Degree Options
In addition to the B.S. degree and the ACS approved curriculum, the Department of Chemistry at SVSU offers several other degree options.
Biochemistry
This is an interdisciplinary major, with no minor being required. A total of fifty-six hours in biology and chemistry is required. In addition the student will take a year of calculus, a year of physics, a year of a modern foreign language, and a semester of computer science.
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Business Chemistry
This is an interdisciplinary major, with no minor being required. Nineteen hours in finance, law, management, and marketing are required. Fifty-six hours of electives are required, including thirty hours of chemistry (with one 400-level course), seven additional credits in business courses, eight credits in physics, eight credits in mathematics, and one three-hour course in computer programming.
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Chemical Physics
This is an interdisciplinary major, with no minor being required. Two years of calculus and a computer programming course are required. Thirty credits in chemistry, including physical chemistry and one 400-level course are required. Twenty credits in physics, including nine credits at the 300-400 level. Finally, a year of a modern foreign language is required.
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Environmental Chemistry
This is an interdisciplinary major, with no minor being required. The student must take thirty-six or thirty-seven hours from a selection of courses in subjects like biology, physics, math, computer science, economics, philosophy, etc. There are forty-nine hours in chemistry required including the block of 400-level environmental chemistry courses. A year of a modern foreign language is also required.