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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Chemistry Forensic Science Track (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
CJ - 109 Crime and Society  
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: SocialAnalysis - 3/6)
3 CJ - 208 Crime Lab   3
    UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy    1
TOTAL CREDITS 17 TOTAL CREDITS 18

Year Two

Fall Spring
Expanded Literacies (4/6)  3 Expanded Literacies (5/6)  3
BI - 151 Introductory Biology I  + BI 151L 4 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 17 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 - 455 Research Seminar   3
Expanded Literacies (6/6) 3 PS - 295 Forensic Psychology  or PS - 365 Psychological Sleuthing  or CH - 305 Forensic Toxicology   3
    MA - 111 Probability and Statistics   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 PS - 295 Forensic Psychology  or PS - 365 Psychological Sleuthing  or CH - 305 Forensic Toxicology   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
BI - 255 Molecular Biology  + BI 255L 4 CJ - 360 Forensics and Criminal Investigation   3
TOTAL CREDITS 16-17 TOTAL CREDITS 14

TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 133

CH-304 and CH-361, 362 must be taken in the same year.

*Physical Chemistry I and II are offered on alternate years with Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry.

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 .