Chemistry (BS)

Bachelor of Science Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)
Rhetoric and Composition		ENGL 1101*							Rhetoric and Composition	3
Literature and Composition		ENGL 1102*							Literature and Composition	3
Communication									Choose course from approved list	3
II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)
Modern Languages									Choose sequence from approved list	6
English Literature									Choose one 2000-level English Literature course (except for ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 which	3
									meet the General Education Ethics requirement, below)
Philosophy and Religion									Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the 1000-2000 level	3
Fine Arts									Choose course from approved list	3
III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)
World History									Choose course from approved list	3
Government									Choose course from approved list	3
Social Science									Choose course from approved list	3
IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (12 hours)
Mathematics		MATH 2450*							Calculus I	4
Natural Science		CHEM 1101							General Chemistry I	3
		CHEM 1101L							General Chemistry I Lab	1
		CHEM 1102							General Chemistry II	3
		CHEM 1102L							General Chemistry II Lab	1
V. Ethics (3 hours)
Ethics									Choose course from approved list	3
VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
First-Year Experience   *Grade of C or higher required.		PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

48-49

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 2470	Calculus III	4
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	15-19
Total Credit Hours:		15-19

Total Credit Hours: 120