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Charles Horn, Department Chair

Chemistry Faculty:

Assistant Professors: Christina McCartha; Sid Parrish; Evelyn Swain

Assistant Professor and Laboratory Manager: C. Bruce Bradley

The chemistry curriculum provides students with an opportunity to receive training in a scientific discipline, while pursuing a liberal arts education. The primary focus of the curriculum is to prepare science majors for graduate school, professional school (dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy), industrial, forensic, or government positions.

The chemistry students at Newberry College will learn how to ask questions and set up experiments to find the answers. Chemistry and chemistry with forensic science concentration majors gain a basic knowledge of analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.  Additional courses are offered in environmental chemistry and biochemistry with minors available in biology and environmental science.  Many opportunities exist for students outside the normal classroom or laboratory setting.  Students may elect to work on lab development, undergraduate research, or an internship off campus.

The forensic science concentration is the only one of its kind in South Carolina , Georgia , or North Carolina.  Forensic science courses provide students with the opportunity to solve hypothetical cases and then defend their results, as if they were professional criminalists.  In addition to classroom and laboratory courses taught on the Newberry College campus, students will have ample opportunities for internships and job shadowing at a variety of sites within South Carolina , including the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) offices in Columbia.  Graduates will have a strong background in inquiry-based science and critical thinking skills, providing them with skills to be competitive in the job market, professional programs, and graduate school.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Chemistry Major (B.S. degree) Requirements (58 hours)

A Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry requires 58 semester hours including 27 semester hours of required chemistry courses:

• 27 hours: Chemistry 113, 114, 211, 231, 232, 321, 445, 481, and 482;
• 12 hours from: Chemistry 322, 330, 375, 376, 401, and 446;
• 19 hours: Mathematics 211, 212; Physics 213, 214, and Computer Science 155.

Students are also highly encouraged to take CHE 290, CHE 391, and/or CHE 491 to help develop laboratory and analytical thinking skills.  Students attending graduate school are encouraged to take as many chemistry courses as possible.  Students beginning the chemistry program should take Chemistry 113 and 114, Mathematics 150 and 211 during their freshman year.

Chemistry Major (B.S. degree) with Forensic Science Concentration (75-77 hours)

A Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with Forensic Science concentration requires 75-77 semester hours including:

• 19 hours of Chemistry: CHE 113, 114, 211, 231, 232, 481 and 482;
• 7 hours of Forensic Science: FSC 211, 212, and 342;
• 12 hours of Chemistry selected from CHE 321, 375, 401, and 445;
• 10-12 hours from CHE 322, 330, 376, and FSC 495;
• 5 hours of Biology: BIO 111, 121;
• 11 hours of Mathematics: MAT 200, 211, 212;
• 8 hours of Physics: PHY 213, 214;
• 3 hours of Sociology: SOC 246 or 347.

Students are also highly encouraged to take CHE 290, CHE 391, and/or CHE 491 to help develop laboratory and analytical thinking skills.  Students attending graduate school are encouraged to take as many chemistry courses as possible.  Students beginning the chemistry program should take CHE 113 and 114, BIO 121, MAT 150 and 211 during their freshman year.

CHE 445 and 446 have prerequisites in Mathematics and Physics that require additional course work.  Some of this work may fulfill Core requirements.

Chemistry Minor Requirements (25 hours)

The Chemistry minor requires 25 hours as follows:

• CHE 113, 114, 211, 231;
• one course from CHE 321, 401, or 445;
• two electives from CHE 232, 321, 322, 330, 375, 376, 401, 445, 446, 480.

This page updated 10 october 2007.