ChemistryBachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry
Master the professional research and laboratory skills necessary to excel in the chemical industry or graduate school through an ACS-approved curriculum built for the modern scientific workforce.
Earn a Bachelor in Science Degree in Chemistry
This degree program is most appropriate for chemistry majors studying to become bone fide chemists.
The B.S. in Chemistry opens the door for employment opportunities in the chemical industry and it is the traditional gateway degree to enter graduate school to pursue M.S. and/or Ph.D. degrees. All B.S. curricula place high value on the students’ preparation for research and are approved by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The emphasis areas are defined by the appropriate sets of electives courses.
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Why S&T?
Our program emphasizes undergraduate chemistry research, solving modern chemistry and materials problems and achieving international recognition and journal publications. We both offer research courses and directly employ undergraduate student researchers in the department faculty’s industry-, NSF-, and NIH-funded laboratories.
Admissions Requirements
Admission to the chemistry program has the same admission requirements as those for admission to the university. Transfer students should observe the degree requirements for their desired degree plan and use the Registrar’s course equivalency database to determine transfer equivalencies.
Chemistry degree plans do require general education credit coursework, including humanities (English), as well as social sciences (choices of History, Psychology, Economics) but there are not a large number of credit hours required and these classes are used to fill full-time course schedules early in the degree plans when prerequisites for higher level classes are being taken.
For that reason, students wishing to transfer college credits should try to earn science and math as well as humanities and social sciences transfer/AP credits to keep a balanced academic schedule. Degree requirements may be found on the
Registrars web page.
For our degree programs, math credit counts towards the degree programs at the calculus I level and higher. Once accepted into a chemistry degree program, a ‘C’ or better grade is needed for each chemistry course to count towards the chemistry degrees and to maintain degree progress.
Bachelor of Science Chemistry Degree Plans
- B.S. Chemistry
- B.S. Chemistry Biochemistry Emphasis Area
- B.S. Chemistry Polymer & Coatings Science Emphasis Area
- B.S. Chemistry Pre-medicine Emphasis Area
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