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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2017-2018

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BA 372

EC 202

Chemistry

Bachelor of Science

Scott C. Dorman, Kate Hayden, David J. A. Schedler, Clyde T. Stanton,

Laura Katherine Stultz

Career opportunities in chemistry include healthcare, teaching, and government and

industrial research, including graduate school or dental school. Students wishing to

prepare for teaching chemistry in secondary schools should complete a chemistry major

and confer with the education department concerning additional requirements in

education.

Upon completion of the chemistry major, students will be able to

demonstrate a knowledge of the broad fundamental concepts of chemistry

search the scientific literature and find adequate, appropriate source material on

a given topic

derive hypotheses to answer chemistry questions

design experiments to test hypotheses

conduct experiments and analyze data

draw appropriate conclusions from scientific data

explain the results of experiments to a broad audience

write clearly and concisely in scientific research format

Major Requirements

The following courses are required (13 units):

CH 120 or CH 149

CH 211

CH 212

CH 220

CH 306

CH 308

CH 410

CH 411

CH 412

CH 418 or CH 428

MA 232

PH 121

PH 122

Courses required for the chemistry major may be used to meet minor requirements in

mathematics and physics.