The chemistry program is designed to provide students with a broad and up-to-date education in rapidly growing areas. The program seeks to prepare students for excellence in graduate school and employments in research institutes, industry, government and teaching. The B.Sc. degree in chemistry stresses a solid foundation in the traditional areas of chemistry namely physical, inorganic, organic and analytical chemistry. The program has been designed to provide maximum flexibility to students and offer elective subjects in three specialized areas: Pharmaceutical, Industrial and Environmental. In addition, a strong emphasis is placed on laboratory and undergraduate research experience which will assist graduates throughout their career.

Admission Requirements
For admission requirements to the degree of BS in Chemistry, refer to the section entitled “Undergraduate Admission” of this catalog.

Graduation Requirements
To receive the degree of BS in Chemistry, a student must fulfill all requirements of the degree program, complete all required courses, accumulate a total of 98 credits with an overall grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.0/4.0 and a minimum GPA of 2.0/4.0 in both the core and major requirements and clear all accounts with the university. Candidates for degrees are reminded that grades of “I” assigned during the last semester to courses required for graduation will result in delaying of graduation.

General Chemistry

General Education Requirements (30 cr.)

Communication Skills in English and Arabic (9 cr.)
Communication Skills in English, Two courses from: ENL 213 & ENL 223 or ENL 230 (6 cr.)
Communication Skills in Arabic, One course from: ARB 211, ARB 212, ARB 224, ARB 231, ARB 317 (3 cr.)

Philosophy and Religion (6 cr.)
Religion, One course from: REG 212, REG 213, REG 313, REG 314 (3 cr.)
Philosophy & Ethics, One course from: ENS 205, PHL 211, PHL 311, POS 345 (3 cr.)

Cultural Studies & Social Sciences (6 cr.)
Cultural Studies, two courses from: ARP 215, COA 315, COA 359, FAP 215, HUT 305, HUT 306,
MUS 210, NTR 215, PSL 201, SOL 201, SOL 301, BAD 201, ECN 200, ECN 211, ECN 212 (6 cr.)

Citizenship (6 cr.)
Two courses from: HIT 211, IAF 301,POS 201, POS 210, POS 240, POS 319, POS 337 (6 cr.)

Science & Technology (3 cr.)
Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Science, One course from:CSC 201, MAT 201, MAT 202, MAT 204,
MAT 211, STA 202, STA 210 (3 cr.)
OR
Natural Sciences, One course from: PHS 207, AST 201, CHM 211, ENS 201, ENS 202, ENS 206,
BIO 202, BIO 203, HEA 201, NTR 201 (3 cr.)

Students majoring in Chemistry are not allowed to count CHM courses within the pool of required GER courses.

Core Requirements (25 cr.)

CHM 211, CHM 215, CHM 221, CHM 222, CHM 272, MAT 213, MAT 224, PHS 212, PHS 271.

Major Requirements (37 cr.)

CHM 321, CHM 322, CHM 326, CHM 327, CHM 331, CHM 335, CHM 372, CHM 440, CHM 490.
Choose three Chemistry courses, 3 credits each. These courses should be at the 300 level and above.

Free Electives (6 cr.)

Suggested Program

Fall Semester I (15 Credits)
CHM		211	Principles of Chemistry		3 cr.
MAT		213	Calculus III		3 cr.
CSC		201	Computers and Their Use (GER)		3 cr.
___		___	GER		3 cr.
___		___	GER		3 cr.
Spring Semester I (17 Credits)
CHM		215	Quantitative Analysis		4 cr.
CHM		221	Organic Chemistry I		3 cr.
MAT		224	Calculus IV		3 cr.
PHS		212	Electricity & Magnetism		3 cr.
PHS		271	Electricity & Magnetism Lab		1 cr.
___		___	GER		3 cr.
Summer Session I (6 Credits)
___		___	GER		3 cr.
___		___	GER		3 cr.
Fall Semester II (17 Credits)
CHM		222	Organic Chemistry II		3 cr.
CHM		321	Physical Chemistry I		3 cr.
CHM		272	Organic Chemistry II Laboratory		2 cr.
___		___	GER		3 cr.
___		___	GER		3 cr.
___		___	GER		3 cr.
Spring Semester II (14 Credits)
CHM	322			Physical Chemistry II	4 cr.
CHM	326			Inorganic Chemistry	4 cr.
CHM	331			Organic Identification and Structure	3 cr.
CHM	335			Biological Chemistry	3 cr.
Fall Semester III (15 Credits)
CHM		327		Inorganic Chemistry II	3 cr.
CHM		372		Advanced Synthesis Laboratory	2 cr.
CHM		440		Instrumental Analysis	4 cr.
CHM		___		CHM Elective	3 cr.
___		___		Free Elective	3 cr.
Spring Semester III (14 Credits)
CHM	490			Chemistry Project	2 cr.
CHM	___			CHM Elective	3 cr.
CHM	___			CHM Elective	3 cr.
___	___			Free Elective	3 cr.
___	___			GER	3 cr.