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Chemistry Major (ACS Certified)

This major prepares students who plan to pursue graduate-level work in chemistry or to work in the chemical industry. Students who successfully complete this program will meet at least the minimum standards of the Committee on Professional Training of the American Chemical Society. Students in this major may satisfy the minor subject requirement by completing the sequence of courses listed as an academic minor in another department or completing the group science minor.

Only those chemistry courses passed with a grade of “C-” or better apply to the ACS certified major.

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• Total Credits Required for Degree

  120
• General Education

  30-40

• Required Courses in Major

  49
• CH 111 General Chemistry I [SCII]

  5
• CH 112 General Chemistry II

  5
• CH 215 Chemistry of the Elements

  4
• CH 241 Chemical Equilibrium

  3
• CH 242 Quantitative Analysis

  2
• CH 315 Organic Chemistry I

  3
• CH 317 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I

  1
• CH 325 Organic Chemistry II

  3
• CH 327 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II

  1
• CH 341 Physical Chemistry I

  4
• CH 342 Physical Chemistry II

  4
• CH 415 Inorganic Chemistry

  4
• CH 435 Gas and Liquid Chromatography

  2
• CH 436 Modern Spectroscopy

  3
• CH 437 Atomic Spectrometry

  1
• CH 450 Biochemistry I

  4

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• Other Required Courses

  18
• MA 161 Calculus I [QUAR]

  4
• MA 163 Calculus II

  4
• PH 220 Introductory Physics I [SCII] or

  5
•      PH 201 College Physics I (5 cr.) [SCII]
• PH 221 Introductory Physics II [SCII] or

  5
•      PH 202 College Physics II (5 cr.) [SCII]

This major does not require a minor.