Discover the Chemistry Curriculum
Chemistry at USD provides a strong foundation in the principles and practices of modern chemistry within the framework of a liberal arts education. Our program is certified by the American Chemical Society (ACS), a national organization that develops and administers guidelines defining high-quality undergraduate programs. The major is designed to give students both the theoretical bases of the discipline and extensive hands-on experience testing theories in the laboratory. We also offer courses that fulfill the science and technology portion of the core curriculum requirements.
Major
Chemistry majors earn an ACS-certified degree. Students have opportunities to take advanced, "special topics" courses, including NMR spectroscopy, environmental, computational and medicinal chemistry and more.
Minor
The chemistry minor provides foundational offerings in chemistry concepts and a range of elective courses.
Explore Chemistry Courses
Read descriptions of our current chemistry courses on our Courses page!Not all courses offered below will be available every semester. Make sure to check course offerings on the registration portal for each upcoming semester.
Program Requirements
Each student declares their major(s) and minor(s) under a single catalog of record that is identified on the student's degree audit (available on Degree Works).
The program requirements below are based on the current course catalog and may not be applicable if a student is declared in an earlier catalog.
Find all previous course catalogs under on our Archived Catalogs of Record page.
59.5 units
Major
18 units
Minor
Major unit estimates include preparation for the major course units as well as major requirements.
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