Chemistry Major for Pre-Med and Pre-Dental Students

Courses listed satisfy a chemistry premedical or predental curriculum, a biology minor, and specific university studies requirements. A baccalaureate degree requires 120 hours, so you will need to take additional courses besides those listed. Additional courses must include three university studies electives that will complete university studies requirements.

A biology minor is strongly recommended. BIO 115, 216 and 221 or 222 are required for the minor. “BIOxxx” can be almost any biology course at the 300 level or above. Recommended biology courses supporting the premedical/predental major include BIO 300, 320, 321, 322,323, 333 and 421.

If you do not take CHE 530, you must take an alternate three-hour chemistry course.

MAT 135 is recommended for MCAT preparation.

Suggested Curriculum Sequence

First Year
Fall	Hrs.	Spring	Hrs.
CHE 099 Transitions	1	CHE 202 General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis	5
CHE 201 General College Chemistry	5	BIO 216 Biological Inquiry and Analysis	4
BIO 115 The Cellular Basis of Life	3	MAT 250 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I	5
ENG 105 Critical Reading, Writing and Inquiry	4
Second Year
Fall	Hrs.	Spring	Hrs.
CHE 312 Organic Chemistry I	5	CHE 320 Organic Chemistry II	3
BIO 221 General Zoology	4	BIO xxx	3-5
CSC 232 Visual Basic I	4	PHY 130/131 General Physics I	4
Third Year
Fall	Hrs.	Spring	Hrs.
CHE 305 Analytical Chemistry	5	CHE 540 Fundamentals of Biochemistry II	3
CHE 530 Fundamentals of Biochemistry I	3	BIO xxx	3-5
PHY 132/133 General Physics II	4	MAT 135 Introduction to Probability and Statistics	4
HUM 211 Western Humanities Traditions: Continuity	3	ENG 204 Advanced Expository Writing	3
Fourth Year
Fall	Hrs.	Spring	Hrs.
BIO xxx	3-5	CHE 403 Basic Physical Chemistry	5
COM 161 Introduction to Public Speaking	3	CIV 201/202 World Civilizations I or II	3
CHE 352 Basic Chemical Instrumentation	4

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