General Education		Semester Hours
ACAD 101	Principles of the Learning Academy	1
Shared Skills and Proficiencies
Writing and Critical Thinking
WRIT 101	Composition	3
HMXP 102	Human Experience	3
CRTW 201	Critical Reading, Thinking & Writing	3
Oral Communication	See approved list; may be met in major with CHEM 552	0-3
Technology	See approved list; may be met in major	0-3
Intensive Writing	See approved list; may be met in major with CHEM 552	0-3
Constitution Requirement	See approved list; may be met with other requirement	0-3
Physical Activity	See approved list	1
Thinking Critically Across Disciplines
Global Perspectives	See approved list	3
Historical Perspectives	See approved list	3
Introducing Students to Broad Disciplinary Perspectives
Social Science	See approved list; must include 2 designators	6
Humanities and Arts	See approved list; must include 2 designators	6
Quantitative Skills and Natural Science	(3 courses)	0
Quantitative Skills	Met in major with MATH 201 and 202	0
Natural Science	Met in major with PHYS 211	0
Subtotal		29-41

Forensic Chemistry Degree Track Students may choose to complete 3-6 hours of optional additional requirements to earn an ACS-certified degree		68-74
BIOL 220/222	Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology & Lab	4
MATH 201, 202	Calculus I, Calculus II	8
PHYS 211/212	Physics with Calculus I & II	8
CHEM 201 & 202 OR 211 CHEM 204	General Chemistry General Chemistry Lab	4-7 2
CHEM 301, 302/304	Organic Chemistry I & II with Lab	8
CHEM 305	Chemical Hygiene and Safety	1
CHEM 312	Introductory Chemometrics	1
CHEM 313/314	Quantitative Analysis & Lab	4
CHEM 323	Introduction to Biochemistry	3
CHEM 330/332	Introductory Inorganic Chemistry & Lab	4
CHEM 407- 410	Physical Chemistry I & II with Labs	8
CHEM 491, 492, 493, 494	Department Seminars	0
CHEM 495	Senior Seminar in Chemistry	1
CHEM 523/525	Biochemistry I & Lab	5
CHEM 530	Inorganic Chemistry	3
CHEM 502/503 or 505/506	Instrumental Analysis or Forensic Analytical Chemistry	4
Additional requirements for ACS-certified degree (Optional):		(3-6)
CHEM 551/552 OR	Research	6
CHEM 526 or 570	Advanced Techniques in Biochemistry, Chemical Synthesis	3
Foreign Language Requirement		3-8^
General Electives		0-21
Total		120

^This requirement may be met by a satisfactory score on a recognized examination or by passing any foreign language course numbered 102 or any course with 102 as a prerequisite.

BS-CHEM-FORN - Bachelor of Science in Chemistry-Forensic Chemistry

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