Undergraduate Program

Department of Chemistry Princeton University

The Undergraduate Program:

Advanced Placement

Since a relatively small number of secondary school students take the Chemistry Advanced Placement Examination, other criteria are used in addition to that examination: performance on the chemistry, physics, and mathematics CEEB achievement tests, and a departmental placement examination given during freshman orientation week. Students qualified for one unit of advanced placement can be assigned to 205 Advanced General Chemistry -- Honors Course. A student who received an Advanced Placement Examination score of 5 qualifies for two units of advanced placement and can be assigned to Chemistry 303 or 305. One term of advanced placement satisfies the B.S.E. chemistry requirement

Prerequisites

Before entering the department on either Plan A or Plan B the student should have taken the following:

A course in general chemistry, such as Chemistry 201, 202, or 203, 204, or the equivalent (such as advanced standing in chemistry at secondary school).
A course in general physics, such as Physics 101, 102, or 103,104, or the equivalent (such as advanced standing in physics at secondary school).
A knowledge of differential and integral calculus, such as Mathematics 104 or the equivalent.

Students who plan to enter the department are urged to fulfill as many of these requirements as possible in their freshman year. The sophomore program of prospective chemistry concentrators should include Chemistry 303, 304, or 306, taken no later than junior year. Premedical students should not defer 303, 304 to their senior year.

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	The Undergraduate Program:
	Advanced Placement
	Since a relatively small number of secondary school students take the Chemistry Advanced Placement Examination, other criteria are used in addition to that examination: performance on the chemistry, physics, and mathematics CEEB achievement tests, and a departmental placement examination given during freshman orientation week. Students qualified for one unit of advanced placement can be assigned to 205 Advanced General Chemistry -- Honors Course. A student who received an Advanced Placement Examination score of 5 qualifies for two units of advanced placement and can be assigned to Chemistry 303 or 305. One term of advanced placement satisfies the B.S.E. chemistry requirement
	Prerequisites
	Before entering the department on either Plan A or Plan B the student should have taken the following: A course in general chemistry, such as Chemistry 201, 202, or 203, 204, or the equivalent (such as advanced standing in chemistry at secondary school). A course in general physics, such as Physics 101, 102, or 103,104, or the equivalent (such as advanced standing in physics at secondary school). A knowledge of differential and integral calculus, such as Mathematics 104 or the equivalent. Students who plan to enter the department are urged to fulfill as many of these requirements as possible in their freshman year. The sophomore program of prospective chemistry concentrators should include Chemistry 303, 304, or 306, taken no later than junior year. Premedical students should not defer 303, 304 to their senior year.