The chemistry option for the Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Biochemistry has less concentration in chemistry than the bachelor of science degree and is not intended to prepare you for employment as a professional chemist. This degree provides the background in chemistry needed by drug representatives or chemical sales jobs, for example.
For more information, contact a program advisor:
Eric Abbey, PhD: eabbey@ewu.edu
Robin McRae, PhD: rmcrae@ewu.edu
Jeffrey Rahn, PhD: jrahn@ewu.edu
Chemistry and Biochemistry–Chemistry Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
This program features less concentration in chemistry than the bachelor of science and is not intended to prepare students for employment as a professional chemist.
Note:
Grade Requirements: due to the cumulative nature of chemistry courses, the department strongly recommends that students receive a grade ≥C in all prerequisite chemistry courses.
| Required Courses | ||
| CHEM 171 & 171L & CHEM 172 & CHEM 172L & CHEM 173 & CHEM 173L | GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY III and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY III | 15 |
| CHEM 304 & 304L | QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS and QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS LAB | 6 |
| CHEM 351 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| CHEM 352 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| CHEM 353 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| CHEM 372 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I | 3 |
| CHEM 421 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| CHEM 422 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| CHEM 431 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY | 1 |
| CHEM 432 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY | 2 |
| Required Supporting Courses | ||
| MATH/HONS 161 | CALCULUS I | 5 |
| MATH 162 | CALCULUS II | 5 |
| MATH 163 | CALCULUS III | 5 |
| PHYS 151 | GENERAL PHYSICS I | 4 |
| PHYS 152 | GENERAL PHYSICS II | 4 |
| PHYS 153 | GENERAL PHYSICS III | 4 |
| PHYS 161 | MECHANICS LABORATORY | 1 |
| PHYS 162 | HEAT AND OPTICS LABORATORY | 1 |
| PHYS 163 | ELECTRONICS LABORATORY I | 1 |
| Electives–choose 300–level or above Chemistry and Biochemistry courses (exclusive of CHEM 390) | 4 | |
| Suggested Supporting Course–see your chemistry/biochemistry advisor. | ||
| Completion of a computer programming course is strongly recommended. | ||
| Required Capstone | ||
| CHEM 491 | SENIOR THESIS | 5 |
| or CHEM 490 | ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY OR SENIOR CAPSTONE | |
| Total Credits | 85 | |