Program: Chemistry, BS - University of Pittsburgh

Major Requirements

The requirements for the ACS-certified major in chemistry are as follows:

Corequisite courses must be taken in math and physics:

MATH 0220 - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 1
MATH 0230 - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 2
MATH 0240 - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 3
PHYS 0174 - BASIC PHYSICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 1 (INTEGRATED)
PHYS 0175 - BASIC PHYSICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2 (INTEGRATED)
PHYS 0219 - BASIC LABORATORY PHYSICS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Electives

At least two credits must be completed in the following list of approved chemistry or science courses.

For American Chemical Society (ACS) certification, students must complete their electives in a biochemistry course - BIOSC 1000 - BIOCHEMISTRY or BIOSC 1810 - MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION .

Approved elective courses

BIOSC 0350 - GENETICS
BIOSC 0355 - UHC GENETICS
BIOSC 0370 - ECOLOGY
BIOSC 1000 - BIOCHEMISTRY
BIOSC 1500 - CELL BIOLOGY
BIOSC 1810 - MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
BIOSC 1820 - METABOLIC PATHWAYS AND REGULATION
BIOSC 1830 - BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY
CHEM 1260 - INTERMEDIATE ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
CHEM 1310 - SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
CHEM 1380 - TECHNIQUES OF ORGANIC RESEARCH
CHEM 1460 - INTRO MODERN COMPUTATIONAL SCI
CHEM 1480 - INTERMEDIATE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
CHEM 1600 - SYNTHESIS & CHARCTRZTN POLYMERS
CHEM 1605 - SYNTH & CHARCTRZTN POLYMERS LAB
CHEM 1620 - ATOMS, MOLECULES AND MATERIALS
CHEM 1700 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR
CHEM 1710 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
CHEM 1720 - UNDERGRAD TEACHING EXPERIENCE
CHEM 1810 - CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Any CHEM course at the 2000-level or higher except CHEM 2700.
CS 0441 - DISCRETE STRUCTURES FOR CS
CS 0445 - DATA STRUCTURES
GEOL 1001 - MINERALOGY
MATH 0250 - MATRIX THEORY & DIFFT EQUATIONS
MATH 1180 - LINEAR ALGEBRA 1
MATH 1185 - HONORS LINEAR ALGEBRA
STAT 1151 - INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY

GPA requirement

The chemistry major must earn a 2.00 GPA in all departmental courses. Chemistry majors may use the S/NC option in all required physics and mathematics courses and in CHEM 0110 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1 and CHEM 0120 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2 .

Note:

Students who complete the requirements of the chemistry major automatically complete the requirements for a related area in mathematics. To graduate with departmental honors, the student must have an overall GPA of at least 3.00, have a GPA of at least 3.25 in required chemistry courses, earn 2 credits in CHEM 1710 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH , and earn 1 credit in CHEM 1711 - UNDGR RESEARCH WRITING PRACTICUM .

The chemistry department offers options in bioscience, business, communications, photonics, education, and material science. Each chemistry option allows for a waiver of CHEM 1440 - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 2 , CHEM 1140 - ADVANCED INORGANIC LABORATORY , and the 2-credit science elective required for the ACS-certified degree. Specific information on the options program is available from the department.

Chemistry, BS