Degrees
Chemistry BS
The department offers a Bachelor of Science degree to prepare students for graduate school or a career as a professional chemist. The major consists of 40 semester hours of chemistry course work.
CHEM 1410 & 1411 — General Chemistry
CHEM 3401 & 3402 — Organic Chemistry
CHEM 3410 — Quantitative Analysis and Electrochemistry
CHEM 3411 — Spectroscopy and Chromatography
CHEM 4105 — Chemistry Seminar
CHEM 4140 — Individual Research
CHEM 4304 — Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 4401 & 4402 — Physical Chemistry
Four additional advanced hours are also required.
Required supporting courses:
MATH 1320 & 1321 — Calculus
PHYS 2401 & 2402 — Physics for Scientists and Engineers
A minor is required. Recommended minors are biology, environmental science, geology or mathematics.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology BS
The department offers a Bachelor of Science degree to prepare students who wish to pursue advanced degrees in biotechnology, molecular biology or medicine. The major consists of 24 semester hours of chemistry and 23 semester hours of biology coursework.
CHEM 3401 & 3402 — Organic Chemistry
CHEM 3411 — Spectroscopy and Chromatography
CHEM 4301 — Biophysical Chemistry
CHEM 4310, 4311 — Biochemistry
CHEM 4312 — Biochemical Techniques
BIOL 2420 — Introduction to Cellular Biology
BIOL 4330 — Molecular Biology
BIOL 4104 — Biology Seminar
At least two (2) of the following
BIOL 3302 — Immunology
BIOL 4424 — Cell Biology
BIOL 3411 — Genetics
BIOL 3420 — Microbiology
Eight additional upper-division biology hours are also required.
Required supporting courses:
CHEM 1410 & 1411 — General Chemistry
BIOL 1320 & 1120 — General Zoology
MATH 1320 & 1321 — Calculus
PHYS 2401 & 2402 — Physics for Scientists and Engineers
No minor is required since this degree is interdisciplinary.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology BA
The department offers a Bachelor of Arts degree to prepare students who wish to pursue careers in the biotechnology inducstry. The major consists of 21 semester hours of chemistry and 21 semester hours of biology coursework.
CHEM 3401 & 3402 — Organic Chemistry
CHEM 3411 — Spectroscopy and Chromatography
CHEM 4310, 4311 — Biochemistry
CHEM 4312 — Biochemical Techniques
BIOL 2420 — Introduction to Cellular Biology
BIOL 4330 — Molecular Biology
BIOL 4104 — Biology Seminar
At least two (2) of the following
BIOL 3302 — Immunology
BIOL 4424 — Cell Biology
BIOL 3411 — Genetics
BIOL 3420 — Microbiology
Six additional upper-division biology hours are also required.
Required supporting courses:
CHEM 1410 & 1411 — General Chemistry
BIOL 1320 & 1120 — General Zoology
MATH 1310 — College Algebra
MATH 1311 — Trigonometry
PHYS 1410 & 1411 — General Physics
No minor is required since this degree is interdisciplinary.
Chemistry BA
The department offers a Bachelor of Arts degree to prepare students for careers such as environmental protection, clinical chemistry, chemical patent law and other fields where extensive undergraduate training in chemistry is valuable. The major consists of 28 semester hours of chemistry course work.
CHEM 1410 & 1411 — General Chemistry
CHEM 3401 & 3402 — Organic Chemistry
CHEM 3410 — Quantitative Analysis and Electrochemistry
At least 12 additional advanced hours of chemistry are required.
Required supporting courses:
MATH 1310 — College Algebra and MATH 1311 — Trigonometry or MATH 1320 & 1321 — Calculus
PHYS 1410 & 1411 — General Physics
A minor is required. Recommended minors are biology, environmental science, geology or mathematics.
Minor in Chemistry
The department offers a minor in chemistry designed for those students who wish to pursue careers such as environmental protection that require working knowledge of chemistry. The minor consists of 24 semester hours of chemistry course work.
CHEM 1410 & 1411 — General Chemistry
CHEM 3401 & 3402 — Organic Chemistry
CHEM 3410 — Quantitative Analysis and Electrochemistry
CHEM 3411 — Spectroscopy and Chromatography
Minor in Biochemistry
The department offers a minor in biochemistry designed for those students who wish to pursue careers such in medicine, biotechnology or graduate studies in biology. The minor consists of 24 semester hours of chemistry course work.
