Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Chemistry, B.S.


Department of Chemistry  
615-904-8114
Scott Handy, program coordinator
Scott.Handy@mtsu.edu

The Chemistry program includes traditional areas-analytical, biochemistry, organic, inorganic, and physical-as well as computational, polymer, medicinal, and environmental chemistry.

NOTE: A grade of C or better is required on all transfer credits accepted as part of a major or minor in the Department of Chemistry. Students must have a grade point average of at least 2.00 on courses counting toward a major or minor in any of the department’s programs.

NOTE2: Students who wish to get jobs as chemists are strongly encouraged to take additional upper-division courses (especially CHEM 4230 /CHEM 4231 ), follow the plan for the ACS major, or take more advanced chemistry courses upon graduation.

Academic Map


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

Chemistry, B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 35-41 hours*
Supporting Courses 20 hours*
Electives 18-26 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

 *This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

Upper-Division Chemistry Electives (7 hours)


NOTE: MTeach minor students may use CHEM 3890, CHEM 4740, and YOED 4050 to fulfill the 7 hours of upper-division electives.

Supporting Courses (20 hours)


Electives (18-26 hours)


  • Sufficient upper-division credit must be taken to equal 36 credit hours

Curriculum: Chemistry


Freshman Fall


Subtotal: 14 Hours


Freshman Spring


Subtotal: 14 Hours


Sophomore Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Sophomore Spring


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Junior Fall


Subtotal: 17 Hours


Junior Spring


  • 3 credit hours
  • CHEM upper-division elective 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Fall


  • CHEM upper-division elective 2 credit hours
  • Elective 9 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 14 Hours


Senior Spring


  • CHEM upper-division elective 2 credit hours
  • Chemistry lab elective 2 credit hours
  • Upper-division electives 8 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


NOTE:


Included in the electives will be the hours necessary for the completion of the required 36 upper-division hours for graduation requirements and the necessary hours to satisfy the 120-hour graduation requirement.

NOTE 1: A student who has a sufficiently high score on the ACT Mathematics test may begin with MATH 1910 . If the background in math is weak, MATH 1710  should be taken before MATH 1730 .

NOTE 2: A student who has had little or no high school chemistry or is not satisfied with his/her high school chemistry should first take CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011  before taking CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 .