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From the environment to space science to soap, 阿斯匹林, and aluminum—chemistry is everywhere around us and has a profound impact on our daily lives. Chemists study matter and energy, interactions and reactions. They study the interaction between atoms, 分子, and subatomic particles to better understand the processes that surround us.
As a chemistry student at 沃拉沃拉大学, you will:
- Explore the major fields of chemistry (analytical, inorganic, organic, physical, and biochemistry)
- Develop the skills you need and receive encouragement to conduct original 研究
You will enter a world of 研究 and experimentation, studying with professors actively involved in 研究. The chemistry faculty is committed to providing all chemistry majors with hands-on experience using laboratory instrumentation. With chemistry, your possibilities are endless. 来发现你的选择!
- Small classes and personalized attention: Learning from distinguished faculty means you’ll have unparalleled access to expertise in specialties such as medicinal chemistry, 新陈代谢, 有机金属化合物, 和更多的.
- Hands-on learning in chemical laboratories and instrumentation: Put your knowledge to work in laboratory settings that prompt you to think critically and creatively. 发现质谱仪, 核磁共振, and other analytic techniques in a curriculum designed to prepare students for advanced study.
- 研究与整合团队合作: whether you’re investigating a chemical 研究 problem or conducting chemical 研究 for a professional laboratory, you’ll work in teams designed to approximate a graduate or professional school experience.
- 优秀的教育: 沃拉沃拉大学 chemistry students consistently rank higher across the board on standardized success measures, and are routinely accepted for post-graduate studies at institutions such as Loma Linda University, 犹他大学, 以及华盛顿大学. WWU chemistry professors hail from nationally recognized graduate schools, and are active in nationwide professional development.
Careers WWU chemistry graduates enter:
- 医学: 学生 who earn a biochemistry degree are among the best prepared for medical school.
- 药店: 化学 students are very successful in this field. Pharmacists are now working more behind the scenes in hospitals to look at drug interactions and with pharmaceutical companies to reformulate existing drugs. Our students have a high acceptance rate to 药店。 schools.
- 药剂师: Many students choose careers at chemists, which allow them to study the composition and properties of chemicals and the way chemicals interact with each other.
- 药品: An education in chemistry could lead to jobs that involve pharmaceutical development, study, 或销售.
- 食品化学家: 作为一名食品化学家, you could work closely with agricultural scientists, who work directly with food crops to refine them and improve their desirable characteristics.
- 化学工程师: Chemical engineers employ math, physics, and economics to solve practical problems. Having a degree in chemistry would set you apart from other engineers, as you would have both scientific and technical mastery.
研究生s from a WWU chemistry-related program continue their education at graduate institutions, begin postdoctoral work beyond the valley, or jump straight into fulfilling careers. Our grads go on to a variety of positions including:
- Professor of 药店。 at Loma Linda University
- 研究生
- 博士后工作
- 化学 and mathematics professors or teachers including at the University of Florida, 贡扎加大学, 和LA Sierra大学
- Clinical Instructor for University of Washington
- 心脏病专家
- Work in the biotech industry including using artificial intelligence to search for new medicinals
- 从事数据科学工作
- Work as a lawyer (after completing law school)
"My chemistry education set me up for success through medical school following graduation. To succeed as a chemistry/biochemistry major in undergrad you have to be disciplined to study and put in the time. This gave me good study habits and a very strong knowledge base and foundation to do well in medical school. The chemistry department also pushed me to learn how to think and problem solve in many different ways because of the variety provided in the coursework and lab that have translated into my life beyond chemistry."
"You’ll have to work hard and study, but it’s worth it. You’ll come out of the program with so much knowledge and great mentors in the field that you’ll be able to pursue any career choice whether it’s teaching, 医学, 药店。, 研究, etc. The department is small so it’s a close knit group and you get a lot of time to get to know your professors in the upper division courses. I still stay in touch with many of them."