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Chemistry Major, BA, CH01


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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 Humanities - 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


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

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.

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