State Mandated Common Course Prerequisites

Students desiring to transfer to USF should complete an A.A. degree at a Florida College System institution. If students transfer with fewer than 60 semester hours of acceptable credit, the students must meet the University's entering freshman requirements including ACT or SAT test scores, GPA, and course requirements. Transfer students are also required to comply with the immunization, foreign language, and continuous enrollment policies of the university.

There are no State Mandated Common Prerequisites for this program. Students are encouraged to complete as many of the following courses as possible, during the program of study at the community college, and when feasible in General Education and State Communication Requirement (formerly known as Gordon Rule Writing) and State Computation Requirement (formerly known as Gordon Rule Math) courses. Unless stated otherwise, a grade of "C" is the minimum acceptable grade.

• Biology I and II (BSC 2010, BSC 2010L, BSC 2011, BSC 2011L)
• Calculus I and II (MAC 2241 and MAC 2242 or MAC 2311 and MAC 2312 or MAC 2281 and MAC 2282)
• General Chemistry I and II (CHM 2045, CHM 2045L, CHM 2046, CHM 2046L)
• General Physics (PHY 2053, PHY 2053L, PHY 2054, PHY 2054L) or (PHY 2048, PHY 2048L, PHY 2049, PHY 2049L)
• Introduction to Physical Geology and History of Life (GLY 2010, GLY 2000L, GLY 2100, GLY 2100L)

Total Major Hours: 62-64 Hours

Major Core Courses - 38-40 Hours

Tier 1
Two introductory courses in each of the five (5) natural sciences areas: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology. Choose from the following courses:

• Mathematics Courses:
  • MAC 2241 Life Sciences Calculus I
    • *MAC 2311 and MAC 2312 are also acceptable for the major.
  • MAC 2242 Life Sciences Calculus II or STA 2023 Introductory Statistics I
    • *MAC 2281 and MAC 2282 are also acceptable for the major.
• Biology Courses:
  • BSC 2010 Cellular Processes
  • BSC 2010L Cellular Processes Laboratory
  • BSC 2011 Biodiversity
  • BSC 2011L Biodiversity Laboratory
• Chemistry Courses:
  • CHM 2045 General Chemistry I
  • CHM 2045L General Chemistry I Laboratory
  • CHM 2046 General Chemistry II
  • CHM 2046L General Chemistry II Laboratory
• Geology Courses: 
  • GLY 2010 Dynamic Earth: Introduction to Physical Geology
  • GLY 2000L Essentials of Geology Laboratory
  • GLY 2100 History of Life
  • GLY 2100L History of Life Laboratory
• Physics Courses:
  • PHY 2053 General Physics I and PHY 2053L General Physics I Laboratory
  • PHY 2054 General Physics II and PHY 2054L General Physics II Laboratory 
    • PHY 2048 General Physics I - Calculus Based and PHY 2048L General Physics I - Calculus Based Laboratory and PHY 2049 General Physics II - Calculus Based and PHY 2049L General Physics II - Calculus Based Laboratory are also accepted for this major

Major Elective Courses - 24 Hours

Tier 2

Students are required to complete a minimum total of 24 credit hours. A minimum of 6 credit hours of structured, upper-level (3000-level or higher) courses in three of the five natural sciences areas is required. The remaining six credits of upper-level courses can be taken in any of the three Tier 2 Natural Science areas that the student has selected. All Tier 2 courses in the sciences will be selected by the individual student, but must be chosen from the list of courses approved for department major credit.

Optional Accelerated Program

B.S./M.A.T. Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences/Science Education

Accelerated B.S. in Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences and M.A.T. in Science Education

This program intends for students to complete a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences (College of Arts and Sciences) and M.A.T. in Science Education (College of Education) over the span of five years. Students completing this program will be eligible for high school and/or middle school science teacher certification. Completion of this program requires students to complete 12 credit hours toward the M.A.T. in Science Education during their senior year in the Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences major.

Additional Major Information

Major Advising

Department of Chemistry Advising: chemadvise@usf.edu or http://chemistry.usf.edu/advising/.

Major Faculty

Chairperson and Professor: W.C. Guida; Associate Chairperson and Associate Professor: A. van der Vaart; Distinguished University Professor Emeritus: D.F. Martin; Emeritus Professors: J.C. Davis, Jr., J.E. Fernandez, L. Mandell, R.M. O’Malley, G. Solomons; Professors: B.J. Baker, J. Cai, J.P. Harmon, M.D. Johnston, J. Leahy, J.E. Lewis, X. Li, G.G. Meisels, D.J. Merkler, L. Ming, R. Potter, B. Space, E. Turos; Associate Professors: K.S. Bisht, J.R. Del Valle, S. Ma, A. Malik, X. Shi, L. Woodcock; Assistant Professors: T. Evans-Nguyen, I. Gelis, S. Lewis, J. Raker, D. Rogers; Research Associate Professor: M. Acevedo-Duncan; Research Assistant Professors: L. Calcul, E. Rivera, L. Wojtas; Instructors: L. Anderson, D. Cruz-Ramírez de Arellano, K. Daniel, K. Fields, U. Kulatunga, S.T. Weldegirma, R. Zhang.