Chemistry Major, BA, CH01

Major Code: CH01 Bachelor of Arts Summary Degree Requirements

General Education Core 42 Requirements: 26 Hours

Area 1A 6 hours Social & Behavioral Sciences - see below for options
Area 1B 3 hours Civic Engagement - see below for options
Area 2A 6 hours Written Communication - see below for options
Area 2B 3 hours Oral Communication - see below for options
Area 3 7 hours Natural Science 1 with and 1 without lab - fulfilled by CHEM 0140 /CHEM 0141 and PHYS 0160
Area 4 3 hours Mathematics - fulfilled by MATH 0150
Area 5A 6 hours Humanites - 3 hours fulfilled by a modern language course, 3 additional hours see below for options
Area 5B 3 hours Fine Arts - see below for options
Area 5C 3 hours Global Competencies - fulfilled by additional modern language course
Area 5D 2 hours Health and Wellness - see below for options

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Institutional Degree Requirement: 1 Hour

UE 0100 - The University Experience 1
HNRS 0101 - Honors Forum 2 Honors students only 1 cr. hr. towards institutional requirement
BIO 0100 - Freshman Seminar 1 Yours to Lose students only

Modern Language: 10-12 Hours

French or Spanish - 12 Hours of the same prefix

Asian Languages (Chinese and Japanese) - 10-11 Hours, prefixes can be combined

JPN 0103 and JPN 0205 - 10 Hours

JPN 0103 and CHI 0103 - 10 Hours

CHI 0103 , CHI 0203 and ML 0150 - 11 Hours

Chemistry Requirements: 34 Hours

CHEM 0140 - General Chemistry I 3
CHEM 0141 - Gen Chemistry I Laboratory 2
CHEM 0142 - General Chemistry II 5
CHEM 0201 - Analytical Chemistry 5
CHEM 0301 - Organic Chemistry I 5
CHEM 0400 - Elementary Physical Chemistry 4
Upper Division Chemistry Electives 4
AND
CHEM 0302 - Organic Chemistry II 5
OR
CHEM 0427 - Instrumental Analysis 5
CHEM 0460 - Chemistry Capstone 1

Supporting Requirements: 13 Hours

Electives: 34-36 Hours

As needed to total 120 approved credit hours (including 39 upper division 300-400 level).

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Total Hours: 120

CHEM 140 and PHYS 160 fulfill General Education Core 42 Requirements Area 3A&B 7 hours.

MATH 150 fulfills Area 4 3 hours.

One Modern Language course satisfies 3 hours of General Education Core Requirement area 5A (6 hours required). An additional Modern Language course satisfies General Education Core Requirement Area 5C.

Institutional requirement UE 0100 may also be met by HNRS 0101 (2 credit hours).

Suggested electives: CHEM 350, CHEM 352, CHEM 427, CHEM 450, CHEM 497, CHEM 498, CHEM 499

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Note: A Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry is for students who need some knowledge of chemistry as a basis for work in other fields but who do not expect to become professional chemists.