Chemistry, B.A.

Required Courses

Students will complete 8 credit hours from CHEM 111 /CHEM 111L , CHEM 112 /CHEM 112L  OR 5 credit hours from HONS 190  HONS 190L .

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

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

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)
• CHEM 341L Thermodynamics, Statistical Thermodynamics and Chemical Kinetics Laboratory (1)
• CHEM 342 Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy (3)
• CHEM 342L Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy Laboratory (1)
• 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.