Chemistry - B.S. Program Requirements

• Biochemistry Concentration
• Biochemistry - Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy/Pre-Dentistry Concentration
• Chemistry Concentration
• Materials Chemistry Concentration

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (23 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KBS	CHEM	10060 10062 10960	General Chemistry I (4) and General Chemistry I Laboratory (1) or Honors General Chemistry (5)	4-5
KBS		10061 10063 10961	General Chemistry II (4) and General Chemistry II Laboratory (1) or Honors General Chemistry (5)	4-5
		30105	Analytical Chemistry I	3
		30301	Inorganic Chemistry I	2
		30475	Organic Chemistry Laboratory I	1
		30476	Organic Chemistry Laboratory II	1
		30481	Organic Chemistry I	3
		30482	Organic Chemistry II	3
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (30-31 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language			8-10
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) Recommended: COMM 15000 Introduction to Human Communication			1-2
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			6
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (66-67 credits)
	Biochemistry (66)
	Biochemistry - Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy/Pre-Dentistry (66)
	Chemistry (67 credits)
	Material Chemistry (67)
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

 

Biochemistry Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (59 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KBS	BSCI	10120	Biological Foundations	4
		30140	Cell Biology	4
		30156	Elements of Genetics	3
		30171	General Microbiology	4
WIC	CHEM	30107	Analytical Chemistry Laboratory I*	1
		40245	Biochemical Foundations of Medicine	4
		40248	Advanced Biological Chemistry	3
WIC		40251	Advanced Biological Chemistry Laboratory*	2
		40263	Physical Biochemistry	3
		40567	Basic Concepts of Physical Chemistry	4
		40568	Elementary Physical Chemistry Laboratory	1
KMC	MATH	12021	Calculus for Life Sciences	4
		12022	Probability and Statistics for Life Sciences	3
KAD	PHY	13001	General College Physics I	4
KBS		13002	General College Physics II	4
KBS		13021	General College Physics Laboratory I	1
KBS		13022	General College Physics Laboratory II	1
	Choose from the following: Concentration electives			8
	BSCI	40143	Eukaryotic Cell Biology (3)
		40158	Molecular Biology (3)
		40174	Immunology (3)
	BTEC	40191	Seminar: Recent Development in Biotechnology (1)
	CHEM	30106	Analytical Chemistry II (2)
		40295	Special Topics in Biochemistry (1-3)
		40302	Inorganic Chemistry II (2)
		40303	Inorganic Chemistry III (2)
		40365	Biological Inorganic Chemistry (3)
		40477	Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1)
		40483	Intermediate Organic Chemistry (1)
		40796	Individual Investigation (1-4)
		xxxxx	Chemistry Department-approved upper-division electives (1-8)
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (7 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	General Elective (lower or upper-division credit hours)			7
TOTAL				66

*A minimum C grade must be earned in either CHEM 30107 or CHEM 40251 to fulfill writing-intensive requirement.

 

 

Biochemistry - Pre-Medicine/Pre-Osteopathy/Pre-Dentistry Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (58 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KBS	BSCI	10120	Biological Foundations	4
		30140	Cell Biology	4
		30156	Elements of Genetics	3
		30171	General Microbiology	4
		40430	Animal Physiology	3
WIC	CHEM	30107	Analytical Chemistry Laboratory I*	1
		40245	Biochemical Foundations of Medicine	4
		40248	Advanced Biological Chemistry	3
WIC		40251	Advanced Biological Chemistry Laboratory*	2
		40263	Physical Biochemistry	3
		40567	Basic Concepts of Physical Chemistry	4
		40568	Elementary Physical Chemistry Laboratory	1
KMC	MATH	12021	Calculus for Life Sciences**	4
		12022	Probability and Statistics for Life Sciences**	3
KAD	PHY	13001	General College Physics I	4
KBS		13002	General College Physics II	4
KBS		13021	General College Physics Laboratory I	1
KBS		13022	General College Physics Laboratory II	1
	Choose from the following:Concentration electives			5
	BSCI	30518	Vertebrate Anatomy (4)
		40174	Immunology (3)
	BTEC	40191	Seminar: Recent Development in Biotechnology (1)
		40220	Bioinformatics (2)
	CHEM	30106	Analytical Chemistry II (2)
		40295	Special Topics in Biochemistry (1-3)
		40302	Inorganic Chemistry II (2)
		40365	Biological Inorganic Chemistry (3)
		40477	Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1)
		40483	Intermediate Organic Chemistry (1)
		40796	Individual Investigation (1-3)
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (8 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	General Elective (lower or upper-division credit hours)			8
TOTAL				66

