REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN CHEMISTRY:
32 semester credits in chemistry, including:
CHEM 105 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 106 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 110 - Laboratory Safety
CHEM 150 - Career Exploration in Chemistry
CHEM 207 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 208 - Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 209 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 210 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 301 - Quantitative Inorganic Analysis
CHEM 303 - Instrumental Analysis
CHEM 313 - Physical Chemistry I OR CHEM 314 - Physical Chemistry II
CHEM 350 - Introduction to Chemical Literature and Writing
PHYS 203 & 204 - College Physics I & II OR 
PHYS 251 & 253 - General Physics I & II
MATH 191 - Calculus & Analytical Geometry I
MATH 192 - Calculus & Analytical Geometry II

REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN CHEMISTRY:
45 semester credits in chemistry, including: 
CHEM 105 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 106 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 110 - Laboratory Safety
CHEM 150 - Career Exploration in Chemistry
CHEM 207 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 208 - Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 209 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 210 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 301 - Quantitative Inorganic Analysis
CHEM 303 - Instrumental Analysis
CHEM 313 - Physical Chemistry I 
CHEM 314 - Physical Chemistry II
CHEM 321 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry  
CHEM 350 - Introduction to Chemical Literature and Writing
CHEM 428 - Chemical Research OR CHEM 440 - Chemistry Internship
PHYS 251 - General Physics I 
PHYS 253 - General Physics II
MATH 191 - Calculus & Analytical Geometry I
MATH 192 - Calculus & Analytical Geometry II 
One elective from: 
CHEM 311 - Research Methods in Organic Chemistry
CHEM 319 - General Biochemistry
CHEM 333 - Environmental Chemistry
Recommended courses:
MATH 290 - Linear Algebra
MATH 291 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry III

REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS TEACHING MAJOR IN CHEMISTRY: 
31 credits in chemistry, 47 semester credits in science and mathematics, including:  
CHEM 105 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 106 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 110 - Laboratory Safety
CHEM 207 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 208 - Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 209 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 210 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 301 - Quantitative Inorganic Analysis
CHEM 303 - Instrumental Analysis OR CHEM 333 - Environmental Chemistry
CHEM 313 - Physical Chemistry I OR CHEM 314 - Physical Chemistry II
CHEM 350 - Introduction to Chemical Literature and Writing
PHYS 203 & 204 - College Physics I & II OR 
PHYS 251 & 253 - General Physics I & II
MATH 191 - Calculus & Analytical Geometry I
MATH 192 - Calculus & Analytical Geometry II

Education courses, including EDUC 343 - Teaching Science in the Secondary School, are found in the Education Department.  

REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS WITH A PRE-MED CONCENTRATION: 
In addition to courses required for the  Bachelor of Arts in chemistry major, students must take the following courses:
CHEM 319 - General Biochemistry
BIOL 103 - General Biology I 
BIOL 104 - General Biology II
BIOL 202 - Human Anatomy and Physiology
BIOL 204 - Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology
BIOL 301 - Cell and Molecular Biology
BIOL 303 - Genetics

Students are encouraged to tailor their studies to admission requirements of medical schools in which they are interested by taking other science and mathematics courses as electives.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A TEACHING MINOR IN CHEMISTRY:
25 semester credits of chemistry, including:
CHEM 105 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 106 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 110 - Laboratory Safety
CHEM 207 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 208 - Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 209 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 210 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 301 - Quantitative Inorganic Analysis
CHEM 303 - Instrumental Analysis OR CHEM 333 - Environmental Chemistry

REQUIREMENTS FOR A NON-TEACHING MINOR IN CHEMISTRY: 
20 semester credits of chemistry including: 
CHEM 105 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 106 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 207 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 209 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I

Eight elective credits chosen from CHEM 110 or other chemistry courses at the 200 level or above.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN CRIMINALISTICS:
28-30 semester credits in chemistry, 3 semester credits in statistics, 11 semester credits in biology, 4 semester credits in physics, and 11-14 semester credits in criminal Justice including: 
CHEM 105 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 106 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 110 - Laboratory Safety
CHEM 150 - Career Exploration in Chemistry
CHEM 207 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 208 - Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 209 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 210 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 301 - Quantitative Inorganic Analysis
CHEM 303 - Instrumental Analysis
WI-CHEM 350 - Intro to Chemical Literature and Writing
CHEM 440 - Chemistry Internship OR CRJU 421 - Practicum
STAT 213 - Applied Statistical Reasoning for the Sciences OR CRJU 430 - Criminal Justice Research and Methods
BIOL 106 - Human Genetics
BIOL 120 - Forensic Biology
BIOL 202 - Human Anatomy and Physiology
PHYS 203 - College Physics I
CRJU 101 - Intro to Criminal Justice
CRJU 342 - Criminal Evidence and Investigation
WI-CRJU 407 - Seminar in Criminal Justice
CRJU 420 - Applied Forensics Theory

Students wishing to pursue a graduate degree in the criminalistics or forensics fields should investigate the admission requirements of the graduate program(s) to which they might want to apply and tailor their studies to meet those requirements.

COURSES OFFERED BY SEMESTER:
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