1.

English 1000 (must be taken prior to filing a Graduation Plan)

2.

Two writing intensive courses taken in residence with a grade of C or better (these courses can be used to satisfy other requirements also). One of these courses must be in the major (CHEM 3700) (Note: The Dean's office interprets "in the major" as being on the Area of Concentration.) There is talk that the requirement that WI classes be taken in residence may be relaxed in the future, but no decision has been made at present.

3.

General education/A&S foundation requirements: generally these courses must be chosen from A&S courses, although a maximum of one non-A&S course may be included in each of the breadth-of-study fields.  (Non-A&S courses cannot be used to fulfill the depth-of-study requirements.)

Foreign language: same as for the BA degree or substitute at least 12 hours of course work numbered 2000 or higher outside the department (not courses normally required for the degree or appearing elsewhere in the graduation plan--they cannot count both here and as general education); the 12 hours are to represent a "carefully planned, coherent unit, formally approved by the undergraduate advisor, the department, and the Dean's office." (An appropriate set of courses might be one of the sample collateral areas suggested for the BA degree. Pre-meds tend to use upper level biology courses here. Math and computer science are also popular, but other students choose psychology or other such areas. The last time the subject came before the chemistry faculty, there was a sentiment for encouraging the language rather than the substitution. A student with a significant high school foreign language background certainly should consider continuing his/her language study. Again, four years of a single foreign language in high school automatically satisfies this requirement.)

Behavioral sciences, Social sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts: Breadth of study: at least 9 hours of Behavioral and Social sciences (including at least one course from each area) and at least 9 hours of Humanities and Fine Arts (distributed over at least two fields). Depth of study: At least 2 courses must be numbered 2000 or above. Note that the required American history or American government course will count here as a social science.

4.

Residency requirements: the last 30 of the last 36 hours must be completed in residence (no correspondence credit can be used to satisfy this requirement); at least 12 hours of courses above 2000 in the major must be completed in residence.

5.

Grade point requirements: courses numbered 2000 or above completed with a grade below a C- cannot be included in the major except under special conditions. (College rules permit a student pursuing a BS degree to carry a maximum of one course a with D grade on the major with permission of the Department. The Chemistry faculty has gone on record as officially discouraging the approval of such an option except in special cases, however. A student must appeal to the Director of Undergraduate Studies [Prof. Adams] for permission to graduate with a grade lower than C- in chemistry, physics, and mathematics courses.) An overall 2.0 GPA must be obtained in all classes attempted in the major (i.e., in chemistry, physics, and mathematics).

1.

English 1000 (must be taken prior to filing a Graduation Plan)

2.

Two writing intensive courses taken in residence with a grade of C or better (these courses can be used to satisfy other requirements also). One of these courses must be in the major (CHEM 3700) (Note: The Dean's office interprets "in the major" as being on the Area of Concentration.) There is talk that the requirement that WI classes be taken in residence may be relaxed in the future, but no decision has been made at present.

3.

General education/A&S foundation requirements: generally these courses must be chosen from A&S courses, although a maximum of one non-A&S course may be included in each of the breadth-of-study fields.  (Non-A&S courses cannot be used to fulfill the depth-of-study requirements.)

Foreign language: at least 12 hours in a single language or 1 course beyond the intermediate level course (a common sequence here is French 1100, 1200, and 2100 or the equivalent courses in Spanish or German; the Chemistry Department faculty is on record as recommending German)--4 years of high school courses in a single language will fulfill this requirement, and students can get partial credit towards the requirement if they took less than 4 years in high school (they should contact the appropriate language department directly). Students are exempt if their first language is not English.

Behavioral science: 5-6 hours in anthropology, psychology, and/or sociology (although theoretical linguistics also counts)

Social science: 9 hours in at least 2 of the following: economics, history, political science, geography (with a few exceptions, such as cartography, meteorology, climatology), peace studies, women studies; note that the required American history or government course counts here! In general, a topics or special problems course does not count.

Humanities and Fine Arts: 12 hours in at least 3 of the remaining non-science departments in the College--history or appreciation of art, music, theatre; classics; civilization courses taught in the language departments (not intermediate or advanced speaking or composition in a foreign language); literature courses; philosophy; religious studies; courses at the 2000-level or higher in creative and performing arts (applied art, music, theatre); Humanities sequence 101, 102, 103, 104

A student must pass at least 3 courses numbered 2000 or above distributed among at least 2 of the 3 areas: social science, behavioral science, humanities and fine arts.

A student must pass at least 30 hours in courses numbered 3000 or higher, including those in the major. The requirements for the chemistry BA automatically give the student 23 of these hours--at least 7 more hours at 3000 or above must be included. If a student uses 3000-level courses to satisfy the depth-of-study requirement for general education or the collateral area requirement, so much the better.

4.

Residency requirements: the last 30 of the last 36 hours must be completed in residence (no correspondence credit can be used to satisfy this requirement); at least 12 hours of courses numbered 2000 or above in the major must be completed in residence

5.

Grade point requirements: courses numbered 2000 or above completed with a grade below a C- cannot be included in the major except under very special conditions. (Translated, this means "don't count on an exception!") A 2.0 GPA must be obtained in all classes attempted in the major (i.e., in chemistry, physics, and mathematics).