Overview
Mission Statement
The mission of the Chemistry Department at University of Jamestown is to provide a strong chemistry foundation for students majoring in chemistry and for students pursuing a career in health professions which require some chemistry knowledge and to help provide a strong science background for students pursuing teaching careers.
Majors
The student can elect to either major in chemistry or biochemistry. The student who is interested in pursuing graduate work in chemistry or a government or industrial job may elect the chemistry major. The student interested in pursuing biochemical research, a career in the health profession (medicine, pharmacy), a career in the food or pharmaceutical industry may elect the biochemistry major.
Requirements
Core Courses
CHEM 493 and CHEM 494: If the student has successfully completed a research program (such as a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and receives permission from the chair of the department, the student need not take CHEM 493.
Plus three of the following courses:
Plus one of the following courses:
(Only Teacher Education majors may choose MATH 205)
Note 1: It is highly recommended that those students intending to continue their studies at the graduate level (chemistry or biochemistry) take two semesters of either French or German as their Global Perspectives elective.
Note 2: The mathematics elective for the chemistry major will be chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor. It is expected that those going to graduate school will choose either Calculus III, Linear Algebra, or Ordinary Differential Equations, and those who plan to teach at the secondary school level will choose Statistics.
Total Credit Hours: 62-63
Outcomes
1a. Chemistry and biochemistry majors will demonstrate a broad-based foundation that will allow highly competitive candidacy for industry, education and graduate school in chemistry, biochemistry or other related interdisciplinary fields such as environmental chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, food science, toxicology and forensic chemistry.
1b. Chemistry and biochemistry majors, biology majors, chemistry minors and others taking chemistry will demonstrate a strong chemistry background for careers in professional fields such as medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, optometry, clinical laboratory science and other related allied health professions.
1c. Non-science majors will demonstrate a basic knowledge of chemistry and its importance in the world today.
2. Majors will demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
3. Majors will demonstrate an understanding of the importance of chemistry as it relates to the other sciences, to the environment, to industry, and to life in general.
4. Majors will demonstrate the skills necessary for communicating scientific information.
5. Majors will demonstrate the skills necessary to develop and conduct research.