CHM 2045

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General Chemistry 1

3 credits

Offered: Fall, Spring & Summer

Chemistry

Gen Ed: Physical Sciences

Weed-out

Lab component

Atomic structure, stoichiometry, bonding, thermochemistry, and gas laws. One of UF's classic weed-out courses - large lectures and curved exams. Taken with CHM 2045L.

Typical workload: ~10 hrs/week outside class

Do not delay. UF lists this in critical tracking for 25 majors, and 218 courses sit downstream of it in the prerequisite graph. Pushing it back can push back everything behind it.

Why students take this

From UF's official model plans and critical tracking, aggregated by TrackPilot.

Scheduled in 27 of 81 UF model plans, usually in semester 1 (freshman year) and part of critical tracking for 25 majors.

Agricultural Operations Management

Applied Physiology and Kinesiology

Aerospace Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Civil Engineering

Dietetics

Electrical Engineering

Environmental Engineering

+17 more majors

Prerequisites

Chain shows catalog-listed prerequisite courses.

You need one of CHM 1025, CHM 1025, MAC 1147, or MAC 1140 first.

Common alternatives

Courses students weigh against this one (TrackPilot-curated; confirm against your major's requirements).

CHM 2095 · Applied General Chemistry 1

General Chemistry vs the applied engineering variant. Check which one your major's tracking rules list before defaulting to CHM 2045.

Usually taken with

Courses UF model plans put in the same semester as CHM 2045.

What it unlocks

218 courses list this as a prerequisite (directly or downstream).

CHM 2046 · General Chemistry 2

ABE 3652C · Physical and Rheological Properties of Biological Materials

ABE 4655C · Bio-Based Products from Renewable Resources

ANS 3440 · Principles of Animal Nutrition

AOM 4521 · Introduction to Biofuels

BME 2402 · Introduction to Biomolecular Engineering

CHM 2046L · General Chemistry 2 Laboratory

CHM 2051 · Honors General Chemistry 2

CHM 2096 · Applied General Chemistry 2

CHM 2096L · Applied General Chemistry 2 Lab

CHM 4930 · Special Topics

ECH 3023 · Material and Energy Balances

EMA 3010 · Materials

EML 3007 · Elements of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

EML 3100 · Thermodynamics

ENV 3001 · Core 1: Introduction to Environmental Systems

EVS 3000 · Environmental Science 1

EVS 3000L · Environmental Science Laboratory

FOS 4318 · Flavor Chemistry

GLY 4726 · Chemical Oceanography

HSC 4507 · Environmental Toxicology Applications in Public Health

HUN 2201 · Fundamentals of Human Nutrition

MCB 3023 · Principles of Microbiology

MET 4450 · Atmospheric Physics

MET 4500C · Synoptic Meteorology

OTH 3416 · Pathophysiology

PKG 3103 · Food Packaging

SWS 4223 · Environmental Biogeochemistry

SWS 4550 · Soils, Water and Public Health

SWS 4800 · Environmental Soil and Water Monitoring Techniques

+2 more

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Career relevance

Critical for: Physician Assistant (PA)

Critical for: Pharmacy (PharmD)

Fall 2026 sections

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In 27 of 81 model plans

Critical tracking for 25 majors

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