The Majors in Chemistry

The chemistry department offers three majors: The American Chemical Society Major in Chemistry; The American Chemical Society Certified Major in Chemistry/Biochemistry; and the Biochemistry, Cellular and Biology Major. All majors consist of a core curriculum plus the prescribed electives.

The core courses and the optimum sequence for fulfilling them are:

Core Requirements for all Chemistry Majors

First-Year required courses

CHM 103	GENERAL CHEMISTRY	5
	and
CHM 104	GENERAL CHEMISTRY	5
	or
CHM 107	ADV GENERAL CHEMISTRY	4
	and
CHM 204	INORGANIC CHEMISTRY	5

MAT 112	CALC B: DERIVATIVES/INTEGRALS	4
PHY 109	ADVANCED GENERAL PHYSICS I	4
PHY 110	ADVANCED GENERAL PHYSICS II	4

MAT 112 or a more advanced calculus course

Sophomore year required courses

CHM 223	ORGANIC CHEMISTRY	5
CHM 224	ORGANIC CHEMISTRY	5
PHY 107	GENERAL PHYSICS	4
PHY 108	GENERAL PHYSICS	4

PHY 107 and PHY 108 as an alternative to PHY 109 and PHY 110

All students are advised to elect a computer course. Students are strongly encouraged to elect individual study and research courses (CHM 229, CHM 230, CHM 391, CHM 392, CHM 491, CHM 492, CHM 497, CHM 498). Students considering any of the department's programs should discuss the optimum sequence of the required courses with the department chair as soon as possible. Note especially the alternating schedule of offerings for CHM 300, CHM 307, CHM 309, CHM 316, CHM 402 and CHM 414.