This program satisfies current College requirements as well as standards set by the American Chemical Society for certification and membership.

Chemistry Courses (46 hours)

• CHEM 184¹ Foundations of Chemistry I (5)

• CHEM 188¹ Foundations of Chemistry II (5)

• CHEM 516 Analytical Chemistry (3)

• CHEM 517 Analytical Chemistry Lab (2)

• CHEM 624¹ Organic Chemistry I (3)

• CHEM 625 Organic Chemistry I Lab (2)

• CHEM 626¹ 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 Chemistry Laboratory (2)

• CHEM 696 Junior/Senior Seminar (1)
  
  One or more of the following courses

Mathematics, Physics and Biology (26-27 hours)

• MATH 121¹ Calculus I (5)

• MATH 122¹ Calculus II (5)

• MATH 223¹ Vector Calculus (3)

• MATH 320¹ Differential Equations (3)

• MATH 290¹ Elementary Linear Algebra (2)

• PHSX 211¹ General Physics I (4)

• PHSX 212¹ General Physics II (4)

• BIOL 600 Intro. to Biochemistry (3-4) or BIOL 636 Fundamentals of Biochemistry

Chemical Physics Option Group I - choose 2 (6-7 hours)

• PHSX 313  General Physics III (4)
  
  
• PHSX 418  Mathematical Physics (3)
  
  
• PHSX 515  Numerical and Computational Methods (3)
  
  
• PHSX 521  Mechanics I (3)
  
  
• PHSX 523  Physics of Fluids (3)
  
  
• PHSX 555  Optics (3)
  
  
• PHSX 581  Concepts in Solids (3)
  

Chemical Physics Option Group II - choose 2 (6 hours)

• PHSX 531 Electricity and Magnetism (3)
  
  
• PHSX 621 Mechanics II (3)
  
  
• MATH 646 Complex Variable and Applications (3)
  
  
• MATH 647 Applied Partial Differential Equations (3)
  
  
• CHEM 698 (or 699) Undergraduate Research² (3)
  
  
• CHEM 750 Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy (3)
  
  
• CHEM 752 Thermodynamics and Kinetics (3)

Other Requirements (21 hours)

• English (6)

• Western Civilization (6)

• Humanities (3)

• Social Sciences (6)

¹or Honors Equivalent
²To count toward the Chemical Physics Option, the research must have a clear chemical physics focus.