Chemistry, BS

Students with this degree have entered graduate or professional programs in medicine, dentistry, chemistry, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, wood products chemistry, genetic counseling, materials science, chemical life sciences, and others. Graduates have embarked on professional careers in industries related to health care, clinical analysis, pharmaceuticals, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, biotechnology, nutrition, and biochemical informatics, to name a few.

Requirements

In order to earn the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Chemistry, students must complete a minimum of 180 quarter credits with a cumulative and major/department grade point average of 2.00, including the following:

I. Core Curriculum Requirements

Module I: Engaging Academic Inquiry

UCOR 1100 - Academic Writing Seminar
UCOR 1200 - Quantitative Reasoning (satisfied in major)
UCOR 1300 - Creative Expression and Interpretation
UCOR 1400 - Inquiry Seminar in the Humanities
UCOR 1600 - Inquiry Seminar in the Social Sciences
UCOR 1800 - Inquiry Seminar in the Natural Sciences (satisfied in major)

Module II: Engaging Jesuit Traditions

Module III: Engaging the World

II. Major Requirements

63 to 64 credits in chemistry, including:

III. Other Major Department Requirements

NOTES:

For the American Chemical Society certified degree option, 400 hours of lab beyond CHEM 1501 and CHEM 1511 are required. Additionally, the 3-credit elective, above under II, becomes 6 credits and these must include CHEM 3600 .
For students planning graduate work, any of the courses, MATH 2320 , MATH 2340 , CHEM 3600 , CHEM 4600 , CHEM 4610 , CHEM 4700 , CHEM 4701 , CHEM 4820 , and CHEM 4830 are strongly recommended as electives.
CHEM 4950 is limited to a maximum of 2 credits. Credit not applied towards the major may count as general elective.