2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Chemistry, B.A.: Pre-Professional Option

The following program is designed for students planning to apply to medical or dental schools. Since many medical schools prefer a core of courses in the humanities, students are advised to consult the catalogs of medical schools to which they will apply and to select courses with departmental advisement which will insure meeting entrance requirements.

General Education 42

Foundations Requirements 13

 

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2024RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030: Requires a grade of C or better.

Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Psychology

3

Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 11

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

PHYS 2091GENERAL PHYSICS I

4

PHYS 2092GENERAL PHYSICS II

4

 

Additional Required Courses 8

Additional Required Courses 8

MATH 2415CALCULUS I

4

MATH 2416CALCULUS II

4

Academic Major 41

Major Required Courses 30

All Major courses required a grade of C or better.

CHEM 1083CHEMISTRY I

4

CHEM 1084CHEMISTRY II

4

CHEM 2283QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

4

CHEM 2491INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

3

CHEM 2581ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

3

CHEM 2582ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

3

CHEM 2581LORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I

1

CHEM 2582LORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II

1

CHEM 3284INSTRUMENTAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS

4

BCHM 4115BIOCHEMISTRY

3

CHEM 2581L and CHEM 3284: Writing Emphasis (WE) courses.

Major Capstone Course 3

CHEM 4908SEMINAR IN CHEMISTRY

3

BIO, BCHM, CHEM, MATH or ENV Courses 8

Must be taken at the 3000-4000 level with academic advisement,

Free Electives 29

At least 50% of Free Electives must be taken at the 3000-4000 Level.  

Science courses may be used as Free Electives.

CHEM 1996 Optional Introduction to Chemistry Research (1 credit).

CHEM 3291, CHEM 3292 or CHEM 3293 (Optional) Chemistry Internship Courses (1-3 credits).

Total Credit Hours: 120