Chemistry (BS)

Bachelor of Science Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (11 hours)
IA: Rhetoric	ENGL 1101							Rhetoric and Composition	3
IB: Mathematical Reasoning	MATH 2450							Calculus I	4
	MATH 2450L							Calculus I Lab	0
IC: Critical Thinking								Choose course from approved list	3
ID: Scientific Method	CHEM 1101L							General Chemistry I Lab	1
Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)
IIA: Freshman Composition	ENGL 1102							Literature and Composition	3
IIB: Speaking								Choose course from approved list	3
IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences								Choose course from approved list	3
IID: Humanities								Choose course from approved list	3
IIE: Government								Choose course from approved list	3
Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)
IIIA: Modern Language								Choose sequence from approved list	6
IIIB: History of Other Cultures								Choose course from approved list	3
IIIC: Fine Arts								Choose course from approved list	3
Category IV: The Natural World (7 hours)
IVA: Natural Science	CHEM 1101							General Chemistry I	3
	CHEM 1102							General Chemistry II	3
	CHEM 1102L							General Chemistry II Lab	1
Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)
VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics								Choose course from approved list	3
Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
VIA: First-Year Experience	PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

49

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Chemistry Major

CHEM 2351	Organic Chemistry I	4
CHEM 2352	Organic Chemistry II	4
CHEM 3321	Quantitative Inorganic Analysis	4
CHEM 3322	Instrumental Analysis	4
CHEM 3710	Inorganic Chemistry	4
CHEM 4451	Physical Chemistry I	4
CHEM 4452	Physical Chemistry II/Quantum Mechanics	4
MATH 2460	Calculus II	4
MATH 2460L	Calculus II Lab	0
MATH 2470	Calculus III	4
MATH 2470L	Calculus III Lab	0
NASC 3990	Philosophy and Methodology of Science	3
NASC 4210	Biochemistry	3
PHYS 2110	University Physics I	4
PHYS 2110L	University Physics I Lab	0
PHYS 2120	University Physics II	4
PHYS 2120L	University Physics II Lab	0
Total Credit Hours:		50

Senior Research and Seminar

Total Credit Hours:

3-6

Chemistry majors must complete the following seminar/research courses:

NASC 4950	Science Seminar	1
NASC 4980	Senior Research	3
	OR
NASC 4981	Senior Library Research	2

Students in the Chemistry Honors program must complete the following senior research/seminar courses:

NASC 4989	Honors Senior Research	3
NASC 4999	Honors Thesis	2

General Electives

	General Electives	16-19
Total Credit Hours:		16-19

Total Credit Hours: 121