School of Sciences

Chemistry Minor

To earn a minor in chemistry, students must complete a minimum of twenty-one (21) credit hours in chemistry with a minimum grade of C in each course. Students must take all the necessary prerequisites before enrolling in courses required for the minor.
The following courses are required:
CHEM-C 105: Principles of Chemistry I (3 cr.)
CHEM-C 125 Experimental Chemistry I (2 cr.)
CHEM-C 106 Principles of Chemistry II (3 cr.)
CHEM-C 126 Experimental Chemistry II (2 cr.)
CHEM-C 341 Organic Chemistry I (3 cr.).

In addition, students must take one of the following two analytical chemistry courses: CHEM-C 210 Introduction to Quantitative Analytical Chemistry (3 cr.) or CHEM-C 310 Analytical Chemistry (3 cr.).

Students must also take one of the following laboratory courses: CHEM-C 211 Introduction to Quantitative and Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (2 cr.), CHEM-C 311 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (2 cr.), or CHEM-C 343 Organic Chemistry I: Laboratory (2 cr.).

Finally, students can select one (or more) course(s) from the following list to complete the 21-credit hour minimum requirement: CHEM-C 342 Organic Chemistry II (3 cr.), CHEM-C 344 Organic Chemistry II (2 cr.), CHEM-C 300 Energy and Green Chemistry: A Natural Science Perspective (4 cr.), CHEM-C 329 Biochemistry I: Proteins and Enzymes (5 cr.), CHEM-C 340 Biochemistry II (5 cr.); CHEM-C 361 Physical Chemistry I (3 cr.), CHEM-C 400 Chemical Information Sources and Services (1 cr.), CHEM-C 430 Inorganic Chemistry (3 cr.), CHEM-C 443 Organic Spectroscopy (3 cr.), CHEM-C 483 Biological Chemistry Lecture (3 cr.), and CHEM-C 487 Biological Chemsitry Lab (2 cr.). 

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