Chemistry, B.S.

Requirements for the major

The requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science with a major in chemistry are a total of 61 credit hours, as follows:

I. Departmental Requirements:

1. 44 credits in chemistry:

CHEM - 1311 General Chemistry I Credits: 3
CHEM - 1312 General Chemistry II Credits: 3
CHEM - 1112 General Chemistry Laboratory Credits: 1
CHEM - 2319 Organic Chemistry I Credits: 3
CHEM - 2119 Laboratory Methods in Organic Chemistry Credits: 1
CHEM - 2320 Organic Chemistry II Credits: 3
CHEM - 2120 Chemical Synthesis Laboratory Credits: 1
CHEM - 3330 Biochemistry I Credits: 3
CHEM - 3130 Advanced Chemical Principles Laboratory Credits: 1
CHEM - 3001 Chemistry Seminar I Credits: 0
CHEM - 3101 Chemistry Seminar II Credits: 1
CHEM - 3190 Mentored Research in Chemistry Credits: 1 OR
CHEM - 3191 Chemistry Summer Research Credits: 1
CHEM - 3432 Analytical Chemistry Credits: 4
CHEM - 3334 Physical Chemistry I Credits: 3
CHEM - 4321 Inorganic Chemistry Credits: 3
CHEM - 3335 Physical Chemistry II Credits: 3
CHEM - 4250 Adv Chem Lab I: Analysis/Quantification Credits: 2
CHEM - 4251 Adv Chem Lab II: Synthesis/Spectroscopy Credits: 2

and two courses selected from

CHEM - 4340 Biochemistry II Credits: 3
CHEM - 4346 Advanced Interdisciplinary Topics-Fall Credits: 3
CHEM - 4347 Advanced Interdisciplinary Topics-Spring Credits: 3 OR
CHEM - 4360 Neurochemistry Credits: 3

Note:

Students may substitute an advanced course in molecular biology, engineering science, or physics for one of the two advanced electives in chemistry. This substitution must be approved by the department chair.

II. University Requirements:

Completion of all other required elements of the Pathways curriculum and at least 120 credit hours.

Admission to Major

Guidelines for the Acceptance of Majors

Full acceptance is granted if the following requirements are met at the time of application:

Completion of CHEM 1311 , CHEM 1312 , CHEM 1112 , CHEM 2319 and CHEM 2119 with grades of C or better.
Completion of MATH 1311 with a grade of C or better.
A grade point average of at least 2.0 on all other university work.

Provisional acceptance may be granted if it is apparent that an applicant can meet the requirements for full acceptance by the end of the semester in which application is made.

Transfer students will be accepted provisionally pending completion at Trinity of at least one upper division chemistry course, which includes lab, with a grade of C or better.

Honors Program

Requirements

In addition to the minimum requirements for an honors thesis described earlier, the Department of Chemistry has the following requirements:

Application and Procedures

Students planning to write an Honors Thesis in Chemistry should discuss research opportunities with at least three faculty members. Normally the choice of research director will be made in the first semester of the Junior year, although students with extraordinary research experience, including research during a summer, may defer the choice of research director for one or two semesters. A brief proposal of the student’s thesis project should be submitted to the Chair for approval by chemistry faculty committee prior to enrolling in Honors Thesis research.

Requirements

The Honors Program in Chemistry requires a minimum of nine credit hours of research. At least six of these hours must be taken in the senior year and devoted to the thesis research. If a student has worked full-time on research related to the thesis for a minimum of ten weeks during one summer, the department may waive the requirement for three of the nine credit hours. Submission of the final research report for the summer is required for this waiver.

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