Program: Chemistry, ACS Certified Concentration, B.S. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 05, 2025

2019-20 Undergraduate Catalog

Department of Chemistry
615-898-2071
Andrienne Friedli, program coordinator
Andrienne.Friedli@mtsu.edu

This curriculum is approved by the American Chemical Society. With this degree students are more likely to be hired as practicing chemists or gain admission to professional programs or graduate schools.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Chemistry, ACS Certified Concentration, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following courses are required by the program and can satisfy the respective General Education requirement:

MATH 1730 (Math)
CHEM 1110/1111 (Nat Sci)
PHYS 2110/21111 (Nat Sci)

Major Requirements (48 hours)

CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 2230 - Quantitative Analysis 3 credit hours AND
CHEM 2231 - Quantitative Analysis Lab 2 credit hours
CHEM 3000 - Careers in Chemistry and Biochemistry 1 credit hour
CHEM 3010 - Organic Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 3011 - Organic Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 3020 - Organic Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 3021 - Organic Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 3530 - Principles of Biochemistry 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 3531 - Principles of Biochemistry Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 4350 - Physical Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 4351 - Physical Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 4360 - In-depth Physical Chemistry 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 4361 - Physical Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 4400 - Inorganic Chemistry I 3 credit hours

Choose 4 hours from the following:

CHEM 3890 - Chemistry Instruction Internship 1 to 3 credit hours
CHEM 3980 - Cooperative Education 1 to 4 credit hours
CHEM 4880 - Research 4 credit hours

Upper-division Chemistry Electives (7 hours)

At least 6 hours from:

CHEM 4000 - Medicinal Chemistry 3 credit hours
CHEM 4100 - Organic Spectroscopy 3 credit hours
CHEM 4150 - Bioorganic Chemistry 3 credit hours
CHEM 4310 - Modeling Organic and Biological Molecules 3 credit hours
CHEM 4410 - Inorganic Chemistry II 3 credit hours
CHEM 4520 - Topics in Biochemistry 3 credit hours
CHEM 4540 - Foundations of Enzymology 3 credit hours
CHEM 4610 - Environmental Chemistry 3 credit hours
CHEM 4700 - Polymers, an Introduction 3 credit hours
CHEM 4990 - Chemometrics and Statistics for Analytical Chemistry 3 credit hours

At least 1 hour from:

CHEM 3080 - Liquid Chromatography Techniques 1 credit hour
CHEM 3090 - Techniques of Gas Chromatography 1 credit hour
CHEM 4190 - Mass Spectrometry 1 credit hour
CHEM 4230 - Instrumental Analysis 4 credit hours
CHEM 4231 - Instrumental Analysis Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 4280 - Atomic Absorption Analysis Techniques 1 credit hour
CHEM 4380 - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Experimental Methods 1 credit hour
CHEM 4530 - Biochemical Techniques 2 credit hours
CHEM 4430 - Advanced Synthetic Laboratory Techniques 3 credit hours
CHEM 4431 - Advanced Synthetic Laboratory Techniques Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 4780 - Polymer and Materials Chemistry Laboratory 2 credit hours

Supporting Courses (20 hours)

MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours (3 credit hours may be counted in General Education, 1 credit hour remaining)
MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours
MATH 1920 - Calculus II 4 credit hours
PHYS 2110 - Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2111 - Calculus-Based Physics Laboratory I 4 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)
PHYS 2120 - Calculus-Based Physics II 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2121 - Calculus-Based Physics Laboratory II 4 credit hours

Electives

To make 120 hours; sufficient upper-division credit must be taken to equal 42

Total hours in program: 120

Recommended Curriculum: Chemistry, ACS Certified

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories