Chemistry Major, B.A.

Requirements

In addition to the program requirements, students must

earn a minimum final cumulative GPA of 2.000
complete a minimum of 45 academic credit hours earned from UNC–Chapel Hill courses
take at least half of their major core requirements (courses and credit hours) at UNC–Chapel Hill
earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the major core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for major or specific courses.

For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.

Code	Title	Hours
Gateway Course
CHEM 101 & 101L	General Descriptive Chemistry I and Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory I^{H, F}	4
Core Requirements
CHEM 102 or CHEM 102H	General Descriptive Chemistry II ^{H, F} or General Descriptive Chemistry II	3
CHEM 102L	Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory II	1
CHEM 241	Modern Analytical Methods for Separation and Characterization ^H	3
CHEM 241L or CHEM 245L	Laboratory in Separations and Analytical Characterization of Organic and Biological Compounds or Honors Laboratory in Separations and Analytical Characterization of Organic and Biological Compound	1
CHEM 251	Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry	3
CHEM 430	Introduction to Biological Chemistry ^H	3
CHEM 480 or CHEM 481	Introduction to Biophysical Chemistry or Physical Chemistry I	3
CHEM 550L	Synthetic Chemistry Laboratory I	2
CHEM 261	Introduction to Organic Chemistry I ^H	3
CHEM 262	Introduction to Organic Chemistry II ^H	3
CHEM 262L	Laboratory in Organic Chemistry	1
One course from the following list, three hours: ¹		3
CHEM 395	Research in Chemistry for Undergraduates ^H
CHEM 420	Introduction to Polymer Chemistry
CHEM 421	Synthesis of Polymers
CHEM 431	Macromolecular Structure and Metabolism
CHEM 432	Metabolic Chemistry and Cellular Regulatory Networks
CHEM 441	Intermediate Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 444	Separations
CHEM 446	Analytical Spectroscopy
CHEM 448	Mass Spectrometry
CHEM 450	Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry^H
CHEM 460	Intermediate Organic Chemistry ^H
CHEM 463	Bioorganic Chemistry
CHEM 530L	Laboratory Techniques for Biochemistry
Additional Requirements
BIOL 101	Principles of Biology ^{2, H, F}	3
MATH 231	Calculus of Functions of One Variable I ^{H, F}	4
MATH 232	Calculus of Functions of One Variable II ^{H, F}	4
One of the following:		4
PHYS 114	General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences^F
PHYS 118	Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity^{H, F}
One of the following:		4
PHYS 115	General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences^F
PHYS 119	Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta^{H, F}
Total Hours		52

^H Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

^F FY-Launch class sections may be available. A FY-Launch section fulfills the same requirements as a standard section of that course, but also fulfills the FY-SEMINAR/FY-LAUNCH First-Year Foundations requirement. Students can search for FY-Launch sections in ConnectCarolina using the FY-LAUNCH attribute.

¹ Other courses numbered above 420 may be substituted with the permission of the instructor.

² BIOL 101 is a required prerequisite for CHEM 430