Course Requirements
BA IN CHEMISTRY -CHEMISTRY OPTION Requirements (87 to 89 units) Total units required for graduation: 186 Requirements for the BA in Chemistry ÐChemistry Option: Lower-division requirements (47-49 units) 1. CHEM 215. General Chemistry I: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding (6) 2. CHEM 216. General Chemistry II: Principles of Chemical Reactions (6) 3. CHEM 245. Modern Quantitative Analysis (5) 4. MATH 211. Basic Concepts of Calculus (4) 5. MATH 212. Calculus II (4) 6. MATH 213. Calculus III (4) 7. One year of introductory physics (CAN Physics Sequence A or CAN Physics Sequence B for at least 12 quarter units). CSUSB physics sequences that satisfy this requirement are: Sequence A: PHYS 121. Basic Concepts of Physics I (5) PHYS 122. Basic Concepts of Physics II (4) PHYS 123. Basic Concepts of Physics III (4) Sequence B: PHYS 221. General Physics I (5) PHYS 222. General Physics II (5) PHYS 223. General Physics III (5) 8. Biological science Five units chosen from: BIOL 100. Topics in Biology (5) BIOL 200. Biology of the Cell (5) Upper-division requirements (40 units) 1. CHEM 321. Principles of Organic Chemistry I (5) 2. CHEM 322. Principles of Organic Chemistry II (5) 3. CHEM 323. Principles of Organic Chemistry III (5) Note: Subject to departmental approval the organic chemistry requirement may be met with the following: CHEM 221A. Organic Chemistry I: Lecture CHEM 221B. Organic Chemistry I: Laboratory CHEM 222A. Organic Chemistry II: Lecture CHEM 222B. Organic Chemistry II: Laboratory CHEM 223A. Organic Chemistry III: Lecture CHEM 223B. Organic Chemistry III: Laboratory CHEM 421. Intermediate Organic Chemistry 4. CHEM 455. Physical Chemistry I (6) 5. CHEM 456. Physical Chemistry II (6) 6. CHEM 475. Inorganic Chemistry (6) 7. CHEM 590. Chemistry Seminar (1) for a total of (2) 8. Five additional upper-division units in chemistry. BA IN CHEMISTRY-BIOCHEMISTRY OPTION Requirements (101 to 108 units) Total units required for graduation: 180 Requirements for the BA in Chemistry ÐBiochemistry Option: Lower-division requirements (69-71 units) 1. CHEM 215. General Chemistry I: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding (6) 2. CHEM 216. General Chemistry II: Principles of Chemical Reactions (6) 3. CHEM 245. Modern Quantitative Analysis (5) 4. MATH 211. Basic Concepts of Calculus (4) 5. MATH 212. Calculus II (4) 6. MATH 213. Calculus III (4) 7. One year of introductory physics (CAN Physics Sequence A or CAN Physics Sequence B for at least 12 quarter units). CSUSB physics sequences that satisfy this requirement are: Sequence A: PHYS 121. Basic Concepts of Physics I (5) PHYS 122. Basic Concepts of Physics II (4) PHYS 123. Basic Concepts of Physics III (4) Sequence B: PHYS 221. General Physics I (5) PHYS 222. General Physics II (5) PHYS 223. General Physics III (5) 8. BIOL 200. Biology of the Cell (5) 9. BIOL 201. Biology of Organisms (5) 10. BIOL 202. Biology of Populations (5) 11. Organic Chemistry A minimum of 12 units chosen from: CHEM 221A. Organic Chemistry I: Lecture (3) CHEM 221B. Organic Chemistry I: Laboratory (1) CHEM 222A. Organic Chemistry II: Lecture (3) CHEM 222B. Organic Chemistry II: Laboratory (1) CHEM 223A. Organic Chemistry III: Lecture (3) CHEM 223B. Organic Chemistry III: Laboratory (1) Note: Organic Chemistry requirement may be met by taking CHEM 321, 322 and 323. Upper-division requirements (32-37 units) 1. CHEM 436. Biochemistry I (5) 2. CHEM 437. Biochemistry II (5) 3. CHEM 439. Separation Techniques in Biochemistry (2) 4. A minimum of 10 units chosen from Group A or B below: Group A: CHEM 451. Physical Chemistry for Biochemists I (5) CHEM 452. Physical Chemistry for Biochemists II (5) Group B: CHEM 455. Physical Chemistry I (6) CHEM 456. Physical Chemistry II (6) (5) 5. One course chosen from: CHEM 470. Bioinorganic Chemistry (3) CHEM 475. Inorganic Chemistry (6) 6. CHEM 590. Chemistry Seminar (1) for a total of (2) 7. BIOL 300. Cell Physiology (5) BS IN CHEMISTRY -ACS CERTIFIED OPTION Requirements (111 units) Total units required for graduation: 186 Requirements for the BS in Chemistry Ð ACS Certified Option: Lower-division requirements (53 units) 1. BIOL 200. Biology of the Cell (5) 2. CHEM 215. General Chemistry I: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding (6) 