Acceptance to Major Requirements

Course Requirements:

Other Requirements: Courses must be either completed or in progress

Required Courses for all Chemistry Majors

Required Additional courses for Chemistry Major

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Students must take 12 credits of CHEM 3XX, except CHEM 316 Catalysts & Initiators, CHEM 330 Chemistry Lab Research, CHEM 349 Chemistry in Experience and Practice, CHEM 360 Junior/Senior Capstone Research, CHEM 390 Science Ethics: How Science and Policy Shape How We Live in the World. Note: students can elect to take CHEM 359 Symmetry & Spectroscopy or CHEM 318 Microscopic Chemical Analysis, but not both.

Required Additional Courses for ACS Certification

Students major can be certified by the ACS with these additional courses:

Additional Requirements: 

General Education Requirements: 

All undergraduate students must complete the requirements of the Integrations Curriculum (IC) which is designed to ensure all of our students receive a liberal arts education. Please review details of the Integrations Curriculum requirements here. 

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the Integrations Curriculum, all undergraduate students must meet the following minimum degree requirements to earn their degree from CSB and SJU. 

      Credits:  124 total credits, 40 of which must be from upper division coursework
           GPA:   2.0 or higher* 
Residency:   At least 24 of your last 32 credits must be completed at CSB and SJU

Please visit Graduation under the Academic Policies and Regulations portion of the catalog for additional details regarding degree requirements.

* Cumulative GPA as well as major(s)/minor(s) GPA. Please note some majors/minors may require a higher GPA to earn their degree. 

Suggested Plan of Study

Integrations Curriculum Requirements

The standard requirements for the Chemistry major will fulfill the following integrations requirements: AS, NW, QR, WR, EX. Depending on elective course selection, it may also satisfy 1 to 2 Theme requirements. Please see below for a list of integrations requirements you will need to satisfy via elective courses.

Integrations Designations

 See Integrations Curriculum under Academic Policies and Regulations for further description of the general education requirements.

Foundational Courses 

Ways of Thinking

Upper-level Courses

Thematic Coursework

To complete the themes course requirement: students will successfully complete 3 courses in the same theme (Truth, Justice, or Movement), in at least 2 different departments, at least 1 of which is a thematic focus course (TF/JF/MF). The other two can be Focus or Encounter courses. Encounter courses can be identified by: T1/T3, J1/J3, M1/M3.

Global Language 

For more details on meeting this requirement, please see the Integrations Curriculum tab on Global Language Requirements.

Engagement and Designation Requirements

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BN and WR waived for students entering during Academic Year 2020 and 2021.

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GL waived for students entering during Academic Years 2020-2025