Degree Requirements
Students enrolled in the chemistry program must successfully complete an approved program of study of 120 credit hours.
First Year
First Semester
Second Semester
Second Year
First Semester
*Literature Requirement: The course SENL 240B will fulfill the literature requirement as well as the African American Experience requirement.
Second Semester
| SCHE 231B | Organic Chemistry Lecture | 3 |
| SCHE 221B | General Organic Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| MATH 370B | Ordinary Differential Equation | 4 |
| Humanities Requirement | 3 |
| Social Science Requirement | 3 |
Third Year
First Semester
| CHEM 312B | Physical Chemistry Lecture | 3 |
| CHEM 314B | Physical Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 340B | General Biochemistry Lecture | 3 |
| CHEM 342B | Biochemistry Laboratory I | 1 |
| Foreign Language Sequence I | 3 |
| Arts Requirement | 3 |
| SVLR 100B | Service Learning | 1 |
Second Semester
Fourth Year
First Semester
| CHEM 422B | Chemical Research | 2 |
| CHEM 443B | Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 440B | Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory | 2 |
| Biology Requirement | 3 |
| Biology Requirement - Lab | 1 |
| Humanities Requirement | 3 |
| SVLR 300B | Service Learning | 1 |
Second Semester
| CHEM 423B | Chemical Research | 2 |
| CHEM 450B | Instrumental Analysis | 4 |
| CHEM 455B | Microcomputers in Chemistry | 3 |
CHEM
| Chemistry Requirement | 3 |
BIOL
| Biology Elective | 4 |
| Social Science Requirement | 3 |
*Students majoring in chemistry with a premedical concentration -
- Do not take the course CHEM 443B, CHEM 440B, and CHEM 450B. They take other program-specified courses in their place. Please consult with an academic advisor.
- One social science elective must be General Psychology (SPSY 201B).
CHEM (Chemistry Requirement): Chemistry electives may not be chosen from 100 or 200 level courses.
Chemistry Concentration
Minor in Chemistry
Students minoring in chemistry are required to complete the following sequence of courses in chemistry: SCHE-132B, 132LB, 133B, 133LB, 220B, 221B, 230B, 231B, 243LB and CHEM-242B. All chemistry minors must earn a “C” or better in all required and elective courses taken in chemistry, biology, physics, and mathematics. Students must also meet all requirements for the college and the University.
Requirements List