For a general description of the Minor Program, refer to the MIT Course Bulletin’s information on Minors and for general guidelines refer to the information on Declaring a Minor from the Registrar’s Office. A minor in chemistry can be earned by completing 72 units in Chemistry.
Required Subjects
- 5.03 Principles of Inorganic Chemistry I
- 5.12 Organic Chemistry I
- 5.310 Laboratory Chemistry*
- 5.601 Thermodynamics I
- 5.602 Thermodynamics II and Kinetics
Elective Subjects (select 24 units of the following):
- 5.04 Principles of Inorganic Chemistry II
- 5.07 Introduction to Biological Chemistry**
- 5.08 Fundamentals of Chemical Biology
- 5.13 Organic Chemistry II
- Module 4 (5.361) Recombinant DNA Technology
- Module 5 (5.362) Cancer Drug Efficacy
- Module 6 (5.363) Organic Structure Determination
- Module 7 (5.371) Continuous Flow Chemistry: Sustainable Conversion of Reclaimed Vegetable Oil into Biodiesel
- Module 8 (5.372) Chemistry of Renewable Energy
- Module 9 (5.373) Dinitrogen Cleavage
- 5.43 Advanced Organic Chemistry
- 5.611 Introduction to Spectroscopy
- 5.612 Electronic Structure of Molecules
- 5.62 Physical Chemistry
*The combination of Module 1 (5.351), Module 2 (5.352), and Module 3 (5.353) will also be accepted in place of 5.310
** 7.05 will also be accepted in place of 5.07
Declaring a Minor in Chemistry
Contact
For administrative information about the Chemistry Minor Program, contact:
Madavin Vong
mvong@mit.edu
Room 6-205 x3-7271
For academic information about the Chemistry Minor Program, contact:
Professor Keith Nelson
kanelson@mit.edu
Room 6-235, 617-253-1423