**A minimum C grade must be earned in either CHEM 30107 or CHEM 40251 to fulfill writing-intensive requirement.

* *The following three courses may be taken as a package instead of MATH 12021 and 12022: Math 12002 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5), MATH 12003 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (5) and MATH 30011 Basic Probability and Statistics (3).

The following Kent Core courses are strongly recommended: COMM 15000 Introduction to Human Communication (Additional); ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics (Social Sciences); PHIL 21001 Introduction to Ethics (Humanities); PSYC 11762 General Psychology (Social Sciences); SOC 12050 Introduction to Sociology (Social Sciences).

The following elective courses are recommended: ECON 42086 Economics of Health Care; PSYC 40111 Abnormal Psychology; PSYC 41363 Biopsychology; SOC 42563 Sociology of Health and Health Care.

 

Chemistry Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (53 credits)Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	CHEM	30106	Analytical Chemistry II	2
WIC		30107	Analytical Chemistry Laboratory I*	1
WIC		30108	Analytical Chemistry Laboratory II*	2
		30284	Introductory Biological Chemistry	4
		40302	Inorganic Chemistry II	2
		40303	Inorganic Chemistry III	2
		40364	Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory	1
		40477	Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory	1
		40483	Intermediate Organic Chemistry	1
		40555	Elementary Physical Chemistry	3
		40556	Elementary Physical Chemistry	3
		40557	Physical Chemistry Laboratory	2
		40568	Elementary Physical Chemistry Laboratory	1
		4xxxx	CHEM 40000-Level Elective**	3
KMC	MATH	12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I	5
		12003	Analytic Geometry and Calculus II	5
		22005	Analytic Geometry and Calculus III	3
KAD	PHY	23101	General University Physics I	5
KBS		23102	General University Physics II	5
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (14 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	General Elective (minimum 1 upper-division credit hour)			14
TOTAL				67

*A minimum C grade must be earned in either CHEM 30107 or CHEM 30108 to fulfill writing-intensive requirement.
** Must be approved by advisor.

 

 

Materials Chemistry Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (53-54 credits)Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	CHEM	30050	Introduction to Materials Chemistry	2
		30106	Analytical Chemistry II	2
		30284	Introductory Biological Chemistry	4
		40053	Materials Chemistry Laboratory	2
		40302	Inorganic Chemistry II	2
		40303	Inorganic Chemistry III	2
		40352	Inorganic Materials Chemistry	3
		40364	Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory	1
		40451	Organic Materials Chemistry	3
		40555	Elementary Physical Chemistry	3
		40556	Elementary Physical Chemistry	3
		40557	Physical Chemistry Laboratory	2
KMC	MATH	12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I	5
		12003	Analytic Geometry and Calculus II	5
		22005	Analytic Geometry and Calculus III	3
KAD	PHY	23101	General University Physics I	5
KBS		23102	General University Physics II	5
Choose from the following: Chemistry Electives				1-2
WIC	CHEM	30107	Analytical Chemistry Laboratory I (1)*
WIC		30108	Analytical Chemistry Laboratory II (2)*
		40477	Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1)
		40483	Intermediate Organic Chemistry (1)
		40568	Elementary Physical Chemical Laboratory (1)
		40571	Surface Chemistry (2)
		40796	Individual Investigation (1-2)
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (14 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	General Elective (lower or upper division)			14
MINIMUM TOTAL				67

*A minimum C grade must be earned in either CHEM 30107 or CHEM 30108 to fulfill writing-intensive requirement.