The plan listed below is designed to provide suggestions for sequencing your major courses, but there are also other ways to sequence most majors. This plan is meant to provide aid in early, provisional planning. Please consult with your academic advisor to make strategic academic decisions about which courses to take each semester.
Sample Two Year Plan: Chemistry (BS)
The following plan is possible on the presumption that an incoming student has an Associate of Arts (AA) degree and has completed the equivalent to CHEM 130 and CHEM 131 (Chemical Principles I and II), CHEM 329, CHEM 330, CHEM 331 and CHEM 332 (Organic Chemistry I and II with Lab); and MATH 198 (Calculus I) prior to enrolling at Truman State University.
If the student has also completed the equivalent of CHEM 312 and MATH 263, then CHEM 323 and CHEM 324 can be taken in semester 1, which provides greater scheduling flexibility in semesters 3 and 4.
FALL - Semester 1
- CHEM 245: Sophomore Chemistry Seminar (1 cr)
- CHEM 312: WE/Foundations of Chemical Analysis (5 cr)
- MATH 263: Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (4 cr)
- PHYS 185: College Physics I (4 cr)
SPRING - Semester 2
- CHEM 325: Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy (3 cr)
- CHEM 326: WE/Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy Laboratory (2 cr)
- PHYS 186: College Physics II (4 cr)
- JINS 3XX: WE/Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar (3 cr)
FALL - Semester 3
- CHEM 345: Junior Chemistry Seminar (1 cr)
- CHEM 445: Senior Chemistry Capstone Seminar (1 cr)
- CHEM 323: Thermodynamics and Kinetics (3 cr)
- CHEM 324: WE/Thermodynamics and Kinetics Lab (2 cr)
- CHEM 473: Inorganic Chemistry (3 cr)
- CHEM 474: Inorganic Chemistry Lab (2 cr)
- Elementary Foreign Language I (3 cr)
SPRING - Semester 4
- CHEM 322: Instrumental Analysis (5 cr)
- CHEM 335: Biochemistry I: Structure and Function (3 cr)
- CHEM 310: Biochemistry Laboratory (2 cr)
- Chemistry Elective (2 cr)
- Elementary Foreign Language II (3 cr)
NOTES:
- WE = Writing Enhanced course
- The Dialogues curriculum requires a certain number of courses/credit hours in the following Perspectives: Social, Arts and Humanities, STEM, Communications, and Statistics. The exact number of courses a student will be required to take during their undergraduate career varies individually according to the credit transferred in.
Department Chair: Please contact the Center for Academic Excellence (advise@truman.edu) with any updates to the plan above.
This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major. The Office of the Registrar is responsible for certifying completion of degree requirements based on requirements specified in Truman's Official Catalog.