Department of Physical Sciences
Physical Sciences Major/Chemistry Option
AUM Courses
AL. College System Equivalents
AREA I: Written Composition (6SH) (SH= Semester Hours)
___ ENGL 1010 English Composition I
ENG 101
___ ENGL 1017 English Composition I, Honors
NO EQUIVALENT
___ ENGL 1020 English Composition II
ENG 102
___ ENGL 1027 English Composition II, Honors
NO EQUIVALENT
AREA II: Humanities and Fine Arts (14SH)
Students must complete a 6SH sequence in Literature or History
Students must complete at least 3SH in Literature
___ ENGL 2530 Survey of English Literature I
ENG 261
___ ENGL 2540 Survey of English Literature II
ENG 262
___ ENGL 2570 Survey of American Literature I
ENG 251
___ ENGL 2580 Survey of American Literature II
ENG 252
___ ENGL 2600 Survey of Literature of the Western World I
ENG 271
___ ENGL 2610 Survey of Literature of the Western World II
ENG 272
Students must complete a 3SH course in Fine Arts
___ MUSI 2110 Music Appreciation
MUS 101
___ THEA 2040 Theatre Appreciation
THR 120, THR 126
___ VISU 1000 Art Appreciation
ART 100
___ VISU 2030 Art History I
ART 203
___ VISU 2040 Art History II
ART 204
The remaining hours in AREA II should be taken from the following:
___ COMM 1010 Introduction to Human Communication*
SPH 106
___ COMM 2212 Public Speaking
SPH 107
___ FREN 1010 Elementary French I
FRN 101
___ FREN 1020 Elementary French II
FRN 102
___ FREN 2010 Intermediate French I
FRN 201
___ FREN 2020 Intermediate French II
FRN 202
___ GERM 1010 Elementary German I
GRN 101
___ GERM 1020 Elementary German II
GRN 102
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___ GERM 2010 Intermediate German I
GRN 201
___ GERM 2020 Intermediate German II
GRN 202
___ SPAN 1010 Elementary Spanish I
SPN 101
___SPAN 1020 Elementary Spanish II
SPN 102
___ SPAN 2010 Intermediate Spanish I
SPN 201
___ SPAN 2020 Intermediate Spanish II
SPN 202
___ PHIL 2000 Reasoning and Critical Thinking
NO EQUIVALENT
___ PHIL 2010 Introduction to Philosophy
PHL 106
___ PHIL 2100 Applied Ethics
PHL 206
AREA III: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (11-12SH)
Students must complete the following:
___ CHEM 1100/1101 General Chemistry I/Lab
CHM 111
___ CHEM 1200/1201 General Chemistry II/Lab
CHM 112
___ MATH 1610 Calculus I
MTH 125
AREA IV: History, Social Sciences, & Behavioral Sciences (12SH)
Students must complete a 6SH sequence in Literature or History
Students must complete at least 3SH in History
___ HIST 1010 World History I
HIS 101, HIS 121
___ HIST 1017 World History I, Honors
NO EQUIVALENT
___ HIST 1020 World History II
HIS 102, HIS 122
___ HIST 1027 World History II, Honors
NO EQUIVALENT
___ HIST 2010 U.S. History to 1877
HIS 201
___ HIST 2020 U.S. History from 1877
HIS 202
The remaining hours in Area IV should be taken from the list below:
___ ANTH 2110 Cultural Anthropology
ANT 200
___ ECON 2010 Economics I
ECO 232
___ ECON 2020 Economics II
ECO 231
___ GEOG 2050 Geography of World regions
GEO 100
___ GEOG 2150 Cultural Geography
NO EQUIVALENT
___ POLS 2020 Institutions of American State & National Gov.
POL 211
___ PSYC 2110 General Introductory Psychology
PSY 200
___ SOCI 2000 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 200
___SOCI 2007 Introduction to Sociology, Honors
NO EQUIVALENT
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AREA V: Major & Elective Courses
Students must take the following courses:
___ PHYS 2100/2101 General Physics I/Lab
PHY 201
___ PHYS 2200/2201 General Physics II/Lab
PHY 202
___ MATH 1610 Calculus I
MTH 125
___ MATH 2670 Elementary Statistics
MTH 265
THE FOLLOWING COURSES MUST BE TAKEN AT AUM
Students must take each of the following courses:
___ CHEM 3100/3101 Organic Chemistry I/Lab
___ CHEM 3200/3201 Organic Chemistry II/Lab
___ CHEM 4980 Research in Chemistry
___ PSCI 4970 Senior Seminar
Students must complete an additional 16SH of approved chemistry courses from the following:
CHEM 2103 Quantitative Analysis
CHEM 2300/2301 Survey of Organic Chemistry/Lab
CHEM 3300/3301 Biochemistry/Lab
CHEM 4100/4101 Physical Chemistry I/Lab
CHEM 4200/4201 Physical Chemistry II/Lab
CHEM 4303 Instrumental Analysis
Students must complete an additional 6SH of approved math courses from the following:
MATH 1150 Precalculus Algebra and Trigonometry
MATH 1620 Calculus II
MATH 2630 Multivariable Calculus
MATH 2660 Linear Algebra
MATH 2690 Ordinary Differential Equations
Students must take 6SH of approved computer science courses from the following:
CSCI 1000 Survey of Computer Applications and CSCI 2000 Structured Programming I
OR
INFO 2050 Computer Applications in Business and INFO 3000 JAVA I or INFO 3200 C++I
Students must take 25SH of advisor approved electives. Electives may be any course above 1000 level except any MATH
course below MATH 1100, PSCI 1100/1101, PSCI 1500/1501, or BIOL 1050.
Total Semester Hours 120
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