This curriculum meets the minimum university requirements for a major in chemistry.
Chemistry: Basic Chemistry Concentration, BS Requirements:
- All students are encouraged to see an advisor after completion of 24 credits.
- Chemistry, Basic Chemistry Concentration, BS degree requires 128 credit hours.
- 39 of 128 credit hours must be taken at 300 level or higher (39 credits includes courses taken at the 300+ level in major, minor (if chosen), Pre professional area and electives).
- 12 credit hours of 300 level and above must be taken in the major or 6 credit hours in the major and 6 credit hours in the minor (if chosen).
- 12 of the last 18 credit hours must be taken at UAH, with an overall 25% of coursework taken at UAH.
- Unless otherwise noted a C- or better is required for all College of Science prerequisite courses.
- No more than 64 credit hours from a two-year college can be applied toward a UAH degree.
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
Courses in organic chemistry completed at the junior college level may be used to satisfy semester hour and prerequisite requirements for upper level chemistry courses at UAH but do not count toward the 300-level requirements of the minor.
Degree Requirements
Charger Foundations Requirements
*Please see Area V for CoS requirements that can also be used to fulfill Charger Foundations Requirements.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Area I: Freshman Composition | 3-6 | |
| COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
or EH 101S | COLLEGE WRITING I W/STUDIO | |
| COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
| ACCELERATED COLLEGE WRITING | ||
| HONORS ENGLISH SEMINAR | ||
| Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts* | 12 | |
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Literature | 3-6 | |
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | ||
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | ||
| HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL I | ||
| HONORS SEM READINGS LIT/CUL 2 | ||
| MYTHOLOGY | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 3-6 | |
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
| INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: SPANISH | ||
or WLC 101A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 101F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:FRENCH | |
or WLC 101G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:GERMAN | |
or WLC 101J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 101R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:RUSSIAN | |
| INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 102A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 102F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 102G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 102J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 102R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERM FOREIGN LANG:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 201A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 201F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:FRENCH | |
or WLC 201G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:GERMAN | |
or WLC 201J | INTERM FOREIGN LANG: JAPANESE | |
or WLC 201R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 202A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 202F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 202G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 202J | INTERM FORGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 202R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERNATIONAL CINEMA | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRO TO ETHICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC | ||
| TECH, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
| INTRO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES | ||
| ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WORLDS | ||
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Area III: Mathematics and Sciences | 11-12 | |
| Mathematics | 3-4 | |
| NATURE OF MATHEMATICS | ||
| ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA | ||
| PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG | ||
| MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS | ||
| CALCULUS A | ||
| Natural Sciences (Lab) | 8 | |
| SURVEY OF ASTRONOMY | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS I | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS II | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I | ||
| INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II | ||
| GENERAL, ORGANIC, BIOCHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCE | ||
| WEATHER, CLIMATE & GLOBAL CHNG | ||
| CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS I | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC III and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB III | ||
| Area IV: History and Social and Behavioral Sciences* | 12 | |
| History | 3-6 | |
| WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
| UNITED STATES TO 1877 | ||
| UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6-9 | |
| PRINC OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINC OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURES | ||
| WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| INTRO TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | ||
| INTRO TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
| LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS | ||
| INTRO TO CRIMINOLOGY | ||
| INTRO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
* Take either 1 EH (Area II) + 2 HY (Area IV) <OR> 2 EH (Area II) + 1 HY (Area IV). Take no more than six hours in a single discipline in Area II or Area IV.
Area V: Pre Professional Requirements
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Courses in this area may also be used to fulfill Charger Foundations requirements | ||
| Communications | 3 | |
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
| Biology | 8 | |
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY and LABORATORY and RECITATION | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY and ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY LAB and RECITATION | ||
| Calculus | 8 | |
| CALCULUS A | ||
| CALCULUS B | ||
| Physics | 8 | |
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | ||
and | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | ||
| Computer Science: Choose one | 3 | |
| INTRO COMPUTERS & PROGRAM | ||
or CS 102 | INTRO TO C PROGRAMMING | |
or CS 103 | INTRO PROGRAMMING USING JAVA | |
or CS 104 | INTRO TO CS USING PYTHON | |
| Technical Writing | 3 | |
| TECHNICAL WRITING | ||
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 25 | |
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II | ||
| QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS and QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS LAB | ||
| ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB I 5 | ||
| ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II 5 | ||
| GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY | ||
| INORGANIC CHEMISTRY | ||
| Basic Chemistry Courses | 12 | |
| ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB II 5 | ||
| EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEM I | ||
| INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS | ||
Choose one option: | ||
| PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I and PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II | ||
OR | ||
| BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I and BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II | ||
Elective Requirements
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Elective Courses | 31 | |
Additional elective courses, 100+ level, to reach 128 credits. Electives can be taken from any department and do not have to be taken in your major or minor. No more than 4 credits of 100 level HPE courses can count toward degree requirements. | ||
Overall Requirements
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
All College of Science degrees must have at least 128 credits. | ||
At least 39 of the 128 credits must be at the 300+ level. These may be taken in any area including electives. | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 128 | |
| 1 | Students must take one literature and one history course. Students must also take either a second literature or history course to complete a sequence. Acceptable Literature sequences must include one early literature (EH 207 or EH 242 or EH 209) and one later literature (EH 208 or EH 210). Acceptable history sequences are (HY 103 + HY 104), or (HY 221 + HY 222) |
| 2 | Based on Math placement, prerequisite (MA 112 and/or MA 113) Mathematics courses may be required. |
| 3 | No more than 6 hours can be taken in a single discipline. |
| 4 | For choices see the World Languages and Cultures department. |
| 5 | Courses in organic chemistry completed at the 2-year college level may be used to satisfy semester hour and prerequisite requirements for upper level chemistry courses at UAH but do not count toward the 300-level requirements of the minor. |
Sample four year plan for Chemistry, Basic Chemistry Concentration BS degree:
Note: This is only an example and variations are possible.
