Departmental Courses
- For current course offerings, see Miami's course list.
- Course descriptions can be found in the Miami Bulletin.
CHEM courses for our majors
Number | Name | Hrs | Pre-requisites | Co-requisites | Typical Semester(s) |
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CHEM 141 | College Chemistry I | 3 | one year of HS chemistry, MPT score 12 and up | CHEM 144 | Fall (~4 sections), Spring (1 section) Summer I |
CHEM 141.H | College Chemistry I – Honors | 3 | one year of HS chemistry, MPT score 12 and up | CHEM 144 | Fall only |
CHEM 141.R | College Chemistry I | 4 | MPT score 8 - 11 | CHEM 144 | Fall only |
CHEM 144 | College Chemistry Lab I | 2 | CHEM 141 | Fall (~5 sections), Spring (1 section), Summer I | |
CHEM 144.M | College Chem Lab I for Majors | 2 | CHEM 141 | Fall only | |
CHEM 144.H | College Chemistry Lab I– Honors | 2 | CHEM 141 | Fall only | |
CHEM 142 | College Chemistry II | 3 | CHEM 141 | CHEM 145 | Fall (1 section), Spring (~3 sections), Summer II |
CHEM 142.M | College Chemistry II for Majors | 3 | CHEM 141 | CHEM 145 | Spring only |
CHEM 142.H | College Chemistry II – Honors | 3 | CHEM 141 | CHEM 145 | Spring only |
CHEM 145 | College Chemistry Lab II | 2 | CHEM 144 | CHEM 142 | Fall (1 section), Spring (~4 sections), Summer II |
CHEM 145.M | College Chemistry Lab II for Majors | 2 | CHEM 144 | CHEM 142 | Spring only |
CHEM 145.H | College Chemistry Lab II – Honors | 2 | CHEM 144 | CHEM 142 | Spring only |
CHEM 251 CHEM 251.H |
Organic Chemistry I for CHEM Majors | 3 | CHEM 142 | CHEM 254 | Fall |
CHEM 254 | Organic Chemistry Lab I for CHEM Majors | 2 | CHEM 145 | CHEM 251 | Fall (2 sections) |
CHEM 252 CHEM 252.H |
Organic Chemistry II for CHEM Majors | 3 | CHEM 251 | CHEM 255 | Spring |
CHEM 255 | Organic Chemistry Lab II for CHEM Majors | 2 | CHEM 254 | CHEM 252 | Spring (2 sections) |
CHEM 375 | Analytical Chemistry for CHEM Majors | 3 | CHEM 141 and CHEM 142 | Fall and Spring | |
CHEM 411 | Learning Theories in Chemistry | 3 | STA 261 or STA 301, CHEM 242 or CHEM 252 | CHEM 451 or 471 | Fall |
CHEM 415 | Misconceptions in Chemistry | 3 |
CHEM 242 or CHEM 252 |
Fall | |
CHEM 417 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 142 and CHEM 452 | Fall | |
CHEM 419 | Synthesis Lab | 2 | CHEM 252 and CHEM 255 | Spring | |
CHEM 424 (BIO 424) |
Advanced Expt. Tech. in Structural & Functional Genetics | 4 | BIO 116 or equiv. and CHEM 141/142 | Fall (not every year) | |
CHEM 426 | Spec ID of Structure | 3 | CHEM 242 or CHEM 252 | Spring | |
CHEM 432 | Fundamentals of Biochem | 4 | CHEM 242 or CHEM 252 | Fall, Spring | |
CHEM 430.X | Topics in Biochemistry | 1-3 | CHEM 432 | Fall, Spring | |
CHEM 438 | Biochemistry Lab | 2 | CHEM 432 | Fall, Spring | |
CHEM 450 | Topics in Organic Chem | 3 | CHEM 252 and CHEM 255 | Fall, Spring | |
CHEM 451 | Physical Chemistry I | 3 | MTH 251 and PHY 192 | Fall | |
CHEM 452 | Physical Chemistry II | 3 | CHEM 451 or CHEM 471 | Spring | |
CHEM 454 | Instrumental Analysis | 3 | CHEM 375 | Fall | |
CHEM 456 | Chemical Measurements | 2 | CHEM 452 or CHEM 472 | Fall | |
CHEM 460 | Topics in Analytical Chem | 1-3 | |||
CHEM 466 (BIO 466) |
Bioinformatics Computing Skills | 3 | Programming course and BIO 116 or BIO 342 | ||
CHEM 470 | Topics in Physical Chem | 1-3 | CHEM 451 or CHEM 471 | ||
CHEM 471 | Biophysical Chem I | 3 | MTH 251 and PHY 192 | Fall | |
CHEM 472 | Biophysical Chem II | 3 | CHEM 471 or CHEM 451 (or MTH 251 and PHY 182) | Spring | |
CHEM 473 | Quantum Methods | 3 | CHEM 452 or CHEM 472 | ||
CHEM 491 | Capstone Chem Societal Issues | 3 | Any 300 level CHEM course | Spring | |
CHEM 492 | Capstone independent Research | 3 | Permission and CHEM 377, 477, 480 or 490 | Spring | |
CHEM X77 | Independent Study (Research) | 1-5 | Permission of instructor and CHEM gpa > 2.30. Credit/no credit or letter grade with chair's permission | Register with independent study form; 177 is for first year students etc. | |
CHEM 480 | Departmental Honors (Apply at the end of your Junior year) | 1-6 | Permission of instructor and CHEM gpa > 3.50 in at least 25 hours of CHEM classes. Standard letter grade. | Register with independent study form; normally taken fall of senior year | |
CHEM 490 | Undergraduate Research | 1-4 | Permission of instructor and CHEM gpa > 2.30. Credit/no credit or letter grade with chair's permission. | Register with independent study form | |
