A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for a Bachelor of Scince in Chemistry.
Chemistry is the study of the properties and reactions of substances ranging from living cells to subatomic particles. It provides the fundamental knowledge and tools needed to address many of society’s needs and to explore the unknown. In addition to the health professions, graduates are qualified for graduate study and for employment in the chemical, petroleum, plastics, metals and pharmaceutical industries, and in many government laboratories. Students contemplating graduate work in either chemistry or one of its related areas or in the chemical industry should select, in consultation with a chemistry advisor, additional mathematics and science courses consistent with those goals. Students interested in the health professions who major in chemistry should consult with the health professions advisor for information about biology courses needed to complete the admissions requirements.
CHEM 451 (Senior Undergraduate Research) may be used to satisfy CHEM 410. Successful completion of the honors research experience (HP 470 & HP 471, 4 credits) may be used to satisfy the CHEM 410 requirement.