Below is a suggested sequence of courses by which a student can graduate in four years with a Chemistry B.S. at UNF. The most important factor controlling whether or not a student graduates in four years is Physical Chemistry I. All prerequisites for Physical Chemistry I must be completed before a students junior year.

Refer to the notes at the bottom of the page for comments on this sequence.
Click on the course numbers for descriptions of the courses.

KEY: MP - Major Prerequisite, CR - Core Requirement, CC - Contextual Course, MR - Major Requirements,
ME - Major Elective, FE - Free Elective, G - General Education, H - Humanities, E - English, S - Social Science,
* - Satisfies Science and Math General Education requirements

Comments About the Sequence

• The general education requirement must be completed in the first 60 credit hours. For this to happen for Chemistry majors at least one course needs to be taken in a summer (either freshman or sophomore year) to have all requisites ready for Physical Chemistry I.
• Students are also required to taken at least 9 credits in the summer during their degree (not indicated above).
• If students take either/or both Introduction to Chemistry and Pre-Calculus this puts them back in the sequence requiring them to take GChem II and Calc II their first summer. These additional credits will be added to your required 120 credit hours.
• The sequence has been organizing to give students two lab classes per semester where possible. However,…
• …factoring in all courses and their prerequisites mandates that students take Organic I, Calculus-based Physics I, and Quantitative Analytical Chemistry all in the SAME semester.
• For the General English Core we encourage students to take “The Informed Writer” first semester.
• Twelve Free Elective credits must be 3000 or 4000 level courses. This means that a student will thus satisfy the minimum of 48 hours of upper level credits to graduate. (MR - 25 hours, ME - 11 hours, FE - 12 hours -> 48 hours)
• For the General Math and Science Core a Chemistry must take Calculus I, Calculus II, General Chemistry I, General Chemistry II which are all part of the Chemistry major requirements.
• The critical course is in the sequence is Physical Chemistry I. You must have all the required courses by the fall of your junior year to be able to take Physical Chemistry I.
• Realize prerequisites are enforced by the university computer system. You will not be allowed to register for a course if you do not have the prerequisites.
• Calculus-based Physics is strongly encouraged over Algebra-based Physics as it will prepare you better for Physical Chemistry I.
• Transfer students will have a hard time graduating in an additional two years if they do not have the prerequisites coming into UNF.

Final Note: For appropriate advising about courses to be taken at UNF please see your Freshman/Sophomore and/or COAS academic advisor. This page is only an aid for students in their discussions with their advisors.