Chemistry Transfer Program of Study
| Faculty Advisors | General and Career Information | Transfer Institutions | Recommended Curriculum | Course Sequencing |
Faculty Advisors:
Dr. Susan Hornbuckle and Dr. Patricia Todebush serve as faculty advisors for chemistry students. Contact information is provided below.
| Dr. Hornbuckle | Dr. Todebush |
|---|---|
| E-mail Address | E-mail Address |
| Home Page | Home Page |
| Current Schedule | Current Schedule |
| Office: Arts & Sciences Building Room G-210J | Office: Arts & Sciences Building Room G-105A |
| Phone: (678) 466-4780 | Phone: (678) 466-4788 |
General and Career Information:
Chemistry is the science that deals with matter and energy and its transformations.
The American Chemical Society provides a site on chemistry careers: Build Your Career.
A nice site with an abundance of information on chemistry careers and recommended by the Journal of Chemical Education and by ChemWeb is provided by Professor Harry Pence at SUNY Oneonta.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics maintains detailed and current information on careers for chemists.
The Virtual Job Fair, provides employment information for chemistry positions. At the Virtual Job Fair, type in "chemistry" for your search.
Transfer Institutions:
Many students enrolled in the transfer program in Chemistry at Clayton State University plan to transfer to other schools to obtain a bachelors or higher degree. Links to departments within the University System of Georgia that offer chemistry degrees at the bachelors level or higher are provided here:
Rankings of top graduate chemistry programs are provided by:
Recommended Curriculum:
The completion of the chemistry degree depends very strongly on the proper selection and sequencing of courses. While the choices provided in Areas A-E of the Core Curriculum are valid for all students, there are some special requirements for chemistry students and all choices are not equal in terms of transfer requirements or optimum sequencing order.
The recommended chemistry curriculum complies with the approved Areas A-E for the core. You should note that chemistry students do not receive degree credit in the core for any mathematics courses at a level lower than Pre-Calculus (MATH 1113). If mathematics courses at levels lower than Pre-Calculus are required, the transfer program of study in Chemistry cannot be finished in four semesters - summer terms and/or additional semesters will be required.
Optimally, students majoring in chemistry should start their mathematics courses during the their first semester of attendance at the level of Calculus I (MATH 1501). While this starting level is not required to obtain the A.S. degree in Chemistry, the impact of starting (for degree credit) with Pre-Calculus is the deletion of either Principles of Physics II or Organic Physics II from Area F. These are both important courses for chemists and whichever is deleted will have to be taken at the transfer institution.
To be properly prepared for transfer into a bachelors program in chemistry, the Principles of Chemistry sequence rather than the Principles of Biology sequence should be taken in Area D.
The recommended curriculum for the transfer program of study in Chemistry is provided at the following link:
Course Sequencing:
Because of the strong prerequisite dependencies for the required mathematics and physics courses within the chemistry curriculum, it is important that mathematics coursework begin in the first semester of attendance. Students who were undecided and failed to begin mathematics by their second term may encounter great difficulty in completing the transfer program of study in chemistry in four semesters - summer terms and/or additional semesters will be required.