Other Approved 200-Level Science Courses for the Chemistry BA Program
The chemistry BA program requires "two additional (eight credits) 200-level (or higher) chemistry courses or other approved science courses from this listing on this page. Permission of the Undergraduate Studies Committee is required to use a course that is not a chemistry 200-level course, and is also not on this listing (below).
Course titles and semesters offered are subject to change, please consult an advisor regarding your individual program requirements. For a complete list of chemistry courses please see our chemistry website course listing, or the CDCS.
Biochemistry (BCH)
- BCH 208(W): Biochemistry Laboratory
- BCH 308(W): Biochemistry Laboratory and Critical Analysis
Biology (BIOL)
- BIOL 202(W): Molecular Biology
- BIOL 205(W): Evolution
- BIOL 208: Introduction to Programming in Biology
- BIOL 210(W): Cell Biology
- BIOL 220(W): Advanced Cell Biology
- BIOL 226(W): Developmental Biology
- BIOL 243(W): Eukaryotic Gene Regulation
- BIOL 250: Biochemistry
- BIOL 252: Principles of Biochemistry
- BIOL 267: Molecular Evolution
- BIOL 268(W): Laboratory in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
- BIOL 278: Biochemistry Mechanisms of Cellular Processes
Chemical Engineering (CHE)
- CHE 213: Engineering of Soft Matter
- CHE 243: Fluid Dynamics
- CHE 264: Biofuels
- CHE 286/486: Polymer Science and Engineering
Chemistry (CHEM)
- Any four (4) credit 200-level chemistry/CHEM course
Earth and Environmental Sciences (EESC)
- EESC 206(W): Petrology
- EESC 209: Introduction to Geochemistry
- EESC 212: A Climate Change Perspective to Chemical Oceanography
- EESC 216(W): Environmental Geochemistry
- EESC 218: Atmospheric Geochemistry
- EESC 236: Physics of Climate
- EESC 261: Stable Isotope Geochemistry
- EESC 265(W): Paleoclimate
- EESC 274: Paleoceanography and Climate Change
Microbiology (MBI)
- MBI 220: Introduction to Microbiology
- MBI 221W: Microbiology Laboratory
- MBI 473: Immunology
Material Science (MSC)
- MSC 202: Introduction to Materials
Neuroscience (NSCI)
- NSCI 201: Basic Neurobiology
- NSCI 203: Laboratory in Neurobiology
- NSCI 243: Neurochemical Foundations of Behavior
Optics (OPT)
- OPT 224: Fundamentals of Lasers
- OPT 241: Geometrical Optics
- OPT 253: Quantum and Nano Optics Laboratory
- OPT 254: Nanometrology Laboratory
- OPT 256: Optics Laboratory
- OPT 276: Biomedical Optics
Physics (PHYS)
- PHYS 217: Electricity and Magnetism I
- PHYS 218: Electricity and Magnetism II
- PHYS 227: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- PHYS 235W: Classical Mechanics
- PHYS 237: Quantum Mechanics of Physical Systems
- PHYS 243W: Advanced Experimental Techniques I
- PHYS 244W: Advanced Experimental Techniques II
- PHYS 245W: Advanced Nuclear Science Education Lab
- PHYS 246: Quantum Theory
- PHYS 251: Introduction to Condensed Matter
- PHYS 253: Biological Physics
- PHYS 254: Nuclear and Particle Physics (was 20th Century Particle Physics)
- PHYS 255: Introduction to Fluid Dynamics
*Course titles and semesters offered are subject to change, please consult an advisor regarding your individual program requirements. If you see a course that is NOT on this list that you believe should qualify (must have some chemistry content and be 200-level), then please seek permission by emailing ugradadm@chem.rochester.edu.
For a complete list of chemistry courses please see our website course listing, or the CDCS.)