Required Courses for the ACS Certified Chemistry Major (BA/BS)

Note: This document is not legally binding; it is intended only to give guidance in planning one's program.

CHEMISTRY UNITS REQUIRED (49 UNITS)

Course #	Course Title	Units	Prerequisites
CHEM 102	Introductory Chemistry	5	MATH 141 (C or Better) or waiver thereof.
CHEM 104	Introductory Chemistry	5	CHEM 102
CHEM 184	Introduction to Chemistry	1	Declared Chemistry Major or Instructor consent
CHEM 251	Organic Chemistry	3	CHEM 104
CHEM 252	Organic Chemistry	3	CHEM 251
CHEM 261	Organic Chemistry Lab	2	Co-requisite: CHEM 251
CHEM 262	Organic Chemistry Lab	2	CHEM 261, CHEM 252 or concurrent reg. in CHEM 252
CHEM 352	Quantitative Analysis	5	CHEM 104
CHEM 370	Physical Chemistry	3	MATH 254 and PHYSICS 181 OR PHYSICS 141
CHEM 371	Physical Chemistry	3	MATH 254 and PHYSICS 181 OR PHYSICS 141
CHEM 470	Physical Chemistry Lab	1	Coreq: CHEM 370
CHEM 471	Physical Chemistry Lab	1	Coreq:  CHEM 371
CHEM 454	Biochemistry of Macromolecules	3	BIO 120 OR BIO 141 (C or better in either) AND CHEM 251
CHEM 455	Advanced Organic Chemistry	3	CHEM 252
CHEM 260	Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry	4	CHEM 104
CHEM 480	Instrumental Analysis	4	CHEM 252 and 352
CHEM 484	Topics in Chemistry	1	Junior/Senior standing or consent of instructor

NO MINOR IS REQUIRED FOR THIS MAJOR

MATHEMATICS UNITS REQUIRED (10 UNITS)

 

Course #	Course Title	Units	Prerequisites
MATH 253	Calculus and Analytic Geometry I	5	MATH 152
MATH 254	Calculus and Analytic Geometry II	5	MATH 253

PHYSICS UNITS REQUIRED (10 UNITS)

 

Course #	Course Title	Units	Prerequisites
PHYSCS 180	Physics for Scientists and Engineers I	5	Coreg. MATH 253
PHYSCS 181	Physics for Scientists and Engineers II	5	Prereq: PHYSCS 180 or consent of instructor. Coreq: MATH 254
OR
PHYSCS 140	Principles in Physics I	5	MATH 152
PHYSCS 141	Principles in Physics II	5	PHYSICS 140