CHEM 1410 & 1411 — General Chemistry
CHEM 3401 & 3402 — Organic Chemistry
CHEM 4310 & 4311 — Biochemistry
CHEM 4312 — Biochemical Techniques
BS in Composite Science
The department offers a Bachelor of Science in Composite Science designed for those students who wish to become certified to teach composite science at the 8-12 grade level. The major consists of 71 semester hours and must include the following courses for certification.
CHEM 1410 & 1411 — General Chemistry
BIOL 1320 & 1120 — General Zoology and Laboratory
BIOL 1321 & 1121 — Plant Biology and Laboratory
BIOL 2420 — Introduction to Cellular Biology
GEOL 1401 — Introductory Geology
GEOL 1411 — Historical Geology
PHYS 1410 & 1411 — General Physics
BIOL 2410 — Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology
Physical Science 3301 — Astronomy
GEOL 3301 — Oceanography/Meterology
CHEM 3401 — Organic Chemistry
CHEM 3410 — Quantitative Analysis and Electrochemistry
BIOL 3410 — General Ecology
BIOL 3411 — Genetics
GEOL 4315 — Hydrogeology
Required supporting courses:
MATH 1310 — College Algebra
MATH 1311 — Trigonometry
The department offers a Bachelor of Behavioral Science in General Science designed for those students who wish to become certified to teach general science at the 4-8 grade level. The major consists of 56 semester hours and must include the following courses for certification.
BBS in General Science
CHEM 1410 & 1411 — General Chemistry
BIOL 1320 & 1120 — General Zoology and Laboratory
BIOL 1321 & 1121 — Plant Biology and Laboratory
BIOL 2420 — Introduction to Cellular Biology
GEOL 1401 — Introductory Geology
GEOL 1411 — Historical Geology
PHYS 1410 & 1411 — General Physics
Physical Science 3301 — Astronomy
GEOL 3301 — Oceanography/Meterology
Environmental Management 4310 — Environmental Science
5 additional upper-level hours from at least two different fields
Required supporting courses:
MATH 1310 — College Algebra
MATH 1311 — Trigonometry
BBS in Composite Science
The department offers a Bachelor of Behavioral Science in Physical Science designed for those students who wish to teach physical science at the 8-12 grade level. The major consists of 43 semester hours and must include the following courses for certification.
CHEM 1410 & 1411 — General Chemistry
GEOL 1401 — Introductory Geology
BIOL 1401 — Life Science
PHYS 2401 & 2402 — General Physics
PHYS 230 & 231 — Modern Physics and Modern Physics Laboratory (at ACU)
Physical Science 3301 — Astronomy
CHEM 3401 & 3402 — Organic Chemistry
CHEM 3410 — Quantitative Analysis and Electrochemistry
Required supporting courses:
MATH 1320 & 1321 — Calculus
Physics BS
The department offers a Bachelor of Science degree to prepare students for graduate school or a career as a professional physicist. This major is offered as a cooperative program with Abilene Christian University (ACU). All introductory course work as well as academic core requirements will be met at HSU. All upper-level physics courses will be taken at ACU. The major consists of 42 semester hours of physics course work.
PHYS 2401 & 2402 — Physics for Scientists and Engineers
MATH 1320 & 1321 — Calculus
MATH 2320 — Calculus III
MATH 2321 — Differential Equations
MATH 3305 — Linear Algebra
An additional 34 semester hours of physics at ACU is required.
Required supporting courses:
CHEM 1410 & 1411 — General Chemistry
A minor is required. Recommended minors are chemistry, mathematics and computer science.
Physics BA
The department offers a minor in physics. This is a cooperative program with Abilene Christian University (ACU). Introductory physics courses will be taken at HSU. All upper-level physics courses will be taken at ACU. The minor consists of 22 semester hours of physics course work.
PHYS 2401 & 2402 — Physics for Scientists and Engineers (taken at HSU)
PHYS 231 — Modern Physics (taken at ACU)
An additional 7 semester hours taken at ACU.