About Us

Department Profile

The Chemistry Department offers four undergraduate degrees and houses the pre-pharmacy program:

In the lab
  • American Chemical Society-approved chemistry (CHCS)
  • Biochemistry (BIOC)
  • Forensic biochemistry (FBIC)
  • Secondary education chemistry major (SECH)

Current enrollments (as of fall 2007) are:

Major Number of Students
CHCS 18
BIOC 18
FBIC 27
SECH 2
Pre-pharmacy 23

Gender data

As of fall 2006, 54 percent of our majors are female and 46 percent male.

Graduation Statistics

For the last eight years about 40 percent of our graduates have gone onto graduate programs in chemistry or biochemistry.

Career Choices

The career choices of our most recent graduates (December 2006/May 2007) have been:

Field Number of Graduates
Graduate school 6
Chemical industry job 2
Medical, dental or pharmacy School 1