Bachelor of Arts -- Major in Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry Emphasis

This program is designed to prepare a student for a career in the area of environmental chemistry. It provides the necessary preparation in chemistry to enable a student to perform essential laboratory analysis while broadening the base of knowledge to include course work in a related discipline (biology or earth science). (See the current undergraduate catalog for the General Education requirements for the B.A. degree. Do note that the B.A. program requires ten hours of a foreign language.) Besides the courses listed below, the student must select electives with course numbers of 300 and above to ensure that the 40-hour requirement is met.

A. Required courses in Chemistry:

CH 123/124	Chemistry I & Lab	5 hrs.
CH 126/127	Chemistry II & Lab	5 hrs.
CH 370/371	General Organic Chem & Lab*	5 hrs.
CH 376/377	Quantitative Analysis & Lab	5 hrs.
CH 479	Undergrad. Research	1 hr.
CH 506	Environmental Chem	3 hrs.
CH 620	Elem. of Physical Chem**	3 hrs.
CH 578	Water Analysis	3 hrs.
CH 730	Seminar in Chemistry	0 hrs.
Total Chemistry		30 hrs.

* The General Organic Chemistry & Lab requirement can be replaced with the combination of CH 572/573/574/575 Organic Chemistry I, II, and labs (a total of 10 hrs.)

** The Elements of Physical Chemistry requirement can be replaced with the combination of CH 720/721/722 Physical Chemistry I, II, and lab (a total of 8 hrs.)

B. Second field of study: (either option may be selected)

Biology Option
GB 140/141	Principles of Biology & Lab	4 hrs.
BO 212/213	Biology of Plants & Lab	4 hrs.
ZO 214/215	Biology of Animals & Lab	4 hrs.
MC 316/317	Microbiology & Lab	4 hrs.
EB 485/486	Ecology & Lab	4 hrs.
Total		20 hrs.

Earth Science Option
ES 110/111	Intro. to Earth Sci & Lab	4 hrs.
ES 333	Environmental Geology	3 hrs.
ES 551	Computer Mapping Systems	3 hrs.
GO 240	Hand Specimen Petrology	2 hrs.
GO 545	Geomorphology	3 hrs.
GO 571	Geohydrology	3 hrs.
Earth Science/Geology electives		2-3 hrs.
Total		20-21 hrs.

 

Last Updated March 19, 2007