Chemistry Major

This program requires completion of forty-one (41) units in Chemistry, as follows:

Lower Division Courses (25 units):

• CHEM - 111 General Chemistry I
• CHEM - 113 General Chemistry II
• CHEM - 230 Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM - 231 Organic Chemistry II
• CHEM - 232 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
• CHEM - 233 Organic Chemistry Lab II for Majors
• CHEM - 260 Analytical Chemistry

Upper-division courses (16 units):

• CHEM - 340 Physical Chemistry I
• CHEM - 341 Physical Chemistry II
• CHEM - 356 Fundamentals of Biochemistry
• CHEM - 420 Inorganic Chemistry

Required supporting courses (16 units):

• MATH - 109 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
• MATH - 110 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
• PHYS - 110 General Physics I
• PHYS - 210 General Physics II

Additional requirements for students to obtain ACS certification of their B.S. degree:

• CHEM 410 and one additional unit of CHEM 397.

Learning Outcomes for the B.S. in Chemistry

Program Mission:

To instill in students a sense of enthusiasm for chemistry, an appreciation of its application in different contexts, and to help students have an intellectually stimulating and satisfying experience of learning and discovery.

Program Learning Goals/Outcomes

When USF students graduate from the chemistry program, they should:

• Understand a broad range of chemical principles and knowledge in analytical, biochemical, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry.
• Apply their chemical knowledge and critical thinking skills to the solution of theoretical and practical problems in chemistry.
• Demonstrate laboratory skills appropriate to the study of chemistry: the ability to acquire, interpret and analyze data using manual and instrumental methods, to carry out basic synthetic reactions, to maintain a laboratory notebook, to work confidently and safely in a laboratory.
• Organize and present scientific information in written and oral form assisted by the use of computer technology (word processing, spreadsheets, chemical structure drawing programs and chemical information retrieval services).
• Understand the importance of chemistry in an industrial, economic, environmental and social context.
• Be successful in pursuing further studies or employment in chemistry or multi-disciplinary areas involving chemistry.