Chemistry Major for Pre-Med and Pre-Dental Students

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Suggested Curriculum Sequencea,b

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First Year
First Semester			Hrs.		Second Semester			Hrs.
CHE	100	Transitions	1		CHE	202	General Chemistry and
CHE	201	General College Chemistry	5				Qualitative Analysis	5
BIO	115	The Cellular Basis of Life	3		BIO	216	Biological Inquiry and Analysis	4
ENG	105	Critical Reading, Writing, and Inquiry	4		MAT	250	Calculus and Analytic Geometry	5
COM	161	Introduction to Public Speaking	3		SOC	133	Introduction to Sociology	3
Second Year
First Semester			Hrs.		Second Semester			Hrs.
CHE	312	Organic Chemistry I	5		CHE	320	Organic Chemistry II	3
BIO	221	Zoology: Animal Form and Function	4		BIO	333	Genetics
NLS	290	Trends and Issues-Youth and Hum. Serv.	3		PHY	130/131 General Physics I		4
PSY	180	General Psychology	3		SOC	231	Social Problems	3
Third Year
First Semester			Hrs.		Second Semester			Hrs.
CHE	530	Fundamentals of Biochemistry I	3		CHE	305	Analytical Chemistry	5
BIO	321	Cell Biology: Mechanisms	3		CHE	540	Fundamentals of Biochemistry II	3
BIO	322	Animal Physiology	4		MAT	135	Introduction to Probability & Statistics	4
PHY	132/133 General Physics II		4		BIO	323	Cell Biology: Systems	3
Fourth Year
First Semester			Hrs.		Second Semester			Hrs.
CHE	352	Basic Chemical Instrumentation	4		CHE	403	Basic Physical Chemistry	5
CSC	235	Programming in C++c	4		HUM	211	The Western Humanities Tradition	3
ENG	204	Advanced Expository Writing	3		CIV	202	World Civilizations II	3
BIO	300	Microbiology	4		POL	252	Contemporary Political Systems	3
aCourses listed satisfy a chemistry premedical or predental curriculum, a biology minor, and specific university studies requirements. bA biology minor is strongly recommended. cEGR 140 may be substituted.