"Chemistry at Krea has enhanced my analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with a deep understanding of scientific concepts that can be applied across various disciplines."
Indulekha Kookal
SIAS Cohort of 2024
The Krea Chemistry course has the required coverage by global and Indian standards of Chemistry education, which will prepare the students for many different career options. However, we have experimented with the order of introducing the concepts, which is a significant departure from existing pedagogy, and is different from the order in which the ideas were developed historically. We have brought quantum mechanics in the beginning of the course and have introduced statistical mechanics before the thermodynamics. The first innovation is to address the common refrain of the students that they do not enjoy inorganic chemistry and the periodic table, while the second innovation is aimed to give an intuitive approach to entropy as a way of counting rather than the abstract and formal way through the heat engines. The third innovative aspect is the aspect of interweaving biology within the Chemistry course. These innovations have been noted and complimented by the external experts. The guiding principles of Krea university pedagogy, e.g., being writing intensive, research-based, and interdisciplinary, are woven into the individual courses.
The learning-outcome based curriculum framework has been designed incorporating the Krea ethos to impart knowledge about Chemistry to Krea undergraduates. The syllabus balances the demands of the interwoven nature of Krea pedagogy and the requirements of a Chemistry major according to Indian and global chemistry curricula. The syllabus represents the requirement for a comprehensive major that ensures that students who graduate from Krea with an undergraduate Chemistry degree can go on to a wide variety of higher learning/career paths.
Chemistry graduation requirements for the three-year and four-year degree programmes:
| Credits needed to earn a Single Major in Chemistry | Credits needed to earn a Double Major in Chemistry | Credits needed to earn a Minor in Chemistry | Credits needed to earn a Concentration in Chemistry | |
| 3-Year Programme | 60 | 48 | 28 | 18 |
| 4-Year Programme | 84 | 64 | 32 | 18 |
Chemistry graduation requirements for the three-year and four-year degree programmes:
| Single Major | Double Major | Minor | Concentration | |||||
| Required | Elective | Required | Elective | Required | Elective | Required | Elective | |
| 3-Year Programme | 52 | 8 | 40 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| 4-Year Programme |
72 (includes a 12- credit required Capstone project) |
12 | 60 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 18 | 0 |
To earn a Chemistry Honours degree in a 4-year UG Programme, a student is required to:
(a) Complete 84 credits worth of Chemistry courses
(b) 72 credits (including the required 12 credits for the Capstone project) must be earned from required Chemistry courses
(c) 12 credits must be earned from Chemistry elective courses
To earn a Double Major of which Chemistry is one of the subjects in a 4-year UG Programme, a student is required to:
(a) Complete 64 credits worth of Chemistry courses
(b) 60 credits must be earned from required Chemistry courses
(c) 4 credits must be earned from Chemistry elective courses
To earn a Chemistry Major degree in a 3-year UG Programme, a student is required to:
(a) Complete 60 credits worth of Chemistry courses
(b) 52 credits must be earned from required Chemistry courses
(c) 8 credits must be earned from Chemistry elective courses
To earn a Double Major of which Chemistry is one of the subjects in a 3-year UG Programme, a student is required to:
(a) Complete 48 credits worth of Chemistry courses
(b) 40 credits must be earned from required Chemistry courses
(c) 8 credits must be earned from Chemistry elective courses
Note: A student doing a 4-year Major / Double Major, or 3-year Major / Double Major can choose to either undertake an 8-credit Capstone project in their third year or complete 8 credits of required courses.
To earn a Minor in Chemistry in a 4-year UG Programme, a student is required to:
(a) Complete 32 credits worth of Chemistry courses
(b) 24 credits must be earned from required Chemistry courses
(c) 8 credits must be earned from Chemistry elective courses
To earn a Minor in Chemistry in a 3-year UG Programme, a student is required to:
(a) Complete 28 credits worth of Chemistry courses
(b) 24 credits must be earned from required Chemistry courses
(c) 4 credits must be earned from Chemistry elective courses
To earn a Concentration in Chemistry in a 4-year/3-Year UG Programme, a student is required to:
(a) Complete 18 credits worth of Chemistry courses
Required Courses for a 4-Year Single Major
| Course CODE and NAME (Required Courses) | Credit |
| CHEM210 – Physics for Chemists and Biologists | 4 |
| CHEM211 – Mathematical Methods | 4 |
| CHEM213 – General Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM215 – Energetics and Kinetics | 4 |
| CHEM206 – Carbon Based Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM208 – Atoms, Molecules and Elements | 4 |
| CHEM207 – General Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM216 – Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy | 4 |
| CHEM217 – Chemistry Across Periodic Table | 4 |
| CHEM218 – Advanced Energetics and Kinetics and Materials | 4 |
| CHEM212 – Inorganic Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM306 – Making Carbon Based Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM220 – Symmetry and Group Theory | 2 |
| CHEM222 – Physical Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM219 – Coordination Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM319 – Organic Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM413 – Organic Synthesis and Estimation Lab | 2 |
| CHEM424 – Instrumental Methods of Analysis | 2 |
| CHEM434 – Programming and Computational Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM490 – Advanced Research (Capstone) | 12 |
| CHEM440 – Seminar | 2 |
| Total Credit | 72 |
Required Courses for a 4-Year Double Major
