University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The UC Denver Chemistry Department is fully accredited by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Additionally, students may find it desirable to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree that is certified by the ACS. The ACS certified degree requires the following two courses in addition to the regular chemistry degree:

• CHEM 3018, Inorganic Chemistry Lab
• CHEM 3810 or CHEM 4810, Biochemistry

Qualified students are encouraged to participate in the Chemistry Honors Program and/or do Independent Study laboratory projects.

The student must satisfy one of the following criteria:

• Overall GPA of 3.2 or better and a chemistry GPA of 3.5 or better.
• Overall GPA of 3.2 or better and a chemistry GPA of 3.2 or better, and at least 6 hours of CHEM 4840, Independent Study, spread over a minimum of two semesters.

The student must be a chemistry major and satisfy each of the following criteria:

• Overall GPA of 3.2 or better and a chemistry GPA of 3.5 or better
• At least 6 hours of CHEM 4840, Independent Study, spread over a minimum of two semesters.
• Presentation of a thesis based on the independent study research to a faculty advisory committee. The advisory committee is to include two faculty members from Chemistry and one faculty member from outside the Department. The thesis must be presented at least four weeks prior to the end of the semester in which the student plans to graduate. If the committee approves the thesis, honors are awarded. The committee then decides if magna cum laude or summa cum laude honors are to be awarded.

• 45 credit hours of chemistry courses
• 16 hours of the 45 credit hours must be at the upper division level
  (3000 level or higher)
• 12 credit hour sequence of calculus and analytic geometry
• 10 credit hours of calculus-based physics (lecture and lab).
• UC Denver Chemistry GPA of 2.0 or better, and no less than a grade of C- in any required course.

Departmental Residency Requirements:

14 upper division hours at UC Denver including CHEM 4128, 4518 or 4538

R = recitation
Offered: F = fall, SP = spring, S = summer

Math

Physics

Must consult individual faculty