To graduate from Smith College with a certification from the American Chemical Society that your major met all the requirements of that organization, you need to satisfy five major requirements (one is trivial if you are a chemistry major) as indicated in what follows. A typical schedule is available.

1. Complete CHM111 and CHM224 (or CHM118)

2. Take courses in each of the five major areas of chemistry: analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. That is satisfied at Smith by taking:

• Analytical: two out of three from CHM326, CHM336, and CHM346
• Biochemistry: BCH252
• Inorganic: CHM363
• Organic: CHM222
• Physical: CHM332

3. Include a minimum of at least 12 semester hours of in-depth course work. This is satisfied at Smith by taking four from the following list:
BCH352, CHM223, CHM321, CHM328, CHM331, CHM337, CHM338, CHM357, CHM369, CHM395, GEO301.

4. Have a total of 400 hours of laboratory experience. This can be achieved at Smith in many ways. A typical example is as follows: The general chemistry course, the required organic course, and the two lab courses required for the chemistry major totals 215 hours. Two other courses with labs within your program and a one semester special studies will give you more than 400 lab hours.

5. Math and Physics requirements. MTH111 and MTH1112 or MTH114. PHY115 or PHY117 and PHY118 and the accompanying labs.

Possible Schedule for Certification Note that many of the courses can be taken at different times than given here; this is one possible choice.

Possible Schedule to Satisfy ACS Requirements
First Year		Second Year
CHM 111	CHM 222	CHM 223	CHM 224
MTH 111	MTH 112	PHY 117	CHM 326
			PHY 118
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Third Year		Fourth Year
CHM 331	CHM 363	CHM 400/430	CHM 332
CHM Elective	CHM 336	CHM Elective	CHM 430
	BCH 252

Underlined courses have mandatory labs associated with them.