Chemistry

Faculty

David E. Marx, Ph.D., Chair
Christopher A. Baumann, Ph.D.
Michael C. Cann, Ph.D.
John C. Deak, Ph.D.
Trudy A. Dickneider, Ph.D.
Timothy Daniel Foley, Ph.D.
Donna M. Narsavage-Heald, Ph.D.
David A. Rusak, Ph.D.
Joe A. Vinson, Ph.D.
Joan Wasilewski, Ph.D.

Overview

The department offers five majors: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemistry-Business, Chemistry-Computers, and Medical Technology. The program in Chemistry is approved by the American Chemical Society, which means that graduates may be certified by the American Chemical Society if they meet the requirements. In addition, outstanding students in the Chemistry and Biochemistry majors are eligible for consideration in the combined, five-year baccalaureate/master's degree program (please refer to the section on the Graduate School and to the Graduate School Catalog for specifics of the program). The strength of the department is indicated by the fact that The University of Scranton has been one of the leading schools in the country in the number of master's degrees awarded in chemistry.

The prestige of the department is also demonstrated by a study of the Office of Institutional Research at Franklin and Marshall College which ranked the University of Scranton 34th out of 917 private, four-year, primarily undergraduate colleges as the baccalaureate source of those earning Ph.D.s in Chemistry between 1981 and 1990.

Recent graduates of the department have been admitted to doctoral programs at a number of major universities including Harvard, Cornell, Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, some graduates have attended medical and dental schools, and some have gone on to law school.

Minor in Chemistry

The minor in Chemistry includes Organic Chemistry (6 credits), Physical Chemistry (6 credits), and a chemistry laboratory course (3 credits).

Chemistry Curriculum
Dept. and No.				Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
				FIRST YEAR	FALL	SPRING
MAJOR (GE NSCI)		CHEM 112-113		General Analytical Chem. I-II	4.5	4.5
COGNATE (GE QUAN)		MATH 114-221		Analysis I-II	4	4
GE WRTG-SPCH		WRTG 107-COMM 100		Composition-Public Speaking	3	3
GE C/IL		C/IL 102		Computing and Information Literacy	3
GE T/RS-PHIL		T/RS 121 - PHIL 120		Theology I - Introduction to Philosophy	3	3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Elective		3
GE FSEM		INTD 100		Freshman Seminar	1
					18.5	17.5
				SECOND YEAR
MAJOR		CHEM 232-233		Organic Chemistry I-II	4.5	4.5
MAJOR		CHEM 240		Inorganic Chemistry		3
COGNATE		MATH 222 1		Analysis III	4
COGNATE		PHYS 140-141		Elements of Physics	4	4
GE PHIL-T/RS		PHIL 210 - T/RS 122		Ethics - Theology II	3	3
GE ELECT		CMPS 134		Computer Science I		3
GE PHED		PHED ELECT		Physical Education	1
					16.5	17.5
				THIRD YEAR
MAJOR		CHEM 330		Organic Chem. III	5
MAJOR		CHEM 370		Instrumental Analysis		5
MAJOR		CHEM 362-363		Physical Chem. I-II	4.5	4.5
MAJOR		CHEM 390-391		Chem. Literature - Seminar	1	1
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Electives	3	3
GE S/BH		S/BH ELECT		Social/Behavioral Electives	3	3
GE PHED		PHED ELECT		Physical Education Electives	1	1
					17.5	17.5
				FOURTH YEAR
MAJOR		CHEM 440-440L		Adv. Inorganic Chem. - Lab	3	1.5
MAJOR		CHEM 493-494		Undergraduate Research	1.5	1.5
MAJOR		CHEM ELECT		CHEM Elective - 300 level or above	3
GE T/RS or PHIL		T/RS or PHIL		Philosophy or T/RS Elective		3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Elective	3
GE ELECT		ELECT		Free Electives	3	6
					13.5	12
					Total: 130.5 Credits
1 For ACS certification, Chemistry majors must complete MATH 222, MATH 341, CHEM 350 or 450, and one upper-division chemistry elective.