Jan 28, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Chemistry, with Education Concentration, B.A.

Requirements for Major with Education Concentration

Eight and one-half units in chemistry. The Chemistry Department offers two majors, either of which may be used as a teaching major.

The Majors Share a Common Core Consisting of the Following:

CHEM 152: Principles of Chemistry (1 Unit)
CHEM 154: Organic Structure and Reactivity (1 Unit)
CHEM 206: Chemical Analysis (1 Unit)
CHEM 214: Inorganic Chemistry (1 Unit)
CHEM 212: Organic Reactions and Mechanism (1 Unit)
CHEM 301: Chemical Energetics and Kinetics (1 Unit)

In Addition to These Six Units, the Required Courses Are:

Chemistry Major:

CHEM 321: Advanced Synthesis Laboratory (1 Unit)
OR
CHEM 327: Advanced Physical and Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (1 Unit)
CHEM 340: Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Structure (1 Unit)

And One-half Unit Chosen From:

CHEM 350: Advanced Organic Chemistry (1/2 Unit)
OR
CHEM 353: Spectroscopy (1/2 Unit)
OR
CHEM 356: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (1/2 Unit)

Four Units in Cognate Areas:

Two Semesters of Calculus

MATH 141: Calculus of a Single Variable I (1 Unit)
MATH 143: Calculus of a Single Variable II (1 Unit) or equivalent

Two Semesters of Physics

PHYS 115: General Physics I (1 Unit)
PHYS 116: General Physics II (1 Unit)
OR
PHYS 167: Analytical Physics I (1 Unit)
PHYS 168: Analytical Physics II (1 Unit)

Completion of Education Concentration