Nov 21, 2024  
University Catalog 2024-2025 
    
University Catalog 2024-2025

Chemistry, B.S.


For more information regarding the Core Curriculum, including a list of courses that satisfy Core Curriculum requirements, click here:  The Core Curriculum .

Freshman Year


Sophomore Year


Junior Year


Senior Year


First Semester


Semester Hours: 13


Second Semester


Semester Hours: 14-15


1 *Students choosing to take CHEM 3030  instead must take the prerequisite MATH 2070 , and should take CHEM 3040  as their Advanced Chemistry Elective.

2 Capstone course can be selected from the following: CHEM 4320L - Molecular Structure and Organic Synthesis Laboratory , CHEM 4310L - Synthesis Laboratory , CHEM 4080 - Introduction to Research  and CHEM 4083 - Undergraduate Research  sequence (requires permission of the Department Head), and CHEM 4150L - Genomics and Proteomics Laboratory .

Summary: Program in Chemistry


Foundations: 13


Explorations: 21


  • African American Heritage and Legacies (3)
  • Creative Expression and Engagement (3)
  • The Examined Life (3)
  • Faith and Society (3)
  • Human Behavior (3)
  • The Human Past (3)
  • Scientific Reasoning (3 of 4, CHEM 1010/1010D and CHEM 1011L )

Minor: 18


Free Electives: 15-16


Total Hours: 120