Chemistry, B.A.

Major Requirements

Credit Hours: 39+

In addition to completing the requirements for this major, students must also complete the degree requirements specified in the Academic Regulations  section of this catalog.

Courses within this major may also satisfy general education requirements. Please consult the Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements  for more information.

Required Courses

Students must complete either 8 credits of general chemistry (CHEM 111 /CHEM 111L  and CHEM 112 /CHEM 112L ) OR they must complete 5 credits of accelerated general chemistry (HONS 190 /HONS 190L ).

• CHEM 111 Principles of Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 111L Principles of Chemistry Laboratory (1)

• AND

• CHEM 112 Principles of Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 112L Principles of Chemistry Laboratory (1)

• OR

• HONS 190 Accelerated General Chemistry (4)
• HONS 190L Accelerated General Chemistry Lab (1)

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• CHEM 220 Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 220L Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (2)

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• CHEM 231 Organic Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 231L Introduction to Organic Chemistry Laboratory Techniques (1)

• OR

• HONS 192 Honors Organic Chemistry: Applications of Molecular Structure and Properties (3)
• HONS 192L Honors Organic Chemistry Laboratory: Purification, Separation and Characterization of Organic Compounds (1)

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• CHEM 232 Organic Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 232L Organic Synthesis and Analysis (1)

• OR

• HONS 293 Honors Organic Chemistry: Reactions and Applications of Organic Compounds in Materials Science and Biology (3)
• HONS 293L Honors Organic Chemistry Laboratory: Reactions and Applications of Organic Compounds in Materials Science and Biology (1)

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• CHEM 341 Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics and Chemical Kinetics (3)

• OR

• CHEM 342 Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy (3)

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• CHEM 492 Senior Seminar (1)

Notes:

• Honors students can take the alternative sequence of HONS 190 /HONS 190L , HONS 192 /HONS 192L , HONS 293 /HONS 293L  in lieu of CHEM 111 /CHEM 111L , CHEM 112 /CHEM 112L , CHEM 231 /CHEM 231L , CHEM 232 /CHEM 232L .
• All junior and senior chemistry majors are strongly encouraged to attend the scheduled departmental seminars.
• Students with a double major in Physics and/or Mathematics should complete the MATH 120 , MATH 220 , MATH 221  sequence.
• Students in the B.A. major will need assistance registering for CHEM 341  and CHEM 342  without the co-requisite lab.
• No more than 4 credit hours from CHEM 381  may be applied towards the program requirements.
• No more than 12 credit hours from CHEM 399  may be applied towards the program requirements.
• No more than 12 credit hours from CHEM 483  may be applied towards the program requirements.
• No more than 12 credit hours from CHEM 483L  may be applied towards the program requirements.
• No more than 2 credit hours from CHEM 490  may be applied towards the program requirements.  

Coursework Meeting Major Requirements Excluded from the Major GPA Calculation

All CHEM acronym courses 111 and higher (CHEM 111:499, including HONS 190 /HONS 190L , HONS 192 /HONS 192L , HONS 293 /HONS 293L ) apply toward the major GPA calculation. The following required major courses outside of the CHEM acronym are excluded from the calculation: MATH 120 , MATH 220 , MATH 221 , MATH 229 .