American Chemical Society Certified Major

In order to complete an American Chemical Society certified major, the following would be the expected minimum schedule of chemistry and prerequisite courses:

Freshman Year:

CHEM 1100 - General Chemistry I Credits: 3 hours
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry Laboratory I Credits: 1 hour
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II Credits: 3 hours
CHEM 1130 - General Chemistry Laboratory II Credits: 1 hour
MATH 1220 - Calculus I Credits: 4 hours
MATH 1230 - Calculus II Credits: 4 hours

Sophomore Year:

CHEM 3750 - Organic Chemistry I Credits: 3 hours
CHEM 3760 - Organic Chemistry Lab I Credits: 1 hour
CHEM 3770 - Organic Chemistry II Credits: 3 hours
CHEM 3780 - Organic Chemistry Lab II Credits: 1 hour
MATH 2720 - Multivariate Calculus and Matrix Algebra Credits: 4 hours
PHYS 2050 - University Physics I Credits: 4 hours
PHYS 2060 - University Physics I Laboratory Credits: 1 hour
PHYS 2070 - University Physics II Credits: 4 hours
PHYS 2080 - University Physics II Laboratory Credits: 1 hour

Junior Year:

CHEM 2250 - Quantitative Analysis Credits: 3 hours
CHEM 2260 - Quantitative Analysis Laboratory Credits: 1 hour
CHEM 4300 - Physical Chemistry I Credits: 3 hours
CHEM 4310 - Physical Chemistry II Credits: 3 hours
CHEM 4360 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory I Credits: 2 hours

Senior Year:

CHEM 4370 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory II Credits: 1 hour
CHEM 5150 - Inorganic Chemistry Credits: 3 hours
CHEM 5200 - Instrumental Methods in Chemistry Credits: 3 hours
CHEM 5750 - Advanced Chemical Synthesis Credits: 2 hours

AND Select Either Grouping:

Students electing to enroll in CHEM 3550 must also complete an additional 3 or 4 hour 5000-level chemistry elective, or an appropriate mathematics or physics course, as approved by the Chemistry advisor. Students may replace Introductory Biochemistry lecture and lab (CHEM 3550 and CHEM 3556) and 5000-level elective with Biochemistry I lecture and lab (CHEM 5500 and CHEM 5510) together with Biochemistry II lecture (CHEM 5540):

CHEM 3550 - Introductory Biochemistry Credits: 3 hours
CHEM 3560 - Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory Credits: 1 hour
CHEM 5000-level elective Credits: 3 or 4 hours

Or

CHEM 5500 - Biochemistry I Credits: 3 hours
CHEM 5510 - Biochemistry I Laboratory Credits: 2 hours
CHEM 5540 - Biochemistry II Credits: 3 hours

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