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Program Requirements

Requirements for the Chemistry Major 59-61 units
Chemistry 42 units
CHEM 151*/**/152 General Chemistry I, II 4, 4
CHEM 300Quantitative Analysis – Theory2
CHEM 310Quantitative Analysis – Lab2
CHEM 320Instrumental Analysis – Theory^3
CHEM 330Instrumental Analysis – Lab^1
CHEM 251/252Organic Chemistry – Theory 4, 4
CHEM 261/262Organic Chemistry – Lab 1, 1
CHEM 401Thermodynamics 3
CHEM 402Kinetics and Quantum Mechanics3
CHEM 461Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry3
BIOL 496Senior Seminar: Ethics and the Sciences**3
Upper-Division Chemistry Elective 3
Select one of the following:
CHEM 497Readings 1-4
CHEM 498Directed Research 1-4
Mathematics9 units
MATH 251/252 Calculus I, II 5, 4
Physics8-10 units
PHYC 100Conceptual Physics ***(2)
Select one of the following:
PHYC 201**/202Fundamentals of Physics* I, II 4, 4
PHYC 251**/252General Physics I, II 5, 5

*This course may be waived with an appropriate Advanced Placement test score.
**Meets a general studies requirement.
***Required if high school physics has not been taken; does not count toward major.
^CHEM 320 and CHEM 330 together meet the general studies upper-division writing requirement.
Note: This information is current for the 2007-08 academic year. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
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