This option provides the opportunity for interested students to focus their study of chemistry on environmental issues and to gain understanding into how chemistry may be applied to the solution of environmental problems. The curriculum substitutes four environmentally-related courses for four courses in the standard B.S. program. The program satisfies current College requirements as well as standards set by the American Chemical Society for certification and membership.

• CHEM 184 Foundations of Chemistry I (5)

• CHEM 188 Foundations of Chemistry II (5)

• CHEM 516 Analytical Chemistry (3)

• CHEM 517 Analytical Chemistry Lab (2)

• CHEM 624 Organic Chemistry I (3)

• CHEM 625 Organic Chemistry I Lab (2)

• CHEM 626 Organic Chemistry II (3)

• CHEM 627 Organic Chemistry II Lab (2)

• CHEM 635 Instrumental Methods of Analysis (2)

• CHEM 636 Instrumental Methods of Analysis Lab (2)

• CHEM 646 Physical Chemistry I (4)

• CHEM 647 Physical Chemistry I Lab (2)

• CHEM 648 Physical Chemistry II (3)

• CHEM 649 Physical Chemistry II Lab (2)

• CHEM 667 Systematic Inorganic Chemistry (3)

• CHEM 668 Advanced Inorganic Laboratory (2)

• CHEM 696 Junior/Senior Seminar (1)

Mathematics, Physics and Biology (26-27 hours)

• MATH 121 Calculus I (5)

• MATH 122 Calculus II (5)

• MATH 223 Vector Calculus (3)

• MATH 290 Elementary Linear Algebra (2)

• PHSX 211 General Physics I (4)

• PHSX 212 General Physical II (4)

• BIOL 600 Introduction to Biochemistry Lecture (3-4)

• or BIOL 636 Fundamentals of Biochemistry I (3)

Group I (6-7 hours; choose two courses)

• BIOL 150 Principles of Biology Lecture (3)

• ENVR 148 Principles of Environmental Studies (3)

• GEOG 304 Environmental Conservation (3)

• GEOL 351 Environmental Geology (3)

• BIOL 400 Fundamentals of Microbiology (3)

• BIOL 414 Principles of Ecology (3)

• ATMO 105 Introductory Meteorology (3)

Group II (6-7 hours; choose two courses)

• BIOL 660 Limnology & Aquatic Ecology (with/without Limn. Lab) (3-4)

• CE 477 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3)

• GEOL 552 Introduction to Hydrogeology (3)

• ATMO 525 Air Pollution Meteorology (3)

• ENVR 611 Water Quality, Land Use, and Watershed Ecosystems (3)

• CHEM 698 Undergraduate Research* (3)
  

Note: All four courses chosen from Groups I and II may not be in the same department or division.

* Strongly recommended for all students selecting this option. To count toward the environmental option, the research must have a clear environmental focus and may not be taken until completion of CHEM 516 and 517 and consultation with a chemistry undergraduate major advisor.

Other Requirements (26 hours)

• Language or skill ^# (5)

A course in either French, German, Russian, Japanese, Chinese or Spanish or MATH 526 Statistics or MATH 320 Differential Equations or PHSX 636 Electronics for Scientists or Computer Science 200 or CHEM 711 Applied Electronics

• English (6)

• Western Civilization (6)

• Humanities (3)

• Social Sciences (6)

^# Native speakers must demonstrate ability to translate selected material into acceptable scientific English. Two semesters of German or Russian reading courses (open only to seniors) may be used to satisfy this requirement.

Free electives may be taken to complete the total of 124 hours required for the degree.