The Department of Chemistry seeks to fulfill two primary missions:

1. to prepare students for professional careers in Chemistry and, eventually, graduate study
2. to give students, who are majoring in related fields, an understanding of fundamental principles and experimental techniques that will permit them to be successful in their chosen majors.

For a minor in Chemistry, twenty-one (21) semester credit hours are required through enrollment in the following courses: CHEM 111, CHEM 112, CHEM 13 1, CHEM 132, CHEM 211, CHEM 212, CHEM 23 1, CHEM 232, CHEM 322, and CHEM 332. Students are required to earn grades of "C" or better, where grades of "C-" are unacceptable, in all of these courses.

Students pursuing either the B.S. in Chemistry or an undergraduate minor in Chemistry must:

1. Gain admission to the University.
2. Students must then satisfy TASP requirements and eradicate identified deficiencies in reading, writing and mathematics through the General University Academic Center (GUAC).
3. Then students may contact the Department of Mathematics Office regarding the declaration of a major or minor as TASP requirements are fulfilled. Although the Department has no specific criteria for accepting students as majors, it does have criteria for continuance once the major in Chemistry is declared.
4. In order to remain as a candidate in good standing for the Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, a student must have an overall GPA of at least 2.50 with respect to courses taken in the following academic disciplines: Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics.
5. Students whose overall averages in these academic disciplines fall below 2.50 for two consecutive semesters and students who fail individual courses in these targeted areas more than once will be required to seek another major.
6. All required Chemistry courses must be completed with grades of "C" or better, where grades of "C-" are unacceptable, to qualify for graduation. Completion of an exit examination, administered through the Department, is also required of all graduating seniors.
7. Each major in the Department is assigned a faculty advisor, and this advisor must approve the schedule of courses for assigned students each semester. Majors are expected to keep the Department Office informed of their current local addresses and telephone numbers up to the time of graduation.
8. By the start of the first semester of their senior year, majors should have their transcripts evaluated by the Faculty Chair to ascertain graduation status and to assure themselves that they should be eligible for degree conferral at the end of the senior year.