The Student Experience

A chemistry degree will prepare you for a wide variety of postgraduate (M.S. or Ph.D.) opportunities, such as graduate programs in chemistry and biochemistry; pharmacy, medical or dental school; and various teaching degrees.

Students with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry find work opportunities in the chemical, biochemical, environmental, medical, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as forensic and government laboratories.

State-of-the-art instrumentation includes High Field Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FT-NMR), Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR), Atomic Absorption (AA), and Ultraviolet/Visible (UV/VIS) Spectrophotometers, Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detection (GC-FID), Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrometer Detection (GC-MS) systems, and a High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC).

Since laboratory research is an integral part of the University’s program, students work closely with faculty to carry out individually tailored research projects. Some areas in which students may conduct research are atmospheric chemistry, chemical education, forensic chemistry, fuel-cell chemistry, peptide engineering, porphyrin chemistry, structural biochemistry, and photochemistry and enzyme kinetics.

Students have the opportunity to work in the chemistry department as laboratory and teaching assistants, which will hone their scientific skills and proficiency.