Program Overview

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Chemistry & Law, Technology and Culture - B.S.

The Chemistry & Law, Technology and Culture - B.S. program is a 131-credit degree that combines the study of chemistry with law, technology, and culture.

Plan of Study Grid

The plan of study grid outlines the required courses for each semester:

• First Year:
  • 1st Semester:
    • CHEM 125: General Chemistry I (3 credits)
    • CHEM 125A: General Chemistry Lab I (1 credit)
    • MATH 111: Calculus I (4 credits)
    • BNFO 135: Programming for Bioinformatics (3 credits)
    • ENGL 101: English Composition: Introduction to Academic Writing (3 credits)
    • FYS SEM: First-Year Student Seminar (0 credits)
  • 2nd Semester:
    • CHEM 126: General Chemistry II (3 credits)
    • CHEM 126A: General Chemistry Lab II (1 credit)
    • MATH 112: Calculus II (4 credits)
    • PHYS 111: Physics I (3 credits)
    • PHYS 111A: Physics I Lab (1 credit)
    • ENGL 102: English Composition: Introduction to Writing for Research (3 credits)
• Second Year:
  • 1st Semester:
    • CHEM 222: Analytical Chemistry (3 credits)
    • CHEM 243: Organic Chemistry I (3 credits)
    • PHYS 121: Physics II (3 credits)
    • PHYS 121A: Physics II Lab (1 credit)
    • MATH 211: Calculus III A (3 credits)
    • History and Humanities GER 200 level (3 credits)
  • 2nd Semester:
    • CHEM 221: Analytical Chemical Methods (2 credits)
    • CHEM 244: Organic Chemistry II (3 credits)
    • CHEM 244A: Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (2 credits)
    • CHEM 210: Frontiers in Chemistry (1 credit)
    • MATH 222: Differential Equations (4 credits)
    • STS 300: Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Technology (3 credits)
• Third Year:
  • 1st Semester:
    • CHEM 473: Biochemistry (3 credits)
    • CHEM 231: Physical Chemistry I (3 credits)
    • EPS 202: Society, Technology, and the Environment (3 credits)
    • HIST 369: Law and Society in History (3 credits)
    • Technical Elective (3 credits)
  • 2nd Semester:
    • CHEM 235: Physical Chemistry II (3 credits)
    • CHEM 412: Inorganic Chemistry (3 credits)
    • CHEM 480: Instrumental Analysis (2 credits)
    • EVSC 335: Environmental Law (3 credits)
    • Technical Elective (3 credits)
• Fourth Year:
  • 1st Semester:
    • CHEM 336: Quantum Chemistry (3 credits)
    • CHEM 339: Physical Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits)
    • CHEM 340: Chemistry of Materials (3 credits)
    • CHEM 491: Research and Independent Study I (3 credits)
    • LTC Core Elective (3 credits)
    • MATH 225: Survey of Probability and Statistics (1 credit)
  • 2nd Semester:
    • HSS 404: Humanities, History and Social Sciences Senior Seminar (3 credits)
    • R790 382: Environm Pol & Policy (3 credits)
    • Technical Elective (3 credits)
    • Technical Elective (3 credits)
    • Technical Elective (3 credits)
• Fifth Year:
  • 1st Semester:
    • HIST 310: Co-op in Law, Technology, Culture and History I (3 credits)
    • MGMT 290: Business Law I (3 credits)
    • LTC Core Elective (3 credits)
    • Technical Elective (3 credits)

Course List

The following courses are part of the program:

• Legal Foundations Electives:
  • HIST 342: Civil Rights Revolution and Law (3 credits)
  • HIST 361: The Founding of the American Nation (3 credits)
  • HIST 362: Sex, Gender, and the Law in American History (3 credits)
  • HIST 364: American Law in the World (3 credits)
  • HIST 369: Law and Society in History (3 credits)
  • HIST 395: Research Methods in Law and Society (3 credits)
  • MGMT 290: Business Law I (3 credits)
  • STS 300: Legal Reasoning, Writing, and Technology (3 credits)
  • R790 304: Intro Law And Legal Res (3 credits)
• LTC Core Electives:
  • EVSC 335: Environmental Law (3 credits)
  • HIST 320: Law and Evidence (3 credits)
  • HIST 338: Environmental Justice and Climate Change in America (3 credits)
  • HIST 370: Legal issues in the History of Media (3 credits)
  • HIST 375: Legal Issues in Environmental History (3 credits)
  • HIST 378: Medicine and Health Law in Modern America (3 credits)
  • HIST 384: Invention and Regulation (3 credits)
  • IE 447: Legal Aspects of Engineering (3 credits)
  • IT 331: Privacy and Information Technology (3 credits)
  • IT 332: Digital Crime (3 credits)
  • IT 400: Information Technology and the Law (3 credits)
  • R790 382: Environm Pol & Policy (3 credits)

Notes

• Students who do not place initially into Math 111 must take the prerequisite(s) first and catch up to the math sequence as soon as possible.
• CS 113 is also acceptable, but it has a pre-requisite of CS 100, adding 3 more credits unless AP or transfer credit is obtained.
• 33 credits of the courses must be taken at NJIT, Rutgers-Newark, or Essex County College by all students.
• This course satisfies 3 credits of the Legal Foundations Elective.
• Course must satisfy the 300 History and Humanities GER.
• This course satisfies the Social Science GER.
• This course satisfies 3 credits of the LTC Core Electives.
• Must be an approved law-related HSS 404 History Seminar.
• Students may take a History Research Seminar (HIST 490 or R510 490) instead of HIST 310 with the approval of the LTC advisor. Student projects in the history research seminar must be law-related.