| Department of Chemistry | Princeton University |
| The Undergraduate Program: Programs of Study | |
| The department provides two plans of study for chemistry concentrators. Plan A is intended for students who wish a background for graduate study in chemistry. Plan B is more flexible and is suitable for premedical students, those with a broad interdisciplinary professional interest in chemistry (such as chemical physics and geochemistry), those planning a career in secondary school science teaching, and those who do not want to go into a scientific profession but who desire a background of undergraduate training in science.
Plan A Students must take Chemistry 303, 304, 305, 306 or 406, 307 or 308, 371 or 372. As many of these courses as possible should be completed by the end of the junior year so that the senior year is relatively free for more advanced courses and independent research. Chemistry 371 or 372 are normally taken in the junior year. General University regulations require that before graduation students take eight courses, designated as departmental courses, in their field of concentration. Normally two of these are taken in each of four upperclass terms. A chemistry concentrator may, with the approval of the departmental representative, use one or more non-introductory courses from other science departments, mathematics, and engineering as departmental courses. An understanding of chemistry requires a thorough background in physics and mathematics. Students majoring in chemistry should obtain a broad background in these subjects. This is especially important for Plan A students. In general it is desirable to take courses in mathematics at least through intermediate calculus. Advanced courses in electricity and magnetism, mechanics, and atomic physics are valuable and may be taken as departmental courses.
Plan B Students must take four 300-, 400-, or 500-numbered courses in chemistry as departmental courses. The remaining four of the eight departmental courses required by the general University regulations can be either in chemistry or in a cognate scientific area related to the student's overall interests (biochemistry, engineering, geology, mathematics, molecular biology, or physics). The student must take at least one term of organic, physical, inorganic, and experimental chemistry. The departmental examination at the end of senior year will cover fields of analytical-inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.
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