List of Technical Electives
B.S. Degree: For the B.S. degree, two semesters of Chemistry, Science, Engineering or Math electives are required. Broadly speaking, these are any 3 credit or more lecture courses, sophomore (200) level or higher in a technical area other than chemistry. Required courses such as the math sequence cannot be used as technical electives. Both semesters need not be in the same area, although a two semester sequence is a common choice.
B.A. Degree: For the B.A. degree, three semesters of courses chosen from this list are required. They can be chemistry and non-chemistry. If there is a course that you think will fulfill this requirement and it is not listed here, please contact the Undergraduate Director for permission to use the course.
Listed below are some of the more popular choices for technical electives. Other courses such as upper level Chemistry courses can be used with the prior permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. See the Undergraduate Catalog for complete course descriptions and prerequisites.
This is a partial list of courses that have been used in the past. If there is a course that you would like to use as a technical elective and it is not listed here, contact the Undergraduate Office for approval BEFORE REGISTERING FOR THE COURSE.
Anthropology:
- APY345—Comparative Primate Anatomy
Biochemical Pharmacology:
- BCP302—Introduction to Pharmacology
- BCP405—Principles of Pharmacology
Biochemistry:
- BCH403—Principles of Biochemistry
Biological Sciences:
- All 200 level and above Biology lecture courses will fulfill the technical elective requirement
Biophysics:
- BPH303—Principles of Biophysics
Chemical Engineering:
- All 200 level and above Chemical Engineering lecture courses will fulfill the technical elective requirement.
Computer Science:
- All 200 level and above Computer Science lecture courses will fulfill the technical elective requirement.
Engineering & Applied Sciences (EAS):
- All 200 level and above Engineering & Applied Sciences lecture courses will fulfill the technical elective requirement.
Geography:
- GEO200—The Ocean World
- GEO201—Disasters: A Study of Hazards
- GEO347—Climatic Geomorphology
- GEO348—Landform Development
- GEO352—Introduction to Soils
- GEO355—Landscape Ecology
Geological Sciences:
- GLY205—Mineralogy, Geochemistry & Petrology I
- GLY206—Mineralogy, Geochemistry & Petrology II
- GLY215—Soft Rock I: Sedimentology
- GLY216—Soft Rock II: Paleontology & Stratigraphy
Mathematics:
- MTH241—College Calculus III (ONLY FOR THE BA PROGRAM)
- All 200 level and above mathematics lecture courses will fulfill the technical elective requirement, however, a student cannot, for example, use MTH242 as an advanced math course (BS program) and as a technical elective. In other words, taking the course once will not fulfill two requirements.
Medicinal Chemistry:
- MCH300—Herbs and Photomedicinals
- MCH311—The Chemistry of Drug Action
- MCH401—Molecular Structure and Reaction Mechanisms in Medicinal Chemistry
- MCH403—Mechanisms of Drug Action
- MCH427—Combinatorial Chemistry
Physics:
- All 200 level and above Physics lecture courses will fulfill the technical elective except for PHY311.
Physiology:
- PGY300—Human Physiology
- PGY4??
Psychology:
- PSY207—Psychological Statistics
Statistics:
- STA401—Probability
- STA402—Statistical

