American Chemical Society Certification Requirements
The Professional Chemists Comprehensive degree and Chemistry Comprehensive:Biochemistry emphasis meet these requirements. All others require additional coursework.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Chemistry Sequence | ||
| CHEM 160 | General Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 160L | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 161 | General Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 161L | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| Core Curriculum Sequence | ||
| CHEM 169 | Chemistry Foundations and Careers | 1 |
| CHEM 301 | Analytical Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 301L | Analytical Chemistry Lab | 1 |
| CHEM 310 | Safety in Chemistry | 1 |
| CHEM 351 | Biochemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM 360 | Organic Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 360L | Organic Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 430 | Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 469 | Advanced Seminar in Chemistry | 1 |
| CHEM 480 | Physical Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 490L | Advanced Chemistry Laboratory | 3 |
| CHEM 499L | Research in Chemistry | 1-3 |
| Advanced Chemistry Requirements | ||
| Select 4 lecture courses (11 credit hours) of the following: | ||
| CHEM 300-CHEM 499 | ||
| Select 4 lab credit hours of the following: | ||
| CHEM 300-CHEM 499L 1 | ||
| Supporting Courses | ||
| MATH 115 | Calculus I with Analytic Geometry 2 | 5 |
| MATH 202 | Calculus II with Analytic Geometry | 5 |
| PHYS 275 | General Physics I (Calculus) | 4 |
| PHYS 275L | General Physics I (Calculus) Laboratory | 1 |
| PHYS 276 | General Physics II (Calculus) | 4 |
| PHYS 276L | General Physics II (Calculus) Laboratory | 1 |
- 1
Except CHEM 399
- 2
Students without sufficient preparation will also need to take the following courses, increasing the total credit hours needed:
- MATH 102
- MATH 103