Chemistry Minor

A minor in Chemistry will benefit students earning a degree in the physical or biological sciences who are planning on pursuing employment or graduate degrees that are related to the chemical sciences.

Contact Information

Department of Physics & Astronomy
Science Building A, Room 470
(707) 826-3276

Requirements for the Minor (25 Units)

Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in all courses with the “CHEM” prefix for the chemistry minor.

Lower Division

CHEM 109 - General Chemistry I Units: 5
CHEM 110 - General Chemistry II Units: 5

Upper Division

Complete 15 approved units, including at least one of the following sequences. A minimum of 8 upper division units must be earned at Cal Poly Humboldt.

CHEM 323 - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) Techniques Units: 1
CHEM 324 - Organic Chemistry I Units: 3
CHEM 324L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory Units: 2
CHEM 325 - Organic Chemistry II Units: 3
CHEM 325L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory Units: 2
CHEM 341 - Quantitative Analysis Units: 5
CHEM 441 - Instrumental Analysis Units: 4
CHEM 361 - Physical Chemistry I Units: 3
CHEM 362 - Physical Chemistry II Units: 3
CHEM 363 - Physical Chemistry II Lab Units: 2
CHEM 434 - Biochemistry I Units: 3
CHEM 434L - Biochemistry I Laboratory Units: 2
CHEM 435 - Biochemistry II Units: 3
CHEM 435L - Biochemistry II Laboratory Units: 2

Approved Elective Courses

In addition to the sequences above, the following elective courses are approved for all students.

CHEM 310 - Inorganic Chemistry I Units: 3
CHEM 330 - Molecular Modeling Units: 3
CHEM 370 - Earth System Chemistry Units: 3
CHEM 410 - Inorganic Chemistry II Units: 3
CHEM 410L - Inorganic Chemistry II Lab Units: 2
CHEM 495 - Undergraduate Research Units: 1-3

Approved Elective Courses (with restrictions)

The following courses are approved for all students except those listed:

CHEM 228 - Brief Organic Chemistry Units: 4
[not approved for students getting credit for CHEM 324 /CHEM 324L or CHEM 325 /CHEM 325L ]
CHEM 438 - Introductory Biochemistry Units: 4
[not approved for students getting credit for CHEM 434 /CHEM 434L or CHEM 435L /CHEM 435L ]

Approved Elective Courses (Other Disciplines)

One of the following courses can be counted as an elective in the chemistry minor.

BIOL 564 - Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy Units: 4
ENGR 351 - Introduction to Water Quality Units: 3
GEOL 312 - Earth Materials Units: 4
OCN 330 - Chemical Oceanography Units: 4
PHYX 315 - Introduction to Electronics and Electronic Instrumentation Units: 3
PHYX 325 - Thermal Physics Units: 4
PHYX 340 - Mathematical and Computational Methods Units: 2