The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree in Chemistry centers on a traditional core that includes organic, analytical, inorganic and physical chemistry; biochemistry, and mathematics. This degree is perfectly suited for students planning on going to post-baccalaureate professional schools (graduate school, medical school, dental school, law school, etc.), for those wishing to work in an industrial or governmental laboratory setting, and for students wishing to teach chemistry in middle- and high school. Because good scientists also need to be exposed to other fields of knowledge–to the arts, the social sciences, and humanities, taking general education courses is part of the degree requirements. Students should work closely with an academic advisor to ensure that their curriculum will meet the necessary requirements to facilitate entry into their desired post-baccalaureate program or to reinforce their career goals.

Degree Requirements

1.  Students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher.

2.  Entering freshmen must take HSS-A 101 Student Success Seminar (1 cr.) 

3.  General Education. Students must complete all of the requirements of the campus general education curriculum and of the B.A. general education curriculum.

4.  Mathematics. Students must take MATH-K 310 Statistical Techniques (3 cr.), MATH-M 119/120 Brief Survey of Calculus I and II (6 cr.) or MATH-M 215/216 Calculus I and II (10 cr.).

5.  Chemistry Courses (all with grades of C- or higher)— CHEM-C 128 Problem solving skills in chemistry (3 cr.) is required for students who have an ALEKS placement test of 60 or below prior to taking CHEM-C 105.  Students must complete:

• CHEM-C 105 Principles of Chemistry I (3 cr.)
• CHEM-C 106 Principles of Chemistry II (3 cr.)
• CHEM-C 125 Experimental Chemistry I (2 cr.)
• CHEM-C 126 Experimental Chemistry II (2 cr.)
• CHEM-C 310 Analytical Chemistry (3 cr.)
• CHEM-C 311 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (3 cr.)
• CHEM-C 341 Organic Chemistry I (3 cr.)
• CHEM-C 342 Organic Chemistry II (3 cr.)
• CHEM-C 343 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (2 cr.)
• CHEM-C 344 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory (2 cr.)
• CHEM-C 361 Physical Chemistry I (3 cr.)
• CHEM-C 495 Capstone in Chemistry (3 cr.)
• 300-/400-level chemistry electives (6 cr.)

In addition, students must take BIOL-L 121 Biology (5 cr.). The list of recommended chemistry electives (minimum 6 cr.) includes:

• CHEM-C 300 Energy and Green Chemistry (3 cr.)
• CHEM-C 329 Biochemistry I: Proteins and Enzymes (5 cr.)
• CHEM-C 340 Biochemistry II: Bioenergetics and Metabolism (5 cr.)
• CHEM-C 362 Physical Chemistry II (3 cr.)
• CHEM-C 409 Chemical Research (3 cr.)
• CHEM-C 430 Inorganic Chemistry (3 cr.)

6.  Physics Courses (10 credit hours)—Students must complete either -

• PHYS-P 201 General Physics I (5 cr.) and PHYS-P 202 General Physics II (5 cr.) or
• PHYS-P 221 Physics I (5 cr.) and PHYS-P 222 Physics-II (5 cr.).

7.  Must take INFO-I 101 (4 cr.) Introduction to Informatics. All School of Sciences students must complete ENG-W 221 Writing in the Disciplines (3 cr.).

8.  30 of the last 60 credit hours must be completed at Indiana University Kokomo.

9.  Students enrolled in this degree shall complete no more than 75% of their program requirements through online courses.