Departments & Programs
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Bachelor of Arts Preprofessional Chemistry Major
For students who require a knowledge of chemistry as a basis for work in other fields such as business, dentistry, environmental science and policy, law, medicine, or other allied health fields. Recommended for pre-medical and pre-dentistry students.
Degree Requirements
First-Year Experience Course Beginning freshmen and transfer students with fewer than 19 credit hours are required to take SCI-I 120 Windows on Science (1 cr.) or an equivalent first-year experience course.
Area I English Composition and Communication Competency See the School of Science requirements under “Undergraduate Programs” in this bulletin. The second semester of English composition may be satisfied only by ENG-W 150, ENG-W 230, ENG-W 231, ENG-W 270, ENG-W 320, or ENG-W 350.
Area II World Language Competency See the School of Science requirements under “Undergraduate Programs” in this bulletin.
Area IIIA Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cultural Understanding Competencies See the School of Science requirements under "Undergraduate Programs" in this bulletin.
For the most current list of courses in the areas of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Understanding, please refer to the IU Indianapolis General Education Curriculum.
Area IIIC Life and Physical Sciences Competency PHYS-P 201 and PHYS-P 202 (recommended PHYS-I 152 and PHYS-I 251). Also, at least two additional courses outside chemistry having a laboratory component, which may be chosen from, for example, biology, geology, or physics.
Area IIID Analytical Reasoning Competency MATH-I 231 and MATH-I 232 (recommended MATH-I 165 and MATH-I 166). One computer programming course is also required.
Note: Computer Science CSCI-N 100 level courses do not count for any credit toward any degree in the School of Science. Also, CSCI-N 241 and CSCI-N 299 do not count in Area IIID, but may count as general electives.
Area IV Chemistry Concentration Requirements CHEM-C 105, CHEM-C 125, CHEM-C 106, CHEM-C 126, CHEM-C 294, CHEM-C 310, CHEM-C 311, CHEM-C 325, CHEM-C 326, CHEM-C 341, CHEM-C 342, CHEM-C 343, CHEM-C 344, CHEM-C 360 (recommended CHEM-C 361), and CHEM-C 495. Recommended CHEM-C 384 or CHEM-C 484. A total of 34 credit hours of chemistry courses are required. The Department requires a minimum grade of C in all chemistry courses (C- grades are unacceptable).
Bachelor of Arts Preprofessional Chemistry Major Sample Program (120 cr. required):
Freshman Year
| First Semester | |
| SCI-I 120 Windows on Science | 1 |
| CHEM-C 105 Principles of Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM-C 125 Experimental Chemistry I | 2 |
| MATH-I 231 Calculus for the Life Sciences I | 3 |
| ENG-W 131 Reading, Writing and Inquiry I | 3 |
| World Language | 4 |
| Total | 16 |
| Second Semester | |
| CHEM-C 106 Principles of Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM-C 126 Experimental Chemistry II | 2 |
| MATH-I 232 Calculus for the Life Sciences II | 3 |
| World Language | 4 |
| 2nd Written communication course | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Sophomore Year
| Third Semester | |
| CHEM-C 341 Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM-C 343 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I | 2 |
| Life and Physical Science with lab (approved elective) | 5 |
| COMM-R 110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication | 3 |
| Arts and Humanities/Social Science (choose from list) | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| Fourth Semester | |
| CHEM-C 342 Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM-C 344 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II | 2 |
| CHEM-C 294 Cornerstone in Chemistry | 1 |
| Life and Physical Science (approved elective) | 5 |
| Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences (choose from list) | 3 |
| Total | 14 |
Junior Year
| Fifth Semester | |
| CHEM-C 310 Analytical Chemistry Lecture | 3 |
| CHEM-C 311 Analytical Chemistry Lab | 1 |
| PHYS-P 201 General Physics I | 5 |
| Arts & Humanities or Social Sciences (choose from list) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Sixth Semester | |
| CHEM-C 325 Intro to Instrumental Analysis | 3 |
| CHEM-C 326 Introduction to Instrumental Analysis Lab | 2 |
| Computer Programming (approved course) | 3 |
| PHYS-P 202 General Physics 2 | 5 |
| Electives | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
Senior Year
| Seventh Semester | |
| Electives | 15 |
| Total | 15 |
| Eighth Semester | |
| CHEM-C 360 Elementary Physical Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM-C 495 Capstone in Chemistry | 1 |
| Electives | 9 |
| Total | 13 |