3. CHEM 216. General Chemistry II: Principles of Chemical Reactions (6) 4. CHEM 245. Modern Quantitative Analysis (5) 5. MATH 211. Basic Concepts of Calculus (4) 6. MATH 212. Calculus II (4) 7. MATH 213. Calculus III (4) 8. MATH 251. Multivariable Calculus I (4) 9. PHYS 221. General Physics I (5) 10. PHYS 222. General Physics II (5) 11. PHYS 223. General Physics III (5) Upper-division requirements (54 units) 1. CHEM 321. Principles of Organic Chemistry I (5) 2. CHEM 322. Principles of Organic Chemistry II (5) 3. CHEM 323. Principles of Organic Chemistry III (5) Note: Subject to departmental approval the organic chemistry requirement may be met with the following: CHEM 221A. Organic Chemistry I: Lecture CHEM 221B. Organic Chemistry I: Laboratory CHEM 222A. Organic Chemistry II: Lecture CHEM 222B. Organic Chemistry II: Laboratory CHEM 223A. Organic Chemistry III: Lecture CHEM 223B. Organic Chemistry III: Laboratory CHEM 421. Intermediate Organic Chemistry 4. CHEM 436. Biochemistry I (5) 5. CHEM 455. Physical Chemistry I (6) 6. CHEM 456. Physical Chemistry II (6) 7. CHEM 475. Inorganic Chemistry (6) 8. CHEM 545. Advanced Analytical Chemistry (6) 9. CHEM 576. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (4) 10. CHEM 590. Chemistry Seminar (1) for a total of (2) 11. Four additional upper-division units in chemistry. Additional Requirements (4 units) 1. Applied mathematics Four units chosen from: MATH 252. Multivariable Calculus II (4) MATH 270. Elementary Differential Equations (4) MATH 331. Linear Algebra (4) 2. Comprehensive examination Successful completion of a comprehensive examination covering the major field of study to be taken during the senior year. BS IN CHEMISTRY -BIOCHEMISTRY OPTION Requirements (108 to 117 units) Total units required for graduation: 186 Requirements for the BS in Chemistry ÐBiochemistry Option: Lower-division requirements (57 to 59 units) 1. CHEM 215. General Chemistry I: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding (6) 2. CHEM 216. General Chemistry II: Principles of Chemical Reactions (6) 3. CHEM 245. Modern Quantitative Analysis (5) 4. MATH 211. Basic Concepts of Calculus (4) 5. MATH 212. Calculus II (4) 6. MATH 213. Calculus III (4) 7. One year of introductory physics (CAN Physics Sequence A or CAN Physics Sequence B for at least 12 quarter units). CSUSB physics sequences that satisfy this requirement are: Sequence A: PHYS 121. Basic Concepts of Physics I (5) PHYS 122. Basic Concepts of Physics II (4) PHYS 123. Basic Concepts of Physics III (4) Sequence B: PHYS 221. General Physics I (5) PHYS 222. General Physics II (5) PHYS 223. General Physics III (5) 8. BIOL 200. Biology of the Cell (5) 9. BIOL 201. Biology of Organisms (5) 10. BIOL 202. Biology of Populations (5) Upper-division requirements (51-58 units) 1. CHEM 321. Principles of Organic Chemistry I (5) 2. CHEM 322. Principles of Organic Chemistry II (5) 3. CHEM 323. Principles of Organic Chemistry III (5) Note: Subject to departmental approval the organic chemistry requirement may be met with the following: CHEM 221A. Organic Chemistry I: Lecture CHEM 221B. Organic Chemistry I: Laboratory CHEM 222A. Organic Chemistry II: Lecture CHEM 222B. Organic Chemistry II: Laboratory CHEM 223A. Organic Chemistry III: Lecture CHEM 223B. Organic Chemistry III: Laboratory CHEM 421. Intermediate Organic Chemistry 4. CHEM 436. Biochemistry I (5) 5. CHEM 437. Biochemistry II (5) 6. CHEM 439. Separation Techniques in Biochemistry (2) 7. A minimum of 10 units, choose Group A or B below: Group A: CHEM 451. Physical Chemistry for Biochemists I (5) CHEM 452. Physical Chemistry for Biochemists II (5) (9) Group B: CHEM 455. Physical Chemistry I (6) CHEM 456. Physical Chemistry II (6) 8. One course chosen from: CHEM 470. Bioinorganic Chemistry (3) CHEM 475. Inorganic Chemistry (6) 9. CHEM 590. Chemistry Seminar (1) for a total of (2) 10. BIOL 300. Cell Physiology (5) 11. One course chosen from: BIOL 320. Microorganisms (6) BIOL 400. Molecular Biology (6) BIOL 421. Genetics (4) BIOL 424. Comparative Animal Physiology (6) BIOL 431. Comparative Plant Physiology (6) BIOL 440. Principles of Development (5) BIOL 480. Introduction to Neurobiology (4) 12. Successful completion of a comprehensive examination covering the major field of study to be taken during the senior year.
