Equipment & Facilities
Stay sharp. Get your hands on the same tools and equipment that you’ll need in graduate school or at your first job. After gaining experience with our instrumentation, you’ll analyze the data that they generate.
Why Chemistry?
Our program will teach you more than the foundations of matter and bonds. It will prepare you to address the crucial energy and resource needs of society. Make an impact as you research topics like:
- Development of new batteries, solar panels, and fuel cells
- Replacement of current plastic materials with biodegradable ones
- Developing new tests and new drugs to detect and treat diseases
- Making chemical manufacturing greener and more sustainable
- Improving and expanding reusing and recycling of materials
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Earn an advanced certification:
Chemistry Major with American Chemical Society (ACS) Certification
Add a set of higher-level courses geared toward increasing your understanding of lab techniques and instrumentation that graduate schools and employers are looking for. Graduates who complete this program are also eligible for immediate election to membership in the ACS.
Accelerated Degree in Chemistry Education
Complete your bachelor’s (BS) and get a master’s in chemistry education (MSEd) by taking up to 12 credits of graduate-level coursework during your undergrad.
Keep your ion the prize (your career).
The need for chemists in today’s world is unparalleled. Our graduates go on to study at some of the most prestigious graduate schools in the country, or work in fields such as:
- Forensics
- Food sciences
- Pharmaceuticals
- Health professions
- Research and development
- Teaching
Undergraduate Research
The best way to learn science is to take part in science —and we encourage our students to get involved in research from the get-go. Our seven research labs allow students to analyze nucleic acids such as DNA & RNA, study biochemical pathways associated with disease, use 3D printers to develop new scientific tools, and more.
