Many students planning to enter medical, dental, or pharmacy school prefer a bachelor of arts degree that contains a large number of elective courses that may be used to satisfy pre-professional school requirements. With that in mind, this track provides an effective way to use some of the available free electives in the Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry program to satisfy the pre-professional requirements for these programs. Courses in anatomy, biochemistry, biology, genetics, and microbiology are included. Additional free electives, of which there will be many, may be used to strengthen the student’s program of study in a manner decided by the student and the academic advisor.

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Select a section designated for chemistry majors.

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Select any course 100-499 not used elsewhere except AERS 100-299; CHEM 222, CHEM 242; MATH 102, MATH 140, MATH 142, MATH 167, MATH 168; MLSC 100-299; NVSC 100-299; PHYS 205. 

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This is a designated oral communication (C) or writing (W) course.

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Select from CHEM 327, CHEM 362, CHEM 415, CHEM 446, CHEM 456, CHEM 458, CHEM 462, CHEM 464, CHEM 466, CHEM 468, CHEM 470, CHEM 483, CHEM 489; PHYS 309.

Graduation requirements include a requirement for 3 hours of International and Cultural Diversity courses and 3 hours of Cultural Discourse courses. A course satisfying a Core category, a college/department requirement, or a general elective can be used to satisfy this requirement.

BA chemistry majors may take CHEM 485 or CHEM 491 as elective courses. The total hours of CHEM 485 and CHEM 491 taken on a graded (A-F) basis may not exceed 9. Additional hours of these courses may be taken on an S/U basis. A maximum of 6 hours of these courses may be included on the degree plan.

Electives should be chosen in consultation with the chemistry advisor and should be selected to meet the residency requirement.