The following are the requirements for the A.B. degree in Chemistry. To examine proposed course sequencing, and view a degree progress worksheet, refer to the Undergraduate Handbook.
Courses
Prerequisites
- CHEM 101DL or CHEM 110DL, or CHEM 021
- MATH 111L & MATH 112L or MATH 122L , or MATH 021 & MATH 022
- PHYSICS 121L & PHYSICS 122L or PHYSICS 151L & PHYSICS 152L or PHYSICS 161L & PHYSICS 162L
Major Requirements
- CHEM 201DL & CHEM 202D & CHEM 202L
- CHEM 210D & CHEM 210L or CHEM 020 or CHEM 021
- CHEM 301 & CHEM 301L or CHEM 310 & CHEM 310L & CHEM 311
- CHEM 401 & CHEM 401L
- plus one of the following three options:
- Option 1. Three of the following: CHEM 302, CHEM 410; BIOCHEM 301, BIOCHEM 302, any CHEM courses at or above the 500 level, CHEM 393, CHEM 394
- Option 2. One of the following emphases:
- Physics Emphasis
- CHEM 302 or CHEM 311 plus any 2 of the following:
- PHYSICS 264L Optics and Modern Physics
- PHYSICS 361 Intermediate Mechanics
- PHYSICS 362 Electricity and Magnetism
- Mathematics Emphasis
- CHEM 302 or CHEM 311 plus either of the following pairs of courses:
- [MATH 221 and MATH 356] or [MATH 216 and MATH 353].
- Course titles:
- MATH 221 Linear Algebra and Application
- MATH 356 Elementary Differential Equations
- MATH 216 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
- MATH 353 Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
- Biology Emphasis
- BIOCHEM 301 plus any 2 of the following:
- BIOLOGY 201L Gateway to Biology or BIOLOGY 203L
- BIOLOGY 220 Cell Biology
- BIOLOGY 223 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
- BIOLOGY 329D Principles of Animal Physiology or BIOLOGY 329L
- BIOLOGY 515 Principles of Immunology
- BIOLOGY 520S Membraneless organelles in cellular processes and neurodegeneration
- Physics Emphasis
Substitution may be made in certain cases with the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.