Minor in Chemistry and Biochemistry

The School of Chemistry and Biochemistry provides many courses that are of interest to students from the Schools of Biological Sciences, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering, and students pursuing pre-health requirements. The Minor in Chemistry and Biochemistry provides a structured means to enhance chemical knowledge and a multi-disciplinary approach to problem-solving. Documentation of the additional courses may benefit students as they enter a competitive, global, and diverse workforce.

The minor is likely to be attractive to students applying to medical, pharmacy, dental, and graduate schools.

 All students must meet Institute minor requirements

Required courses: 1,2,3
CHEM 2311Organic Chemistry I3
CHEM 2312Organic Chemistry II 73
or CHEM 2313 Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
CHEM 3511Survey of Biochemistry 63
or CHEM 4511 Biochemistry I
or CHEM 3521 Biochemistry I
Select six (6) credit hours 86
Total Credit Hours15
1

The Chemistry and Biochemistry minor must comprise at least 15 semester hours, of which at least 9 semester hours are upper-division coursework (numbered 3000 or above).

2

No more than 3 semester hours of Special Topics courses may be included in the minimum 15 hours of a minor program.

3

All courses counting toward the minor must be completed with an overall average of at least 2.0.  Six of these credit hours must be taken in residence at Georgia Tech

4

All courses counting toward the minor must be completed with on letter-grade basis.

5

Courses used to satisfy Core IMPACTS Areas in a student’s degree program may not be used in satisfying the course requirements for a minor. 

6

Credit only allowed for one of CHEM 3511, CHEM 4511, and CHEM 3521

7

Credit not allowed for both CHEM 2312 and CHEM 2313

8

Any 3000/4000-level CHEM course except CHEM 3211, CHEM 3216, CHEM 3216L, CHEM 3371, CHEM 3481, CHEM 4581, CHEM 4582, CHEM 4601, CHEM 4695, CHEM 4699, CHEM 4801, CHEM 4802.