Minor Curriculum

Requirements for CPM Minor

Required credits: 16

Required Courses:
CPM 474 Applied Polymer Science 3 Every Fall
CPM 475 Coatings' Materials Science 3 Every Spring

Select at least one lab course from the following:
CPM 483 Polymer Practicum 2 Every Spring
CPM 484 Coatings I Lab 2 Every Fall
CPM 485 Coatings II Lab 2 Every Fall
CPM 487 Corrosion & Materials Lab 1 Every Spring


Elective Courses: Select credits from the following. Additional lab courses from
the list above may also be included for a total of 16 credits.

CHEM 240 Survey of Organic Chemistry 3
CHEM 341 Organic Chemistry I 3
CHEM 341L Organic Chemistry I Lab 1
CHEM 342 Organic Chemistry II 3
CHEM 342L Organic Chemistry II Lab 1
CPM 436 Biopolymers and Biocomposites 3 Even Years Fall
CPM 472 Environment and Chemical Industries 2 Odd Years Fall
CPM 473 Polymer Synthesis 3 Every Fall
CPM 486 Corrosion & Materials 3 Every Spring
CPM 494 Individual Study 1-3 Any semester

Notes:
If any CHEM courses are required for the major degree, then they cannot count toward the minor.
Chemistry majors completing the CPM minor are required to take CPM 473.
CHEM 353 and 354 can be subsituted for CHEM 341L and 342L.
For the CPM Minor, a student cannot get credit for both CHEM 240 and CHEM 341/342.

Flowchart for CPM Minor