| Course CODE and NAME (Required Courses) | Credit |
| CHEM210 – Physics for Chemists and Biologists | 4 |
| CHEM211 – Mathematical Methods | 4 |
| CHEM213 – General Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM215 – Energetics and Kinetics | 4 |
| CHEM206 – Carbon Based Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM208 – Atoms, Molecules and Elements | 4 |
| CHEM207 – General Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM216 – Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy | 4 |
| CHEM217 – Chemistry Across Periodic Table | 4 |
| CHEM218 – Advanced Energetics and Kinetics and Materials | 4 |
| CHEM212 – Inorganic Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM306 – Making Carbon Based Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM220 – Symmetry and Group Theory | 2 |
| CHEM222 – Physical Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM219 –Coordination Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM319 – Organic Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM413 – Organic Synthesis and Estimation Lab | 2 |
| CHEM424 – Instrumental Methods of Analysis | 2 |
| CHEM434 – Programming and Computational Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| Total Credit | 60 |
Required Courses for a 3-Year Single Major
| Course CODE and NAME (Required Courses) | Credit |
| CHEM210 – Physics for Chemists and Biologists | 4 |
| CHEM211 – Mathematical Methods | 4 |
| CHEM213 – General Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM215 – Energetics and Kinetics | 4 |
| CHEM206 – Carbon Based Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM208 – Atoms, Molecules and Elements | 4 |
| CHEM207 – General Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM216 – Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy | 4 |
| CHEM217 – Chemistry Across Periodic Table | 4 |
| CHEM218 – Advanced Energetics and Kinetics and Materials | 4 |
| CHEM212 – Inorganic Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM306 – Making Carbon Based Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM220 – Symmetry and Group Theory | 2 |
| CHEM222 – Physical Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM219 – Coordination Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM319 – Organic Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| Total Credit | 52 |
Required Courses for a 3-Year Double Major
| Course CODE and NAME (Required Courses) | Credit |
| CHEM210 – Physics for Chemists and Biologists* | 4 |
| CHEM211 – Mathematical Methods | 4 |
| CHEM213 – General Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM215 – Energetics and Kinetics | 4 |
| CHEM206 – Carbon Based Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM208 – Atoms, Molecules and Elements* | 4 |
| CHEM207 – General Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM216 – Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy | 4 |
| CHEM217 – Chemistry Across Periodic Table | 4 |
| CHEM218 – Advanced Energetics and Kinetics and Materials* | 4 |
| CHEM212 – Inorganic Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM306 – Making Carbon Based Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM220 – Symmetry and Group Theory | 2 |
| CHEM222 – Physical Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM219 – Coordination Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM319 – Organic Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| Total Credit | 40 |
* Marked courses can be replaced depending on the choice of Double Major
Required Courses for a 4-Year Minor
| Course CODE and NAME (Required Courses) | Credit |
| CHEM215 – Energetics and Kinetics | 4 |
| CHEM206 – Carbon Based Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM208 – Atoms, Molecules and Elements | 4 |
| CHEM207 – General Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM216 – Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy | 4 |
| CHEM217 – Chemistry Across Periodic Table | 4 |
| CHEM212 – Inorganic Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| Total Credit | 24 |
Required Courses for a 3-Year Minor
| Course CODE and NAME (Required Courses) | Credit |
| CHEM215 – Energetics and Kinetics | 4 |
| CHEM206 – Carbon Based Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM208 – Atoms, Molecules and Elements | 4 |
| CHEM207 – General Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM216 – Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy | 4 |
| CHEM217 – Chemistry Across Periodic Table | 4 |
| CHEM212 – Inorganic Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| Total Credit | 24 |
Required Courses for a 4-Year/3-Year Concentration
| Course CODE and NAME (Required Courses) | Credit |
| CHEM206 – Carbon Based Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM208 – Atoms, Molecules and Elements | 4 |
| CHEM207 – General Chemistry Lab | 2 |
| CHEM216 – Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy | 4 |
| CHEM217 – Chemistry Across Periodic Table | 4 |
| Total Credit | 18 |
Elective courses Offered by the Chemistry Discipline
| Course CODE and NAME (Elective Courses) | Credit |
| CHEM214 – Statistical Thermodynamics | 2 |
| CHEM225 – Systems Biology | 4 |
| CHEM320 – Electrochemistry | 4 |
| CHEM316 – Spectroscopic Characterization of Molecules | 4 |
| CHEM226 – Soft Matter | 4 |
| CHEM305 – Molecular Biophysics | 4 |
| CHEM321 – Cheminformatics | 4 |
| CHEM412 – Application of Group Theory | 4 |
| CHEM421 – Molecular Modelling and Simulations – Biomolecules and Rational Drug Design | 4 |
| CHEM411 – Advanced Spectroscopy | 4 |
| CHEM422 – Stereochemistry | 4 |
| CHEM423 – Molecular Modelling and Simulation – Quantum Chemistry Approach | 4 |
| CHEM431 – Advanced Inorganic Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM432 – Protein Folding and Dynamics | 4 |
| CHEM433 – Advanced Analytical Chemistry | 4 |
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The Krea Chemistry graduate will be prepared for careers in basic research, applied research and development, biotechnology, chemical analysis, manufacturing, and marketing, while the discipline serves as a strong background for careers in law, medicine, business, environmental science, government policy, consultancy and other areas of science.