Bsc. Chemistry
Bsc Chemistry Major Programme
Summary of Course Structure
Year 1: Semester I
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 1101
CHM 1102
CHM 1105
BASIC INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
BASIC PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
INTEGRATED PHYSICAL/ INORGANIC LABORATORY
45
45
0
0
0
60
45
45
30
3
3
2
TOTAL CU
8
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
3
AUDITED COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
MTH 1101
CALCULUS I
45
0
45
3
Semester II
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 1205
BASIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
45
60
75
5
TOTAL CU
5
Year 2: Semester I
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 2111
CHM 2112
CHM 2113
CHM 2109
ELEMENTS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
BONDING AND PERIODICITY
POLYFUNCTIONAL AND CYCLIC ALIPHATICS
AROMATIC CHEMISTRY
30
45
30
30
60
0
60
0
60
45
60
30
4
3
4
2
TOTAL CU
13
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
3
ELECTIVE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 2114
NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY
30
0
30
2
Semester II
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 2220
CHM 2221
CHM 2213
CHM 2222
CHM 2223
TRANSITION METAL CHEMISTRY
STEREO- AND PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS
INTRODUCTORY SPECTROSCOPY
30
30
30
30
30
60
0
0
60
0
60
30
30
60
30
4
2
2
4
2
TOTAL CU
14
RECESS
CHM 2301: FIELD ATTACHMENT (5CU)
ELECTIVE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 2224
CHM 2218
INORGANIC ENERGETICS
BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
30
30
0
0
30
30
2
2
CORE COURSES
Year 3: Semester I
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 3128
CHM 3129
CHM 3122
CHM 3130
CHM 3124
ICH 3130
ORGANOMETALLIC AND BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY
QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
COLLOID SCIENCE
SOLUTION AND STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS
SOLID-STATE AND CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY
INORGANIC CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
30
30
30
45
30
30
0
0
0
0
0
30
30
30
30
45
30
45
2
2
2
3
2
3
TOTAL CU
14
ELECTIVE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 3131
CHM 3132
CHM 3133
REACTION KINETICS
ADVANCED SPECTROSCOPY
DIVALENT SPECIES
30
30
30
0
0
0
30
30
30
2
2
2
Semester II
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 3236
CHM 3228
CHM 3237
CHM 3231
ICH 3130
ADVANCED ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
APPLICATION OF GROUP THEORY IN CHEMISTRY
PESTICIDES CHEMISTRY
ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY PRACTICALS
ORGANIC CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
30
30
30
0
30
60
0
0
60
30
30
30
30
30
45
4
2
2
2
3
TOTAL CU
13
ELECTIVE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 3233
CHM 3234
CHM 3238 CHM 3232
ADVANCED INORGANIC TOPICS
ADVANCED ORGANIC TOPICS
STRUCTURE DETERMINATION POLYMER CHEMISTRY
30
30
30
30
0
0
0
0
30
30
30
30
2
2
2
2
BSC CHEMISTRY MINOR PROGRAMME
Summary of Course Structure
Year 1: Semester I
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 1101
CHM 1102
CHM 1105
BASIC INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
BASIC PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
INTEGRATED PHYSICAL/ INORGANIC LABORATORY
45
45
0
0
0
60
45
45
30
3
3
2
TOTAL CU
8
AUDITED COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CALCULUS I
45
0
45
3
Semester II
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 1205
BASIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
45
60
75
5
TOTAL CU
5
Year 2: Semester I
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 2112
BONDING AND PERIODICITY
45
0
45
3
TOTAL CU
3
ELECTIVE COURSES (Choose one)
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 2115
NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY
30
0
30
2
CHM 2114
AROMATIC CHEMISTRY
30
0
30
2
Semester II
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 2220
CHM 2222
TRANSITION METAL CHEMISTRY
THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS
30
30
60
60
30
60
4
4
TOTAL CU
8
ELECTIVE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 2224
CHM 2218
INORGANIC ENERGETICS
BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
30
30
0
0
30
30
2
2
CHM 2223
INTRODUCTORY SPECTROSCOPY
30
0
30
2
Year 3: Semester I
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 3127
ORGANOMETALLIC AND BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY
30
0
30
2
TOTAL CU
2
ELECTIVE COURSES (Choose one)
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 3131
CHM 3132
REACTION KINETICS
ADVANCED SPECTROSCOPY
30
30
0
0
30
30
2
2
Semester II
CORE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 3237
PESTICIDES CHEMISTRY
30
0
30
2
TOTAL CU
2
ELECTIVE COURSES
Course Code
Course Title
L
P
CH
CU
CHM 3232
CHM 3238
POLYMER CHEMISTRY
STRUCTURE DETERMINATION
30
30
0
0
30
30
2
2
NOTE: Chemistry Minors will have a minimum of 30 Credit Units, reflected in the core courses.
MATHEMATICS REQUIREMENT
- Students who possess Advanced Level Principal Pass and those possessing Advanced Level Subsidiary Pass in mathematics, are exempted from doing CALCULUS
- Those students who do not possess a minimum of Advanced Level Subsidiary Pass in mathematics, must audit CHM 1104, and the auditing must be certified by the Lecturer.