Chemistry Undergraduate Minor

Chemistry provides a strong foundation for careers in medicine and the allied health sciences, and for research and development across fields from plastics to modern materials. The minor lets students build that foundation and pair it with their primary major, without the full commitment of a chemistry degree. 

To declare a major or minor in Chemistry, please fill out a major/minor declaration form. Once completed, please email the form to chemistry@tulane.edu.

For more information on how to declare a major or minor, please click here.

Major Declaration Form

Requesting Transfer Credit

To be considered for credit, the following criteria must be met:

• The department must be ACS certified. (ACS List of Approved Schools)
• The course must last a minimum of five weeks at the host institution.
• The course must be comparable in content to the Tulane course.
• The course must be offered on the semester system.
• Labs must meet in person.

The following materials must be provided when requesting approval:

• Completed Transfer Request Checklist
• Transfer Credit Form from the Academic Advising Center - Complete "Course Information as it will appear on official transcript" section
• Course description from the course catalog
• Current summer school syllabus (Must show dates of course)
• List of experiments done in the labs (If requesting lab credit)
• Documentation of the actual summer dates of the course (if not listed elsewhere)

Transfer Request Checklist

All transfer credit requests must be emailed to chemrequests@tulane.edu* 

This cover sheet MUST be completed and submitted with all transfer credit requests before they will be reviewed.  Incomplete requests with missing materials will not be reviewed.

Download Transfer Request Check List

For further information or transfer credit approvals, contact Professor Mark Sulkes.

*It is the responsibility of the student to check on the status of transfer credit requests.

Credit By Exam

The Department of Chemistry offers the option for students to take a standardized test in order to receive credit for chemistry.  Tests are offered for General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.  Students must score in the 70th percentile or greater to qualify for credit.

This option is available for students wishing to receive credit for the General Chemistry sequence (CHEM 1070/1075 and CHEM 1080/1085) or the Organic Chemistry sequence (CHEM 2410/2415 and CHEM 2420/2415).

For more information about this option, please contact Jessica Stephenson.

There are many opportunities for highly motivated undergraduates to perform research in the Department of Chemistry.  The two main mechanisms for undergraduate research are: 1) Independent Studies, completed for course credit, and; 2) funded, non-credit, based research.  More details are given below. 
 
To find research opportunities, you should begin by reviewing the current research projects of the Chemistry faculty .  Subsequently, make direct inquiries with the faculty member(s) whose research most closely matches yours.  Note that a singular email is not always effective in reaching out to faculty, so do not hesitate to send a follow-up email, or better still, knock on doors and ask if you can make an appointment to talk about the possibilities.