The Department of Chemistry @ Eastern Michigan University
Professional Chemistry Program

Year Fall Semester Winter Semester
1 CHM 121/122 (General Chemistry I)
Math 120 (Calculus I)
CHM 123/124 (General Chemistry II)
Math 121 (Calculus II)
2 CHM 281 (Quantitative Analysis)
CHM 371 (Organic Chemistry I)
PHY 223 (Mechanics Heat & Sound)
Math 122 (Elementary Linear Algebra)
CHM 372 (Organic Chemistry II)
CHM 373 (Organic Chemistry lab)
PHY 224 (Electricity & Light)
Math 223 (Multivariable Calculus)
3 CHM 461 (Chemistry Thermodynamics)
CHM 487/488/489 Co-op education (2 hrs)a
   or CHM 497/498/499 Undergrad. Research (2 hrs)a
CHM 433 (Inorganic/Organic Synthesis)
CHM 463 (Physical Chemistry Lab)
CHM 465 (Quantum Mechanics)
4 CHM 481 (Instrumental Analysis)
CHM 451 (Biochemistry)a
   or CHM 351 (Foundations of Biochem)
CHM Advanced Electivea,b
CHM 432 (Advanced Inorganic)

a. May be taken in other semesters, as long as prerequisites are met.

b. one course from the following is required. Note that only those marked with an * are acceptable for ACS certification. Also, the ACS has recently added the requirement of a biochemistry course (CHEM 351 or 451):

CHEMISTRY: 411/412 Tox. I/II, 413 Tox. Lab., 415 Environmental Chemistry,452* Biochem. II, 453* Bio-chem. Lab., 475* Intro. Polymer Chem., 485* Intro. Radiotracer Techniques, 477/478 Spec. Topics in Chem., 487/488/489 Coop. Educ. in Chem., 498*/499* Undergrad. Research in Chem., 554* Protein structure and Function, 555* Neurochemistry, 561* Quantum Chem. & Spectroscopy, 562* Statistical Mech. & Chem. Kinetics, 565* Nuclear Chem., 571* Adv. Org. Chem., 572* Spectro. Org. Struct. Determ., 574* Adv. Org. Chem. Topics, 581 advanced Analytical Chemistry.

MATH & COMPUTER SCIENCE: MATH 425 Math. for Sci., other 400-level courses with permission.

PHYSICS: 450 Elect. & Mag., 452 Elect. Measurements, 456 Electronics for Scientists, 471 Nuclear Physics, other 400-level courses with department permission.