| Year 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Hours | ||
| FYE 101S | CHARGER SUCCESS - SCIENCE | 1 | |
| EH 101 | COLLEGE WRITING I | 3 | |
| MA 171 | CALCULUS A | 4 | |
| CH 121 & CH 125 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I | 4 | |
| BYS 119 & 119L & 119R | PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY and LABORATORY and RECITATION | 4 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Spring | |||
| EH 102 | COLLEGE WRITING II | 3 | |
| MA 172 | CALCULUS B | 4 | |
| CH 123 & CH 126 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II | 4 | |
| BYS 120 & 120L & 120R | ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY and ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY LAB and RECITATION | 4 | |
| Elective | 1 | ||
Electives can be taken from any department and do not have to be taken in your major or minor. No more than 4 credit hours of 100 level HPE courses can count toward degree requirements. | |||
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| Fall | |||
| PH 111 & PH 114 | GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | 4 | |
| CH 331 & CH 335 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB I | 4 | |
| CM 113 | Intro to Rhetorical Communication | 3 | |
| Literature | 3 | ||
See Requirements tab for approved list. | |||
| Elective | 2 | ||
Electives can be taken from any department and do not have to be taken in your major or minor. No more than 4 HPE 100 level courses can count toward degree requirements. | |||
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Spring | |||
| PH 112 & PH 115 | GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | 4 | |
| CH 332 & CH 336 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB II | 4 | |
| CH 223 & CH 224 | QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS and QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS LAB | 4 | |
| Fine Art | 3 | ||
See Requirements tab for approved list. | |||
| Elective | 1 | ||
Electives can be taken from any department and do not have to be taken in your major or minor. No more than 4 HPE 100 level courses can count toward degree requirements. | |||
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Year 3 | |||
| Fall | |||
| CH 341 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I | 3 | |
| or CH 347 | or BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I | ||
| CH 345 | EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEM I | 1 | |
| History | 3 | ||
See Requirements tab for approved list. | |||
| Social and Behavioral science | 3 | ||
See Requirements tab for approved list. | |||
| Humanities, 2nd Fine art or 2nd Literature | 3 | ||
See Requirements tab for approved list. | |||
| Elective | 3 | ||
Electives can be taken from any department and do not have to be taken in your major or minor. No more than 4 HPE 100 level courses can count toward degree requirements. | |||
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Spring | |||
| CH 342 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II | 3 | |
| or CH 348 | or BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II | ||
| CH 361 | GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY | 3 | |
| CS 100 | INTRO COMPUTERS PROGRAM | 3 | |
| or CS 102 | or INTRO TO C PROGRAMMING | ||
| or CS 103 | or INTRO PROGRAMMING USING JAVA | ||
| or CS 104 | or INTRO TO CS USING PYTHON | ||
| Social and Behavioral science | 3 | ||
See Requirements tab for approved list. | |||
| History | 3 | ||
See Requirements tab for approved list. | |||
| Elective 300+ level or higher course (ex: CH 362 or CH 346) | 1 | ||
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Year 4 | |||
| Fall | |||
| CH 401 | INORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 3 | |
| CH 421 | INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS | 4 | |
| Elective 300+ level or higher course | 3 | ||
| Elective 300+ level or higher course | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
Electives can be taken from any department and do not have to be taken in your major or minor. No more than 4 HPE 100 level courses can count toward degree requirements. | |||
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Spring | |||
| EH 301 | TECHNICAL WRITING | 3 | |
| Elective 300+ level or higher course | 3 | ||
| Elective 300+ level or higher course (ex: CH 402) | 1 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
Electives can be taken from any department and do not have to be taken in your major or minor. No more than 4 HPE 100 level courses can count toward degree requirements. | |||
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Total Semester Hours: | 128 | ||