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2025-2026 Catalog

Chemistry, Biological Chemistry Emphasis, B.S. Four-Year Course Plan

All General Education course options can be found here.  

Please Note: This four-year plan serves as a general guide and assumes that all prerequisite requirements have been met prior to each course. Students may need to complete additional prerequisite coursework (MATH 005 , CHEM 001 , WRI 001 ) based on placement results or prior preparation. Be sure to consult with your academic advisor to create a personalized plan that aligns with your individual progress and goals.

First Year
Fall Spring
CHEM 002: General Chemistry I  and CHEM 002L   CHEM 010: General Chemistry II  and CHEM 010L  
SPRK 001: Spark Seminar  or SPRK 010: Spark Seminar   WRI 010: College Reading and Composition  
MATH 021: Calculus I for Physical Sciences and Engineering   MATH 022: Calculus II for Physical Sciences and Engineering  
Major Computer Science Requirement PHYS 008: Introductory Physics I for Physical Sciences  and PHYS 008L  

Second Year
Fall Spring
CHEM 008: Principles of Organic Chemistry  and CHEM 008L   CHEM 100: Organic Synthesis and Mechanism  
General Education: Area B–Approaches to Knowledge Social Science, Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, Societies and Cultures of the Past MATH 024: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations  
MATH 023: Vector Calculus   BIO 011: Introduction to Molecular Biology  and BIO 011L  
PHYS 009: Introductory Physics II for Physical Sciences  and  PHYS 009L    

Third Year
Fall Spring
CHEM 101L: Advanced Synthetic Laboratory   CHEM 113: Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics  
CHEM 112: Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy   MATH 032: Probability and Statistics  
CHEM 111: Biochemistry I  or BIO 101   CHEM 153: Physical Chemistry Laboratory  
General Education: Area B–Approaches to Knowledge Social Science, Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, Societies and Cultures of the Past BIO 012: Introduction to Organismal Biology  and BIO 012L  

Fourth Year
Fall Spring
Major Upper Division In-Depth Emphasis Elective CHEM 150: Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Laboratory  
CHEM 115: Instrumental Analysis and Bioanalytical Chemistry   CHEM 194: Ethics and Communication in Chemistry  
General Education: Area B–Approaches to Knowledge Social Science, Literary and Textual Analysis, Media and Visual Analysis, Societies and Cultures of the Past Major Upper Division BIO Elective
CHEM 120: Inorganic Chemistry   CHEM 122: Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  or BIO 102  
CHEM 155: Instrumental Analysis Laboratory   Free Elective