Chemistry-ACS, B.S.

Hope College is approved by the American Chemical Society to offer an ACS-Certified B.S.degree in chemistry if the following requirements are met in addition to the 32 credits of chemistry listed in the B.S. degree requirements:

Requirements:

CHEM 311 - Biochemistry I Credits: 3
CHEM 324 - Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Credits: 1

A student must also take at least two other advanced lecture courses.

At least one must be from:

CHEM 314 - Biochemistry II Credits: 3
CHEM 335 - Neurochemistry and Disease Credits: 3-4
GES 430 - Environmental Geochemistry Credits: 4

Two half-semester courses can also count as one full-semester course.

The half-semester courses include:

CHEM 326 - Communication in Chemistry and Biochemistry Credits: 2
CHEM 350 - Advanced Laboratory Techniques Credits: 2
CHEM 352 - Reactions, Mechanisms, and Synthesis Credits: 2
CHEM 354 - Computational Chemistry Credits: 2
CHEM 356 - Structures and Materials Credits: 2

In Addition

In addition to the lecture courses, an ACS-certified major requires that a student have 400 contact hours of laboratory experience beyond General Chemistry. Laboratory coursework must include analytical, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry lab. Research experience may count for up to 84 hours if a student prepares a well-written, comprehensive and well-documented research report.