2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog

Chemistry, B.A.: Preprofessional 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 Requirements 44-45

Foundations Requirements 13

See prerequisites and equivalencies.

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

COMM 1402COMMUNICATION 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, all Major courses, and the Capstone require a grade of C or better.

MATH 1000: Students whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligible to take MATH 1054 or MATH 2415 may take that course instead. In that case, MATH 1054 or MATH 2415 will count as the General Education requirement and the student may take another 3 or 6 credits in Free Electives to total 124 S.H.

Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE required course

Select two courses from different areas:
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

Foreign Language: Credit granted upon completion of elementary or intermediate foreign language. Three credits can be applied to Humanities and 3 credits can be applied to Free Electives.

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

HIST 1062: GE required course

Select two courses from different areas:
Economics or Geography

3

Political Science

3

Psychology

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 11

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

PHYS 2095PHYSICS I

4

PHYS 2096PHYSICS II

4

MATH 1054: GE required course

MATH 1054: Students whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligible to take MATH 1054 or MATH 2415 may take that course instead. In that case, MATH 1054 or MATH 2415 will count as the General Education requirement and the student may take another 3 or 6 credits in Free Electives to total 124 S.H.

Health/Physical Education 2-3

ID 1010LEISURE & RECREATION IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY

3

OR

ID 1225CRITICAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH

3

OR

Physical Education

2

Additional Requirements 27

Additional Requirements 27

MATH 2415CALCULUS I

4

MATH 2416CALCULUS II

4

MATH 3415CALCULUS III

4

PHYS 2097PHYSICS III

4

BIO 1300GENERAL BIOLOGY I: CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

4

BIO 1400GENERAL BIOLOGY II: EVOLUTION, BIODIV- ERSITY AND ECOLOGY

4

ENV 1000INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

3

MATH 2415: Students whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligible to take MATH 1054 or MATH 2415 may take that course instead. In that case, MATH 1054 or MATH 2415 will count as the General Education requirement and the student may take another 3 or 6 credits in Free Electives to total 124 S.H.

Major and Capstone Requirements 35

Required Courses

CHEM 1083CHEMISTRY I

4

CHEM 1084CHEMISTRY II

4

CHEM 2283QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

4

CHEM 2581ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

3

CHEM 2582ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

3

CHEM 2583ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY AND RECITATION I

2

CHEM 2584ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY AND RECITATION II

2

CHEM 3284INSTRUMENTAL METH ANALYSIS

4

CHEM 3381PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I

3

CHEM 3581Biochemistry

3

Major/GE Capstone Course 3

CHEM 4908SEMINAR IN CHEMISTRY

3

Free Electives 17-18

(50% of free electives must be taken at the 3000-4000 level).

Total Credit Hours: 124