The reduced course requirement for the major in chemistry in this curriculum permits the student to prepare for medical or dental school and to sample courses and subjects outside of the major.
Chemistry: Preprofessional Concentration, BS Requirements:
- Chemistry, Preprofessional 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.
- No more than 64 credit hours from a two-year college can be applied toward a UAH degree.
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Freshman Composition | 6 | |
| COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
| COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 12 | |
| Fine Arts: Choose one | 3 | |
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Literature: Choose one | 3 | |
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | ||
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | ||
| Speech | 3 | |
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
| Humanities/2nd Fine Art/2nd Literature: Choose one | 3 | |
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRO TO ETHICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC | ||
| TECH, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
Any 100 or 200 level Foreign Language 4 | ||
| INTERNATIONAL CINEMA | ||
| INTRO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES | ||
2nd Literature 1 | ||
2nd Fine Art | ||
| Mathematics and Sciences | 12 | |
| Mathematics: 2 | 4 | |
| CALCULUS A | ||
| Natural Sciences: Physics | 8 | |
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | ||
and | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | ||
| History and Social and Behavioral Sciences | 12 | |
| History: Choose one 1 | 3 | |
| WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
| UNITED STATES TO 1877 | ||
| UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences: Choose two | 6 | |
| PRINC OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINC OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| INTRO TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | ||
| INTRO TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURES | ||
| INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS | ||
| INTRO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| SOCIOLOGICAL PERSP TECH & SCI | ||
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
| LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| 2nd History or 3rd Social and Behavioral Science: Choose one 3 | 3 | |
2nd History 1 | ||
3rd Social and Behavioral Science 3 | ||
| Pre Professional | 18 | |
| Computer Science: Choose one | 3 | |
| INTRO COMPUTERS & PROGRAM | ||
| INTRO TO C PROGRAMMING | ||
| INTRO PROGRAMMING USING JAVA | ||
| Technical Writing | 3 | |
| TECHNICAL WRITING | ||
| Additional Required Biology | 8 | |
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY | ||
| Additional Required Mathematics | 4 | |
| CALCULUS B | ||
| 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 | ||
| Pre-Professional Chemistry Courses | 18 | |
| ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB II 5 | ||
| BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I and EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEM I | ||
| BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II and EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEM II | ||
| GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS | ||
CH 300+ | ||
| Elective Courses | 25 | |
Elective courses 300+ level, 5 credits | ||
Additional elective courses, 100+ level, 20 credits. Electives can be taken from any department and do not have to be taken in your major or minor. No more that 4 credits of 100 level HPE courses can count toward degree requirements. | ||
| 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. (EH 207 + EH 208, EH 209 + EH 210, 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 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. |
Sample four year plan for Chemistry, Pre-Professional Concentration BS degree:
Note: This is only an example and variations are possible.
| Year 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Hours | ||
| FYE 101 | CHARGER SUCCESS | 1 | |
| EH 101 | COLLEGE WRITING I | 3 | |
| CH 121 & CH 125 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I | 4 | |
| MA 171 | CALCULUS A | 4 | |
| BYS 119 | PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY | 4 | |
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Spring | |||
| EH 102 | COLLEGE WRITING II | 3 | |
| CH 123 & CH 125 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I | 4 | |
| MA 172 | CALCULUS B | 4 | |
| BYS 120 | ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY | 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 HPE 100 level courses can count toward degree requirements. | |||
| Term Semester Hours: | 16 | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| Fall | |||
| CH 331 & CH 335 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB I | 4 | |
| CH 223 & CH 224 | QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS and QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS LAB | 4 | |
| PH 111 & PH 114 | GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | 4 | |
| Literature | 3 | ||
See Requirements tab for approved list. | |||
| Term Semester Hours: | 15 | ||
| Spring | |||
| CH 332 & CH 336 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB II | 4 | |
| PH 112 & PH 115 | GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | 4 | |
| CM 113 | Intro to Rhetorical Communication | 3 | |
| Fine Art | 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: | 17 | ||
| Year 3 | |||
| Fall | |||
| CH 347 & CH 345 | BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I and EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEM I | 4 | |
| CS 100 | INTRO COMPUTERS PROGRAM | 3 | |
| or CS 102 | or INTRO TO C PROGRAMMING | ||
| or CS 103 | or INTRO PROGRAMMING USING JAVA | ||
| Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | ||
| History | 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 348 & CH 346 | BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II and EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEM II | 4 | |
| CH 361 & CH 362 | GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY and GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY LAB | 4 | |
| Literature/Humanities/Fine Art | 3 | ||
| Social/Behavioral Science | 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 | ||
| Year 4 | |||
| Fall | |||
| CH 401 | INORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 3 | |
| CH 421 | INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS | 4 | |
| History or Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | ||
See Requirements tab for approved list. | |||
| Elective 300+ level | 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 | |||
| CH 402 | INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB | 1 | |
| EH 301 | TECHNICAL WRITING | 3 | |
| Elective 300+ level | 3 | ||
| Elective 300+ level | 3 | ||
| Elecive | 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 | ||