Academic Catalog - Chemistry AS
Degree & Course Information
An associate degree in Chemistry can be the first step toward many professional roles, including food chemist, pharmaceutical sales representative, quality control manager, and toxicologist. This degree is transferable to universities offering a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.
Students should work closely with their advisor and contact their transfer institution choices for more specific transfer information.
The first year of a Chemistry program will include math and English courses to meet general education requirements. The completion of introductory math and English courses in your first year is proven to greatly increase the likelihood of crossing the graduation stage, boosting your momentum along the academic pathway you select. Other general education courses on your pathway will cover topics in Arts and Humanities, History, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Natural and Physical Sciences.
Program-specific courses may begin as soon as your first semester. These courses will become more advanced as you move along your degree pathway. Through this sequence of courses, your knowledge of chemical processes and experimentation practices will grow and deepen. Coursework will include Calculus, Calculus-Based Physics, and Organic Chemistry. After completing a 60-credit associate degree, your degree pathway can continue with guaranteed transfer to a college that offers bachelor’s degrees.
Chemistry – AS (60 credits)
Required Courses that Fulfill General Education Requirements (30 Credit Hours) |
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Credit Hours | Course Number and Title | |
(Written) Communication | 6 | A GT Pathways-approved CO1 course (GT-CO1) and a GT Pathways-approved CO2 course (GT-CO2) OR A GT Pathways-approved CO2 course (GT-CO2) and a GT Pathways approved CO3 course (GT-CO3) |
Mathematics | 5 | MAT 2410 Calculus I |
Arts & Humanities | 6 | Two GT Pathways Arts & Humanities courses (GT-AH1, GT- AH2, GTAH3, GT-AH4) |
History | 3 | One GT Pathways History course (GT-HI1) |
Social & Behavioral Sciences | 6 | Two GT Pathways Social & Behavioral Sciences course (GT-SS1, GT-SS2, GT-SS3) |
Natural & Physical Sciences | 5 | CHE 1111 General College Chemistry I w/Lab |
5 | CHE 1112 General College Chemistry II w/Lab |
Additional Required Courses & Electives (30 Credit Hours) |
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Credit Hours | Course Number and Title |
5 | MAT 2420 Calculus II |
4 | MAT2430 Calculus III OR MAT 2431 Calculus III w/Engineering Applications (GT-MA1) |
5 | PHY 2111 Physics: Calculus-based I w/Lab (GT-SC1) |
5 | PHY 2112 Physics: Calculus-based II w/Lab (GT-SC1) |
5 | **CHE 2111 Organic Chemistry I w/Lab |
5 | **CHE 2112 Organic Chemistry II w/Lab |
- This statewide transfer articulation agreement in Chemistry does not fulfill requirements for the GT Pathways general education curriculum or the Associate of Science degree prior to transfer; however, this agreement does guarantee a student, if admitted, junior standing and completion of the baccalaureate degree within an additional 60 semester hours at the receiving institution.
- Completion of the receiving institution’s lower division general education requirements is fulfilled only under the condition that one GT Pathways-approved course in arts and humanities (AH1, AH2, AH3, or AH4) and one GT Pathways-approved course in social and behavioral sciences (SS1, SS2, or SS3) are successfully completed at the receiving institution within the first 30 hours or 12 calendar months.
- Students transferring to a four-year college/university under this Chemistry agreement are encouraged to ‘reverse’ transfer the one GT Pathways course in arts and humanities and the one GT Pathways course in social and behavioral sciences (Note #2 above) back to their community college in order to complete the GT Pathways general education program and to earn their Associate of Science degree with a Chemistry designation.
**Lecture and laboratory portions of Organic Chemistry, CHE 2111/ 211 and CHE 2112/212, must not be taken in an online delivery format.
*Students are required to reverse transfer one Arts & Humanities and one Social & Behavioral Science to successfully complete an Associate of Science degree with a Chemistry designation at Otero.
*If a student should need to take remedial and/or pre-requisite courses they are not included in this degree plan.
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Adams State University
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Colorado Mesa University
[B.S. Biological Sciences; Biology concentration]
Colorado State University-Ft Collins
[B.S. Biological Sciences]
Colorado State University-Pueblo
[B.S. Biology]
Fort Lewis College
[B.S. Biology; General Biology option]
Metropolitan State University of Denver
[B.S. Biology]
University of Colorado Boulder
[B.A. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology]
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
[B.S. Biology]
University of Colorado Denver
[B.S. Biology]
University of Northern Colorado
[B.S. Biological Sciences; Cell & Molecular Biology, Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology, Pre-Health & Biomedical Sciences emphases]
Western Colorado University
[B.A. Biology; Cell Biology/Pre-medicine, Environmental Biology &
Ecology, General Biology, Pre-allied Health emphases]