| COURSE | TITLE | S.H. |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3 |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| CMST 1545 | Communication Foundations | 3 |
| STEM 1520 | STEM First Year Orientation | 2 |
| Mathematics requirement included in the major | ||
| General Education Knowledge Domains | ||
| Some courses are categorized in more than one knowledge domain. Courses can only be used once within the GE model. | ||
| Arts and Humanities | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (2 courses, one must include a lab) - NS requirement included in the major. | ||
| Social Sciences | 6 | |
| Social and Personal Awareness | 6 | |
| The following CHEM core courses are required (39 s.h.) | ||
| Grade of "C" or better is required. Courses cannot be taken "CR/NC" | ||
| CHEM 1515 & 1515L | General Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 1515R | Recitation for General Chemistry 1 | 1 |
| CHEM 1516 & 1516L | General Chemistry 2 and General Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 1516R | Recitation for General Chemistry 2 | 1 |
| CHEM 2604 & 2604L | Quantitative Analysis and Quantitative Analysis Laboratory | 5 |
| CHEM 3719 & 3719L | Organic Chemistry 1 and Organic Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3719R | Organic Chemistry Recitation 1 | 1 |
| CHEM 3720 & 3720L | Organic Chemistry 2 and Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3720R | Organic Chemistry Recitation 2 | 1 |
| CHEM 3729 | Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 3739 & 3739L | Physical Chemistry 1 and Physical Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3740 & 3740L | Physical Chemistry 2 and Physical Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3785 | Biochemistry 1 | 3 |
| The following capstone is required (3 s.h.) | ||
| CHEM 4850 | Chemistry Research | 1 |
| CHEM 4850L | Chemistry Research Laboratory | 2 |
| The following non-CHEM courses are required (22 s.h.) | ||
| MATH 1571 | Calculus 1 | 4 |
| MATH 1572 | Calculus 2 | 4 |
| MATH 2673 | Calculus 3 | 4 |
| PHYS 2610 & 2610L | General Physics 1 and General Physics laboratory 1 | 5 |
| PHYS 2611 & 2611L | General Physics 2 and General Physics laboratory 2 | 5 |
| Electives: | ||
| Select 12 hours of upper-division chemistry electives (from the list below) 4 hours of which must be in upper-division laboratory. | 12 | |
| Chemical Toxicology | ||
| Biochemistry Laboratory | ||
| Biochemistry 2 | ||
| Undergraduate Seminar | ||
| Chemistry Research Laboratory | ||
| Regulatory Aspects of Industrial Chemistry | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Chemical Instrumentation and Chemical Instrumentation Laboratory | ||
| Intermediate Organic Chemistry | ||
| Advanced Organic Laboratory and Advanced Organic Laboratory | ||
| Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry | ||
| Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| Solid State Structural Methods and Solid State Structural Methods Laboratory | ||
| Quantum Chemistry | ||
| Polymer Science 1: Polymer Chemistry and Plastics and Polymer Science 1: Polymer Chemistry and Plastics Laboratory | ||
| Polymer Science 2: Polymer Rheology, Processing, and Composites and Polymer Science 2: Polymer Rheology, Processing, and Composites Laboratory | ||
| 15 s.h. of additional hours required, 9 s.h. of which must be upper-level. These electives should include courses needed to fulfill requirements of the minor. | 15 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | S.H. | |
| CHEM 1515 & 1515L | General Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 1515R | Recitation for General Chemistry 1 | 1 |
| MATH 1571 | Calculus 1 | 4 |
| ENGL 1550 | Writing 1 | 3 |
| STEM 1520 | STEM First Year Orientation | 2 |
| Semester Hours | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| CHEM 1516 & 1516L | General Chemistry 2 and General Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 1516R | Recitation for General Chemistry 2 | 1 |
| MATH 1572 | Calculus 2 | 4 |
| ENGL 1551 | Writing 2 | 3 |
| GER | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| CHEM 3719 & 3719L | Organic Chemistry 1 and Organic Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3719R | Organic Chemistry Recitation 1 | 1 |
| CHEM 2604 & 2604L | Quantitative Analysis and Quantitative Analysis Laboratory | 5 |
| PHYS 2610 & 2610L | General Physics 1 and General Physics laboratory 1 | 5 |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| CHEM 3720 & 3720L | Organic Chemistry 2 and Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3720R | Organic Chemistry Recitation 2 | 1 |
| PHYS 2611 & 2611L | General Physics 2 and General Physics laboratory 2 | 5 |
| MATH 2673 | Calculus 3 | 4 |
| Semester Hours | 14 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| CHEM 3739 & 3739L | Physical Chemistry 1 and Physical Chemistry 1 Laboratory | 4 |
| CHEM 3729 | Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| GER | 6 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| CHEM 3740 & 3740L | Physical Chemistry 2 and Physical Chemistry 2 Laboratory | 4 |
| Upper Level Chemistry Electives | 6 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| GER | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 16 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| CHEM 4850 | Chemistry Research | 1 |
| CHEM 4850L | Chemistry Research Laboratory | 2 |
| CHEM 3785 | Biochemistry 1 | 3 |
| Upper Level Chemistry Elective | 3 | |
| GER Speech Communications | 3 | |
| GER | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Upper Level CHEM Elective | 3 | |
| Upper Level Electives | 9 | |
| GER | 3 | |
| Semester Hours | 15 | |
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
Electives must include courses to fulfill the students chosen minor. Typically for Chemistry majors, the minor will be in Mathematics, Physics or Biology.
Learning Outcomes
- Undergraduate students will demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of the chemical disciplines included in their curriculum.
- Undergraduate students will demonstrate independent and critical thinking.
- Undergraduate students will demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of modern chemical instrumentation.
- Undergraduate students will effectively communicate their ideas both orally and in writing.
- Undergraduate students will acquire basic research skills including planning and performing an experiment and analyzing the results.