Chemistry Departmental Honors

Please contact the Chemistry Department for advisement and permission prior to enrolling in Honors courses.

Program Prerequisite: Enroll in the General Honors Program and complete 9 hours of General Honors courses.
Grade Requirements: Maintain an overall GPA of 3.3.
Credit Hour Requirements: Fulfill requirements for either Option 1 or Option 2 of the departmental major, of which at least 12 hours must be completed on an Honors basis.

Please refer to the Honors Program section of the WSU Catalog.

A student may receive Chemistry Honors credit in the following courses:

CHEM 1210 PS - Principles of Chemistry I Credits: (5)
CHEM 1220 - Principles of Chemistry II Credits: (5)
CHEM 2310 - Organic Chemistry I Credits: (4) and
CHEM 2315 - Organic Chemistry I Lab Credits: (1)
CHEM 2320 - Organic Chemistry II Credits: (4) and
CHEM 2325 - Organic Chemistry II Lab Credits: (1)
CHEM 3000 - Quantitative Analysis Credits: (4)
CHEM 3050 - Instrumental Analysis Credits: (4)
CHEM 3070 - Biochemistry I Credits: (4)
CHEM 3080 - Biochemistry II Credits: (3)
CHEM 3090 - Biochemical Techniques Credits: (1)
CHEM 3410 - Physical Chemistry I Credits: (4)
CHEM 3420 - Physical Chemistry II Credits: (4)
CHEM 4540 - Spectrometric and Separation Methods Credits: (4)
CHEM 4600 - Inorganic Chemistry Credits: (4)
CHEM 4700 - Special Topics in Chemistry Credits: (1-3)
CHEM 4710 - Chemical Preparations Credits: (1-3)
CHEM 4800 - Research and Independent Study in Chemistry Credits: (1-3)
CHEM 4990 - Senior Seminar Credits: (1)

Additional Information:

In addition, complete a Chemistry Honors Senior Project in CHEM 4800 for a minimum of 2 hours (credit received in CHEM 4800 may count as part of the required 12 hours).

A written agreement should be reached with the appropriate professor regarding the work expected for Honors credit. This written contract must include regularly scheduled sessions with the professor. In addition, students will be required to complete a project associated with the course. Projects for each chemistry course (other than CHEM 4800 ) will generally require about 10 hours of productive effort. For CHEM 4800 , each credit hour will generally require about 45 hours of productive effort as well as a formal written report. The following are suggestions for the type of project but other may be agreed upon by the student and the professor:

The Honors student will do extra reading or a literature search and write a paper.
The Honors student will perform additional laboratory experiments and write a paper.
The Honors student will perform a research project and write a report.
The Honors student will present an oral report to a class or other appropriate group.