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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Chemistry (BS) Sample Plan


Year One

Fall Spring
EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I   3 EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II   3
UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience   3 PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or TH - 109 Catholic Theology   3
CH - 101 General Chemistry I  + CH 101L + CH 101P
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Scientific Inquiry - 1/6) 
5 CH - 102 General Chemistry II  + CH 101L + CH 101P               5
MA - 121 Calculus I 
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Mathematical Reasoning - 2/6)
3 MA - 122 Calculus II   3
    Expanded Literacies (3/6)  3
TOTAL CREDITS 14 TOTAL CREDITS 17

Year Two

Fall Spring
Expanded Literacies (4/6) or Free Elective 3 Expanded Literacies (4/6) or Free Elective 3
Expanded Literacies (5/6)  3 PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or TH - 109 Catholic Theology   3
CH - 231 Organic Chemistry I  + CH 231L 4 CH - 232 Organic Chemistry II  + CH 232L 4
PH - 201 General Physics I: Mechanics and Heat                                      
+ PH 201L  
5 PH - 202 General Physics II: Wave Phenomena and Electromagnetism  
+ PH 202L  
5
UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy    1 CH - 203 Inorganic and Material Chemistry I   3
TOTAL CREDITS 16 TOTAL CREDITS 18

Year Three

Fall Spring
Lens 1, 2, or 3 (1/3)  3 Lens 1, 2, or 3 (2/3)  3
CH - 304 Inorganic Chemistry  + CH 304L or CH - 351 Physical Chemistry I  + CH 351L*                     5 CH - 352 Physical Chemistry II  + CH 352L or CH - 362 Instrumental Analytical Chemistry  + CH 362L* 5   
CH - 361 Analytical Chemistry  - CH 361L  or CH - 435 Biochemistry I  + CH 435L* 4-5 CH - 461 Research  or CH - 396 Chemistry Internship   3
Free Elective 3 CH - 455 Research Seminar   3
UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1 Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 16-17 TOTAL CREDITS 17   

Year Four

Fall Spring
Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) 3 Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) 3
CH - 361 Analytical Chemistry  - CH 361L  or CH - 435 Biochemistry I  + CH 435L* 4-5 Expanded Literacies (6/6)  3
CH - 304 Inorganic Chemistry  + CH 304L or CH - 351 Physical Chemistry I  + CH 351L* 5 CH - 352 Physical Chemistry II  + CH 352L or CH - 362 Instrumental Analytical Chemistry  + CH 362L* 5
Free Elective 3 Free Elective or MBA Course** (Winter) 3
    Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15-16 TOTAL CREDITS 17

TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 131

*Physical Chemistry I and II are offered on alternate years with Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry. CH-304 and CH-361, 362 must be taken in the same year.

**4+1 BS/MBA: The Chemistry Department offers a Bachelor’s to Masters (4+1) MBA program that enables qualifying students to register for MBA courses during their senior year. For more information, see te DeSales University Graduate Catalog and consult with the MBA Program Director.

For more information about the requirements in our general education Connections Curriculum, which are included in the sample plan above, please see I. General Education (Connections Curriculum), which can be found in The Undergraduate Program .