Additional Courses to Complete a B.S. in Chemistry

Chemistry: Bachelor of Science

For information, contact the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 160 Hughes Laboratories (513-529-2813). Students who want to enter the chemical industry or graduate school in chemistry, biochemistry, or related areas usually choose this program. This program meets certification requirements of the American Chemical Society.

Program Requirements

All of these:
  CHM 141.M, 142.M College Chemistry (3, 3) or, with approval:
         CHM 137, 142 or CHM 141, 142 College Chemistry (4,3 or 3,3)
 CHM 153 General Chemistry Laboratory (2) or, with approval:
        CHM 144 College Chemistry Laboratory (2)
* CHM 161 Quantitative Analysis (2)
  CHM 251, 252 Organic Chemistry for Chemistry Majors (3, 3) or, with approval:
        CHM 241, 242 Organic Chemistry (3, 3)
  CHM 254 Organic Chemistry Laboratory for Chemistry Majors (3), or with approval:
        CHM 244, 245 Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2, 2)
* CHM 255 Organic Chemistry Laboratory for Chemistry Majors (3)
* CHM 351, 352 Physical Chemistry for Chemistry Majors (3,3)
* CHM 417 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (3)
* CHM 433 Biochemistry (3)
* CHM 454 Instrumental Analysis (2)
* CHM 455 Chemical Measurements (2)

* One of these:
  CHM 426 Spectroscopic Identification of Structure (2)
  CHM 434 Biochemistry (3)

Three of these:
* CHM 418 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (2)
* CHM 438 Biochemistry Laboratory (2)
* CHM 456 Chemical Measurements II (2)
  CHM 490 Undergraduate Research (1-4)

Related Hours:

All of these:
* MTH 151, 251, 252 Calculus I, II, III (5, 4, 4) or equivalents
* PHY 181, 182 General Physics (4, 4)
* PHY 183, 184 General Physics Laboratory (1, 1)

* One of these:
  MTH 222 Introduction to Linear Algebra (3)
  MTH 231 Elements of Discrete Mathematics (3)
  MTH 347 Differential Equations (3)
  STA 368 Introduction to Statistics (4)

Two additional credit hours of lab at the 200 level or higher in BOT, CHM, GLG, MBI, PHY, PPS, or ZOO.

* Twenty additional science/math courses (54-59 credit hours) are required after obtaining an AAS in Chemical Technology, plus a few Miami Plan requirements.