Chemistry (BS)

Arts and Sciences
Chemistry
HEGIS Number: 1905

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Course Descriptions
Course descriptions can be found in the online PDF version of the Bulletin

The Chemistry Program has three principal objectives:

  1. to prepare Chemistry majors for careers in chemistry or related areas such as medicine, dentistry or the health professions;
  2. to provide students in other disciplines with the required chemistry courses for their programs; and
  3. to provide non-science majors with an opportunity to acquire knowledge of our natural and technological environment as explained through chemical principles.

The Chemistry major provides the student with a sound foundation in the theoretical and experimental principles of chemistry. The course of study includes the areas of analytical, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry, and biochemistry. The major prepares students for advanced study in graduate school, professional programs in medicine and dentistry, and careers in teaching, industry, and government that require a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.

Major Discipline Requirements*

 54-55 

Required Courses

  
CHEM101 Chemical Principles I  5 
CHEM102 Chemical Principles II  5 
CHEM231 Organic Chemistry I  3 
CHEM232 Techniques of Organic Chemistry I  2 
CHEM233 Organic Chemistry II  3 
CHEM234 Techniques of Organic Chemistry II  2 
CHEM310 Inorganic Chemistry  3 
CHEM321 Physical Chemistry I  3 
CHEM322 Physical Chemistry II  3 
CHEM341 Instrumental Analysis I  3 
CHEM342 Instrumental Analysis II  3 
CHEM421 Physical-Inorganic Laboratory  3 
MATH122 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II  4 
MATH221 Analytic Geometry and Calculus III  4 
PHYS151 University Physics I  5 
PHYS152 University Physics II  5 
Choose One of the following courses  
CHEM330 Structure and Mechanism in Biochemistry  3 
CHEM339 Heterocyclic Chemistry and Drug Chemistry  3 
CHEM412 Biochemistry  3 
CHEM450 Advanced Topics In Chemistry  3 

* All Chemistry majors must take Mathematics 121 or 184 and Physics 151 to fulfill the General Education Requirements. Physics 101 may be substituted for Physics 151.

Students intending to pursue graduate study in Chemistry are advised to take a computer language, French, German and/or Russian. A pre-medical or pre-dental chemistry major student should also complete 8 credits of Biology including Biology 201 and 202. For additional information concerning pre-medical and pre-dental courses, see the alphabetical listing. All Chemistry majors are encouraged to take a program of study in line with the recommendations of the American Chemical Society Committee on Professional Training. This requires a minimum of 6 credits from Category II and 3 credits of Chemistry 490-493.

B.S. with Honors in Chemistry

Eligibility: A 300-level Chemistry course and a 3.0 average in all Chemistry courses. Approval by the Faculty of the Chemistry Department.

Requirements for Graduation with Honors:

  1. Successful completion of the Chemistry Major Discipline requirements and a 3.0 average in all Chemistry courses.
  2. Successful completion of 6 credits of 400-level courses in the Chemistry Department consisting of independent research under the supervision of a faculty member and successful presentation of a thesis to the faculty members of the Chemistry Department.
  3. Certification by the Faculty of the Chemistry Department.
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