Chemistry, BS

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Chemistry Curriculum

	Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course	Fall Cr.	Spr. Cr.
First Year
MAJOR (GE NSCI)	CHEM 112-113 (E) General and Analytical Chemistry	4.5	4.5
COGNATE (GE QUAN)	MATH 114 (Q) Calculus I –MATH 221 Calculus II	4	4
GE WRTG-SPCH	WRTG 107 Composition –COMM 100 Public Speaking	3	3
GE C/IL	C/IL 102 Computing and Information Literacy	3
GE T/RS–PHIL	T/RS 121 (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible –PHIL 120 Introduction to Philosophy	3	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective		3
GE FSEM	INTD 100 Freshman Seminar	1
		18.5	17.5
Second Year
MAJOR	CHEM 232 (E) Organic Chemistry –CHEM 233 (E) Organic Chemistry	4.5	4.5
MAJOR	CHEM 240 Inorganic Chemistry		3
COGNATE	MATH 222 Calculus III ¹	4
COGNATE	PHYS 140 (E) Elements of Physics –PHYS 141 (E) Elements of Physics	4	4
GE PHIL-T/RS	PHIL 210 Ethics –T/RS 122 (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology	3	3
GE ELECT	CMPS 134 Computer Science I		3
GE PHED	PHED ELECT - Physical Education	1
		16.5	17.5
Third Year
MAJOR	CHEM 330 Organic Chemistry III	5
MAJOR	CHEM 370 Instrumental Analysis		5
MAJOR	CHEM 362 Physical Chemistry I –CHEM 363 Physical Chemistry II	4.5	4.5
MAJOR	CHEM 390 Chemical Literature and Writing –CHEM 391 Seminar	1	1
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE S/BH	S/BH ELECT - Social/Behavioral Electives	3	3
GE PHED	PHED ELECT - Physical Education	1	1
		17.5	17.5
Fourth Year
MAJOR	CHEM 440 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry –CHEM 440L Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory	3	1.5
MAJOR	CHEM 493 (W) Undergraduate Research –CHEM 494 (W) Undergraduate Research	1.5	1.5
MAJOR	CHEM ELEC - Chem Elective, 300 Level or above	3
GE PHIL - T/RS	PHIL - Philosophy or T/RS ELECT - Elective		3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	3	6
		13.5	12
	Total: 130.5 Credits

¹For ACS certification, Chemistry majors must complete MATH 222 , MATH 341 , CHEM 350 or

CHEM 450

and one upper-division chemistry elective.

Chemistry, BS

Chemistry Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 130.5 Credits