CHEM 340 | Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Research | 0-12 | For USS or Hughes summer students Or off campus research, internships | Register with independent study form |
Courses from other departments
Number | Name | Credit Hours | Pre-reqs or Co-req | Typical Semester(s) |
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MTH 151 | Calculus I | 5 | Three and a half or four years of college preparatory mathematics including trigonometry, but less than one semester of calculus. Or, one of MTH 104 or 123 or 125. | Fall, Spring, Summer |
MTH 249 MTH 249H | Calculus II | 5 | A year of high school calculus including calculus of trigonometric, logarithmic, and exponential functions. Enrollment advice based on placement test scores and/or AP credit for MTH 151. Limited to first-year students. | Fall |
MTH 251 | Calculus II | 4 | Grade of C or better in Calculus I. | Fall, Spring, Summer |
MTH 222 | Introduction to Linear Algebra | 3 | MTH 249 or 249H or 251. | Fall, Spring, Summer |
MTH 231 | Elements of Discrete Mathematics | 3 | MTH 151 or permission of instructor. | Fall, Spring |
MTH 245 | Differential Equations for Engineers | 3 | Calculus II | Fall, Spring, Summer |
MTH 252 MTH 252H | Calculus III | 4 | Calculus II | Fall, Spring |
STA 301 | Applied Statistics | 3 | Calculus I or II | Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter (J-term!) |
STA 333 | Nonparametric Statistics | 3 | ISA 205; or STA 301 or 363 or 368 | Fall |
STA 363 | Introduction to Statistical Modeling | 3 | STA 261 or STA 301 or 368 or permission of instructor. | Fall, Spring |
PHY 191 | General Physics with Lab I | 5 | Pre- or Co-requisite MTH 151 | Fall, Spring, Summer |
PHY 192 | General Physics with Lab II | 4 | Pre-requisite PHY 191 Pre- or Corequisite MTH 249 or MTH 251 | Fall, Spring, Summer |
PHY 421 | Molecular and Cellular Biophysics | 4 | PHY 192, MTH 252, or permission of instructor. | Spring |
BIO 116 | Biological Concepts: Structure, Function, Cellular, and Molecular Biology | 4 | (Although not required for our major, serves as a pre-req for several BIO courses) | Spring |
BIO 203 | Introduction to Cell Biology | 3 | BIO 114, BIO/MBI 116, or BIO 191 | Fall, Spring, Summer, and Winter (J) |
BIO 342 | Genetics | 3 | One year of chemistry, junior standing, and at least one 200-level biology course, or permission of instructor. | Fall, Spring Summer |
BIO 305 | Human Physiology | 4 | One year of chemistry, junior standing, and BIO 203 or MBI 365, or permission of instructor | Fall, Spring Summer |
BIO 485/585 CSE 456/556 MBI 485/585 | Bioinformatics Principles | 3 | BIO/MBI 116 or MBI 201 or BIO 342 or CHEM 332 or CHEM 433, or permission of instructor | Spring |
Other departmental courses
Number | Name | Credit Hours | Comments |
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CHEM 111 CHEM 111.L | Chemistry in Modern Society and its lab | 3+1 | MPF for non-science majors |
CHEM 231 CHEM 231.L | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | 4 | One-semester organic chem for non-majors. A part of thematic sequence. (3 lecture, 1 lab) Prerequisite: CHEM 142 and 145 |
CHEM 332 CHEM 332.L | Outlines of Biochemistry | 3+1 | One-semester biochem for non-majors. A part of thematic sequence. (3 lecture, 1 optional lab) Prerequisite: CHEM 231, 242, or 252 |
CHEM 241 CHEM 244 | Organic Chemistry I and lab | 3+2 | Not for our majors Pre-req: CHEM 142 (for lecture)/ 145 (for lab) Co-req: Lecture and lab are to be registered together |
CHEM 242 CHEM 245 | Organic chemistry II and lab | 3+2 | Not for our majors Pre-req: CHEM 241 (for lecture)/ 244 (for lab) Co-req: Lecture and lab are to be registered together |
STA 261 | Statistics | 4 | If a student has a STA 261 as AP or TR (transferred), suggest STA 333, 363 or 368 because STA 301 will be considered as a duplicate for STA 261. If a student has no STA experience, then s/he needs to take STA 301, not STA 261. |
PHY 170 series | College Physics I and lab (discontinued) | 4 | These are non-calculus based physics and not counted toward our major. Our majors need 190 series physics (all majors, BA and BS) |
PHY 160 series | Physics for Life Science | 5 | |
BIO 115 | Biological Concepts: Ecology, Evolution, Genetics, and Diversity | 3+1 | Not counted for our major. |