Both B.S. degrees in Chemistry are available as Honors degrees and students wishing to receive an Honors degree should pay particular attention to the mathematics and physics requirements early in their studies. Cooperative Program in Chemistry A cooperative program is available to students majoring in Chemistry. After the freshman year, the student alternates a semester in school with a semester in a job in a chemical industry. The program normally requires five years and involves a total of four work semesters and eight school semesters. Students are required to have at least a 2.5 average to enter and remain in the program.
Some opportunity exists for students to enter the program later than the end of the freshman year.
Students interested should take an application to the head of the department at least one term in advance of the beginning of the first work period. The only health professions for which Chemistry 100-110 is acceptable are nursing, dental hygiene, occupational therapy, and health information management. If you are undecided, it is safest to take the 120-130 sequence. Chemistry 150, Chemistry and Society, and Chemistry 160, Chemistry and the Home, fulfill the non-laboratory Natural Science requirement. If you anticipate transferring to another college at the University of Tennessee, check your new curriculum's chemistry requirement before enrolling.