical Chemistry
• CHEM314 Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM323 General Biochemistry
• CHEM353 Physical Chemistry I

Major Electives

12 credits minimum; Limit of 2 SCIE courses

• SCIE320 History and Philosophy of Science
• SCIE330 Ethics in Science
• SCIE340 Environmental Issues
• CHEM301 Introduction to Environmental Management or CHEM401 Chemical Information
• CHEM324 Advanced Biochemistry
• CHEM354 Physical Chemistry II
• CHEM405 Advanced Organic Chemistry
• CHEM480 Topics in Chemistry (may be repeated for credit)
• CHEM495 Chemistry Seminar
• CHEM497 Research (arranged)