Chemistry (BS)

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Required Courses

Student participation in a faculty guided research project and/or in an internship at a local chemical or pharmaceutical company is a requirement for graduation and is typically fulfilled during the junior/senior years.

All laboratories for the required courses below must be taken in person. Courses completed elsewhere without an in-person laboratory (i.e., with an online or at-home laboratory instead) will not be accepted for transfer even if the content is otherwise the same as in the course requirement below.

CH - 101 General Chemistry I Credits: 5
CH - 102 General Chemistry II Credits: 5
CH - 203 Inorganic and Material Chemistry I Credits: 3
CH - 231 Organic Chemistry I Credits: 4
CH - 232 Organic Chemistry II Credits: 4
CH - 304 Inorganic Chemistry Credits: 5
CH - 351 Physical Chemistry I Credits: 5
CH - 352 Physical Chemistry II Credits: 5
CH - 361 Analytical Chemistry Credits: 5
CH - 362 Instrumental Analytical Chemistry Credits: 5
CH - 435 Biochemistry I Credits: 4
CH - 455 Research Seminar Credits: 3
PH - 201 General Physics I: Mechanics and Heat Credits: 5
PH - 202 General Physics II: Wave Phenomena and Electromagnetism Credits: 5
MA - 121 Calculus I: MOT/Mathematics Credits: 3
MA - 122 Calculus II Credits: 3
One of the following:
CH - 461 Research Credits: 3
CH - 396 Chemistry Internship Credits: 3
Recommended:
BI - 151 Introductory Biology I Credits: 4
CH - 436 Biochemistry II Credits: 4
CH - 475 The Ecological Crisis, a Common Responsibility: Values Seminar Credits: 3

5 year BS/MBA Degree Program

Students who major in the Chemistry, B.S. can earn both an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and a Master of Arts in Business Administration (MBA) in the five-year (4 +1) option. Students in their junior year majoring in Chemistry, B.S. and who have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher, are eligible to apply for admittance into the five-year Chemistry BS/MBA degree program. Students begin taking three graduate level courses during their senior year of undergraduate study. These three graduate courses will count both towards the completion of the undergraduate degree and a MBA.