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:
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CH 123/124 |
Chemistry I & Lab |
5 hrs. |
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CH 126/127 |
Chemistry II & Lab |
5 hrs. |
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CH 370/371 |
General Organic Chem & Lab* |
5 hrs. |
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CH 376/377 |
Quantitative Analysis & Lab |
5 hrs. |
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CH 479 |
Undergrad. Research |
1 hr. |
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CH 506 |
Environmental Chem |
3 hrs. |
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CH 620 |
Elem. of Physical Chem** |
3 hrs. |
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CH 578 |
Water Analysis |
3 hrs. |
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CH 480 |
Capstone Report and Seminar |
1 hrs. |
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Total Chemistry |
30 hrs. |
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* 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 |
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GB 140/141 |
Principles of Biology & Lab |
4 hrs. |
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BO 212/213 |
Biology of Plants & Lab |
4 hrs. |
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ZO 214/215 |
Biology of Animals & Lab |
4 hrs. |
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MC 316/317 |
Microbiology & Lab |
4 hrs. |
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EB 485/486 |
Ecology & Lab |
4 hrs. |
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Total |
20 hrs. |
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Earth Science Option |
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ES 110/111 |
Intro. to Earth Sci & Lab |
4 hrs. |
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ES 333 |
Environmental Geology |
3 hrs. |
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ES 551 |
Computer Mapping Systems |
3 hrs. |
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GO 240 |
Hand Specimen Petrology |
2 hrs. |
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GO 545 |
Geomorphology |
3 hrs. |
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GO 571 |
Geohydrology |
3 hrs. |
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Earth Science/Geology electives |
2-3 hrs. |
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Total |
20-21 hrs. |
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