Chemistry Minor

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The objective of the chemistry minor is to provide broad introductory course work and laboratory experience to science majors without the more technical mathematical and chemical prerequisites required of the chemistry major. The chemistry minor is open to all CLAS students and should prove beneficial for science majors, pre-professional health science majors and students seeking science education certification.

Course work and grade requirements that must be satisfied to obtain a chemistry minor include:

a minimum of 20 semester hours of chemistry courses
a minimum of 10 upper-division chemistry hours
upper-division course work must include three of the six subdisciplines that comprise chemistry: analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic, physical and environmental chemistry
a minimum 2.0 GPA for chemistry courses taken at UC Denver
all chemistry minor courses must be taken for a letter grade rather than with the pass/fail grading option
to satisfy the department residency requirement, a minimum of 7 upper-division hours of chemistry must be taken at the Downtown Campus

Course Requirements

All upper division chemistry courses at UC Denver will satisfy course work requirements for the minor. Furthermore, the Department of Chemistry offers courses that have minimum chemistry and mathematics prerequisites and should be considered for the chemistry minor degree.

Analytical

CHEM 3111 - Analytical Chemistry Summer 2010 Registration: CHEM 3111
CHEM 3118 - Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Summer 2010 Registration: CHEM 3118

Biochemistry

CHEM 3810 - Biochemistry Summer 2010 Registration: CHEM 3810

Organic

CHEM 3411 - Organic Chemistry I Summer 2010 Registration: CHEM 3411
CHEM 3418 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I Summer 2010 Registration: CHEM 3418
CHEM 3421 - Organic Chemistry II Summer 2010 Registration: CHEM 3421
CHEM 3428 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II Summer 2010 Registration: CHEM 3428
CHEM 3498 - Honors Organic Chemistry Laboratory II Summer 2010 Registration: CHEM 3498

Inorganic

CHEM 3011 - Inorganic Chemistry Summer 2010 Registration: CHEM 3011

Physical

Course selections to be announced.

Environmental

CHEM 4700 - Environmental Chemistry Summer 2010 Registration: CHEM 4700
To register your minor in chemistry, please visit the CLAS advising office in NC 4002. After establishing your minor status, you are encouraged to meet with the chemistry minor advisor, Professor Mark Anderson in NC 3002C.

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