Program: Chemistry, BS - University of Pittsburgh

Major Requirements

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

Other required Natural Science courses

MATH 0220 - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 1
MATH 0230 - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 2
CHEM 1000 - MATHEMATICS FOR CHEMISTRY or
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 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
BIOSC 1850 - MICROBIOLOGY
BIOSC 1940 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
CHEM 1310 - SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
CHEM 1380 - TECHNIQUES OF ORGANIC RESEARCH
CHEM 1460 - INTRO MODERN COMPUTATIONAL SCI
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 0401 - INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING USING JAVA
CS 0441 - DISCRETE STRUCTURES FOR CS
CS 0445 - ALGORITHMS AND DATA STRUCTURES 1
GEOL 1001 - MINERALOGY
STAT 1000 - APPLIED STATISTICAL METHODS

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 .

Satisfactory/No Credit option

CHEM 0110 , CHEM 0120 , and all required Mathematics and Physics courses can be taken on an S/NC basis.

Writing Intensive course

Students must complete at least one W-course in the major.

Notes

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