2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog - R 
    
    Oct 11, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog - R

Chemistry: Chemical Physics Concentration (6313), B.S.


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The Chemical Physics Concentration is offered for students who seek a physics interpretation of chemical phenomena, and it serves as a solid preparation for chemical physics and physical chemistry careers. A maximum of 3 hours of CHEM 490 (Cross-listed with PHYS 491) may be applied to the major. Required courses for the concentration include: 

General Education Core Curriculum Requirements  38 credit hours
Bachelor of Science Requirements  11 to 14 credit hours
Major Core Requirements  28 credit hours
Concentration Requirements  38 credit hours
Minor   11 to 14
Electives 2 to 5 credit hours
TOTAL 120 credit hours

 

UNIVERSITY DEGREE REQUIREMENTS


  

Minimum credits required for graduation   120 credit hours
Minimum credits in upper-division courses  42 credit hours
Maximum credits in any one subject counted 
toward graduation
50 credit hours
General education core requirements  38 credit hours
Complete a Major and Minor   

 

COURSEWORK REQUIRED FOR THE DEGREE


  

Bachelor of Science Requirements


  

Guidance for choosing courses to meet general education and B.S. requirements:


The following courses satisfy general education requirements, are pre-requisites and co-requisites to the chemistry program and/or chemistry courses for the degree: CHEM 102  (4)/CHEM 121  (4), CHEM 122  (4), CHEM 201  (4), CHEM 202  (4), PHYS 111  (4), PHYS 112 (4), PHYS 220  (4), PHYS 221  (4), MATH 110  (4)/MATH 140  (3), and MATH 251  (4). 

Where an honors course exists equivalent to any course listed above, that honors course will automatically substitute for the listed course. A student may use any combination of honors and regular versions of the respective courses in a given sequence. 

Major in Chemistry with a Chemical Physics Concentration (66 credit hours)


Program-Specific Degree Requirements 

  • A student must earn a minimum grade of C in every course in the major. 
  • ​Students completing degree requirements for the Chemical Physics Concentration will also complete the requirements for a physics minor. An additional minor is optional.  

Chemistry Major Core (28 credit hours)


These courses are required for every concentration in the chemistry major: 

28 Credit Hours: All students must successfully complete the following courses: 

One sequence from:


Chemical Physics Concentration (38 hours)


These courses are required for the chemical physics concentration: 

9 Credit Hours: Physics Courses


9 Credit Hours: Upper-Division Physics Electives:


8 Credit Hours: Chemistry Courses


4 Credit Hours: Upper-Division Chemistry Electives


8 Credit Hours: Supporting Courses


Minor


This BS concentration provides students with a minor in physics. An additional minor is optional. 

Electives


  • Complete elective hours to achieve 120 credit hours and achieve at least 42 credit hours of upper-division coursework. Elective hours include courses needed for employment, professional, or graduate school. Students planning to apply for graduate school are recommended to take PHYS 331  and CSCI 221 

ADDITIONAL NOTES


  • Students should check course descriptions for prerequisites before planning to take a course.  Some courses included as options may have prerequisites that do not satisfy the concentration. 

  • Most upper-division chemistry courses are not offered every semester, and some are only offered every other year. Students should work closely with a chemistry advisor to plan when they will take courses. 

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