Chemistry (B.S.)

Freshman Year

Total Semester Hours: 33

• Social Sciences Elective² - 6
• Humanities Elective² - 3

• CHEM 101 - General Chemistry I
• CHEM 102 - General Chemistry II
• ENGL 101 - English Composition I
• ENGL 102 - English Composition II
• FFND 101 - Freshman Foundations
• MATH 170 - Precalculus College Algebra
• MATH 175 - Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry
• MATH 190 - Calculus I
• ORIN 101 - Freshman Orientation

Sophomore Year

Total Semester Hours: 31

• Art Elective² - 3
• Humanities Elective² - 3
• Biological or Environ. Science Elective - 3

• CHEM 203 - Quantitative Chemical Analysis
• CHEM 203L - Quantitative Chemical Analysis Laboratory
• MAAP 200 - Midpoint Assessment of Academic Progress Examination
• MATH 291 - Calculus II
• MATH 301 - Differential Equations
• PHYS 211 - University Physics I
• PHYS 211L - University Physics Laboratory I
• PHYS 212 - University Physics II
• PHYS 212L - University Physics Laboratory II
• STAT 231 - Elementary Probability and Statistical Inference

Junior Year

Total Semester Hours: 34

• Scientific Tools² - 6
• Humanities Elective² - 3

• CHEM 301 - Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM 301L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
• CHEM 302 - Organic Chemistry II
• CHEM 302L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
• CHEM 390 - Physical Chemistry I
• CHEM 391 - Physical Chemistry II
• CHEM 391L - Physical Chemistry Laboratory
• CHEM 451 - Undergraduate Research
• ENGL 253 - Introduction to Professional Writing
• PHSC 300 - Scientific Literature

Senior Year

Total Semester Hours: 27

• Electives^{4, 5, 6} - 4
• Social Science Elective² - 3
• Chemistry Elective⁴ - 3

• CHEM 411 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM 412 - Inorganic Preparations
• CHEM 421 - Biochemistry I

• and

• CHEM 421L - Biochemistry I Laboratory
• CHEM 423 - Quantitative Instrumental Analysis

• and

• CHEM 423L - Quantitative Instrumental Analysis
• CHEM 441 - Seminar
• CHEM 491 - Chemistry Symposia

Total Hours for Degree: 125

Notes

²See University Core requirements; at least 3 hours must meet international education requirement; all majors must take PHIL 252 as one of the humanities electives (preferably taken in Sophomore year).
³Three hours must be from STAT 433, 434, or 435. The remaining three may come from any advanced statistics, physics, mathematics, or science course with permission of advisor or department head.
⁴For Chemistry and Geology concentrations at least 3 hours must be from CHEM 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 432, 471, 481. Chemistry electives should conform to the recommendations of the ACS Committee of Professional Training and include advanced laboratory work.
⁵Premedicine concentration should include BIOL 211, 250, 305, 315, 407.
⁶Geology Concentration, 10 hours of geology courses may be used to satisfy some of these electives.

Concentration in Biochemistry

Concentration in Forensic Chemistry

Concentration in Geology

Concentration in Premedicine