Chemistry Major, B.A.

Requirements

In addition to the program requirements, students must

attain a final cumulative GPA of at least 2.0
complete a minimum of 45 academic credit hours earned from UNC–Chapel Hill courses
take at least half of their major course requirements, courses and credit hours, at UNC–Chapel Hill
A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in coursework taken at UNC-CH in the major core is required

Code	Title	Hours
Gateway Course
CHEM 101 & 101L	General Descriptive Chemistry I and Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory I	4
Core Requirements
CHEM 102	General Descriptive Chemistry II ^H	3
or CHEM 102H	General Descriptive Chemistry II
CHEM 102L	Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory II	1
CHEM 241	Modern Analytical Methods for Separation and Characterization ^H	2
CHEM 241L	Laboratory in Separations and Analytical Characterization of Organic and Biological Compounds	1
or CHEM 245L	Honors Laboratory in Separations and Analytical Characterization of Organic and Biological Compound
CHEM 251	Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry	2
CHEM 430	Introduction to Biological Chemistry ^H	3
CHEM 480	Introduction to Biophysical Chemistry	3
or CHEM 481	Physical Chemistry I
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
or CHEM 263L	Honors Laboratory in Organic Chemistry
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 450	Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 460	Intermediate Organic Chemistry ^H
CHEM 463	Bioorganic Chemistry	3
CHEM 530L	Laboratory Techniques for Biochemistry
Additional Requirements
BIOL 101	Principles of Biology ^{2, H}	3
MATH 231	Calculus of Functions of One Variable I ^H	4
MATH 232	Calculus of Functions of One Variable II ^H	4
One of the following:		4
PHYS 104	General Physics I
PHYS 114	General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences
PHYS 116	Mechanics ^H
PHYS 118	Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity
One of the following:		4
PHYS 105	General Physics II
PHYS 115	General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences
PHYS 117	Electromagnetism and Optics ^H
PHYS 119	Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta
Total Hours		50

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

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