Chemistry

The chemistry program prepares students with the analytical and technical skills needed for graduate school in chemistry, health professions, and careers in science and technology.

Overview

The Chemistry Program seeks to provide students with an understanding of chemical principles, empowering them to navigate and resolve challenges in analytical, inorganic, and physical chemistry. Students will gain laboratory skills and develop the ability to analyze and explain scientific ideas, share experimental findings, and design and carry out their own chemistry research.

Your Major Took You Where?

Chemistry majors have gone on to a variety of graduate programs and careers.

Employers and Professions

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cal Laboratory
National Institute of Health
Dow Chemical Company
Alltech, Inc.
Argonne National Laboratory

Postgraduate Study

Georgia Institute of Technology
Texas A&M
University of California at Berkeley
University of Kentucky
University of Southern California
Vanderbilt University

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Curriculum

Centre’s chemistry program provides three chemistry degree options. In addition to the standard chemistry major, two additional options are certified by the American Chemical Society (ACS): a degree with emphasis in chemistry, and one with emphasis in biochemistry. Each requires additional courses and collaborative research to reach a specified total of lecture and laboratory hours. Students completing these degrees are eligible for membership in the ACS immediately upon graduation.

Major Requirements

Minor Requirements

Experiential Learning

Students engage in hands-on learning experiences and reflection to develop skills and increase knowledge retention.

As a chemistry major or minor, you’ll get hands-on and conceptual experience for understanding chemical principles that enable you to navigate analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.

Internships

We're committed to helping students find quality internship experiences in the career area of their choice.

Internships for students in the Chemistry Program have included undergraduate summer research, organic electronics fabrication and public health internships with the National Institutes of Health and other medical facilities.

Careers

Our extraordinary liberal arts and sciences education prepares students for meaningful lives and careers.

Graduates with a degree in chemistry have gone on to work for the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Cal Laboratory, Celanese Corporation, and the Dow Chemical Company.