Chemistry B.S.

Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120

This major provides the student with the knowledge, skills, and techniques commensurate with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. The student pursuing this degree may plan a professional or industrial vocation or pursue a graduate degree. The student must complete 36 semester hours of essential studies courses and the chemistry core listed below. The student must maintain a GPA of 2.50 in the core courses. The MSU Bachelor of Science degree requires completion of at least a minor program in a supporting area in conjunction with the major.

Chemistry majors must complete 36 hours of essential studies. The following Essential Studies courses are required: ENGL 110, ENGL 120 or ENGL 125, MATH 103, CHEM 121, CHEM 121L, CHEM 122, CHEM 122L, and MATH 165. These courses are pre-requisite courses to this major.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• SLO 1: Students will acquire a content knowledge base commensurate with career goals.
• SLO 2: Students will communicate scientific information both orally and in writing.
• SLO 3: Students will apply quantitative or qualitative theories of science to a broad variety of chemical problems (including experiential component).
• SLO 4: Students will construct and critically analyze scientific arguments.
• SLO 5: Students will integrate technology into work products.