Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

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 2351Organic Chemistry I

4

CHEM 2352Organic Chemistry II

4

CHEM 3321Quantitative Inorganic Analysis

4

CHEM 3322Instrumental Analysis

4

CHEM 3710Inorganic Chemistry

4

CHEM 4451Physical Chemistry I

4

CHEM 4452Physical Chemistry II/Quantum Mechanics

4

MATH 2460Calculus II

4

MATH 2460LCalculus II Lab

0

MATH 2470Calculus III

4

MATH 2470LCalculus III Lab

0

NASC 3990Philosophy and Methodology of Science

3

NASC 4210Biochemistry

3

PHYS 2110University Physics I

4

PHYS 2110LUniversity Physics I Lab

0

PHYS 2120University Physics II

4

PHYS 2120LUniversity 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 4950Science Seminar

1

NASC 4980Senior Research

3

OR

NASC 4981Senior Library Research

2

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

NASC 4989Honors Senior Research

3

NASC 4999Honors Thesis

2

General Electives

General Electives

16-19

Total Credit Hours:16-19

Total Credit Hours: 121