Admissions Requirements

Please note that transfer students seeking to complete an American Chemical Society [ACS] accredited program in Chemistry will need to meet with the Department of Chemistry and seek to complete the Specialized Curriculum in Chemistry after arrival on campus. Due to the nature and makeup of the Specialized Curriculum in Chemistry, time to degree completion for transfer students may likely be extended.

Transfer applicants who have completed more than 6 semesters or 80 hours of coursework are subject to an additional review. Priority is given to students who can complete degree requirements within a total of ten semesters in college (not counting summer sessions).

GPA

It is expected that applicants to this program will have a minimum GPA of 2.7 (A = 4.0).

Coursework

You must complete transfer coursework equivalent to the following University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign courses before or during the term you’re submitting your application:

Sciences and Letters Curriculum

CHEM 102, General Chemistry I and CHEM 103, General Chemistry Lab I
CHEM 104, General Chemistry II and CHEM 105, General Chemistry Lab II
MATH 220, Calculus
MATH 231, Calculus II
RHET 105, Writing and Research (at most institutions, the equivalent requires a two-course English composition sequence)

Specialized Curriculum

CHEM 202, Accelerated Chemistry I and CHEM 203, Accelerated Chemistry Lab I and
CHEM 204, Accelerated Chemistry II and CHEM 205, Accelerated Chemistry Lab II
or CHEM 102, General Chemistry I and CHEM 103, General Chemistry Lab I
CHEM 104, General Chemistry II and CHEM 105, General Chemistry Lab II
MATH 220, Calculus
MATH 231, Calculus II
RHET 105, Writing and Research (at most institutions, the equivalent requires a two-course English composition sequence)

Students who have completed a non-accelerated general chemistry sequence and choose the Specialized Curriculum in Chemistry will enroll in CHEM 222, Quantitative Analysis Lecture and CHEM 223, Quantitative Analysis Lab, after transferring. CHEM 222 and CHEM 223 are optional for the Chemistry major. Students pursuing a Science and Letters Curriculum may complete coursework equivalent to the University of Illinois’ CHEM 102-105 sequence or CHEM 202-205 sequence.

Admissions Recommendations

The transfer equivalent to the University of Illinois’ three-course Calculus sequence (MATH 220, 231 and 241) is highly recommended to be completed prior to transfer.

Coursework

Sciences and Letters Curriculum

Students With 50 or More Transferable Credit Hours at Time of Application

If you’ll apply to Illinois with 50 or more transferable credit hours, we recommend that you complete transfer coursework equivalent to the following University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign courses before or during the term you’re submitting your application:

MATH 241, Calculus III
CHEM 232, Elementary Organic Chemistry I and CHEM 233, Elementary Organic Chem Lab I
or CHEM 236, Fundamental Organic Chem I and CHEM 237, Structure and Synthesis and CHEM 332, Elementary Organic Chem II
or CHEM 236, Fundamental Organic Chem I and CHEM 237, Structure and Synthesis and CHEM 436, Fundamental Organic Chem II

If the Organic Chemistry sequence is not completed by equivalent transfer coursework, time to degree completion for transfer students will likely be extended for this program of study.

Specialized Curriculum

Students With 50 or More Transferable Credit Hours at Time of Application

If you’ll apply to Illinois with 50 or more transferable credit hours, we recommend that you complete transfer coursework equivalent to the following University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign courses before or during the term you’re submitting your application:

MATH 241, Calculus III
CHEM 232, Elementary Organic Chemistry I and CHEM 233, Elem Organic Chem Lab I
or CHEM 236, Fundamental Organic Chem I and CHEM 237, Structure and Synthesis
CHEM 332, Elementary Organic Chem II
or CHEM 436, Fundamental Organic Chem II
PHYS 211, University Physics: Mechanics
PHYS 212, University Physics: Elec & Mag

If the Organic Chemistry sequence is not completed by equivalent transfer coursework, time to degree completion for transfer students will likely be extended for this program of study. Additionally, note that depending on the available courses, the most advanced physics sequence or the one for engineering majors must be followed. If no 3-semester, 12-hour sequence is available for engineering majors, a 2-semester, 10-hour sequence may also be acceptable, provided it includes modern physics.

Due to the unique structure of the Specialized Curriculum in Chemistry, transfer students who enter with 50 or more transferable credit hours completed typically require a total of five or six semesters on our campus to graduate. We believe that this extra semester or two is a worthwhile investment if it maximizes your opportunity for success, and our experience strongly suggests that it does. Students who join us with fewer than 50 credit hours will typically be able to complete their graduation requirements in a more traditional total of four years of college.

Graduation Requirements

To graduate, all students are required to complete at least 45 semester hours of credit at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. At least 21 of these credit hours must be at the 300 or 400 level.

General Education Courses

Included in our graduation requirements are general education (gen ed) courses. These classes allow you to gain and use broad knowledge beyond the specialized learning you’ll do through your major. Learn more about our general education requirements. You may be able to use Transferology to find gen ed courses that will transfer over from your institution to UIUC.

Language Other than English

Although this program doesn’t require you to complete our language graduation requirement for admission, we strongly encourage you do so before transferring.

Learn More About This Major

To learn more about this program, including degree requirements and similar majors, we encourage you to check out the below resources.

Degree Requirements
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