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Bachelor of Science Degree:
Major in Chemistry

Required courses for a Major program in Chemistry are as follows

First and Second Year

CHEM 1500 Chemical Bonding and Organic Chemistry
CHEM 1510 Fundamentals of Chemistry; or
    CHEM 1520 Principles of Chemistry
BIOL 1110 Principles of Biology I
+ 3 credits of Computing Science
ENGL 1100 Composition; or
    ENGL 1110 Introduction to Prose
+ 3 additional credits of academic English
MATH 1130 Enriched Calculus I (or MATH 1140 or 1150)
MATH 1230 Enriched Calculus II (or Math 1240 or 1250)
PHYS 1100 Fundamentals of Physics I (or PHYS 1150)
PHYS 1200 Fundamentals of Physics II (or PHYS 1250)

CHEM 2100 Introductory Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 2250 Fundamentals of Physical Chemistry
CHEM 2120 Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 2220 Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 2160 Structure, Bonding and Spectroscopy
MATH 2110 Calculus 3
MATH 2120 Linear Algebra 1
ENGL 2290 Professional Business and Technical Writing; or
    ENGL 2300 Critical Thinking and Writing for Science and Technology
+ Elective courses

Third and Fourth Years

CHEM 3060 Physical Chemistry 1
CHEM 3070 Physical Chemistry 2
CHEM 3080L Physical Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 3100 Instrumental Analysis
CHEM 3120L Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
CHEM 3140 Method Development and Applications in Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 3220 Advanced Organic Chemistry
CHEM 3230 Organic Spectroscopy
CHEM 3240 Organic Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 3310 Inorganic Chemistry 1
CHEM 3320 Inorganic Chemistry 2
CHEM 3330L Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 3730 Introduction to Biochemistry
CHEM 4400L Advanced Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
+ Chemistry and general electives