Chemistry Major

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Mount Union offers a hands-on, experiential curriculum incorporating experimentation and student research.  The Department is approved by the American Chemical Society and offers certified degrees in chemistry.  In addition, the Department offers degree tracks in environmental chemistry and biochemistry. 

State-of-the-art education in the chemical sciences is facilitated by our excellent equipment holdings and modern science facility, Bracy Hall.  Students use our equipment beginning with general chemistry and are well trained throughout their careers in both wet chemical and instrumental analysis techniques, and their application to problem solving.

Chemistry graduates have found success working for organizations including McGean-Rohco, Amgen, The Scripps Research Institute, Steptoe and Johnson and Sherwin-Williams.

Chemistry students have pursued graduate studies at institutions across the country including Carnegie Mellon University, MIT, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Penn State University.  Several chemistry majors have also pursued health careers in medicine, physician assistant studies, pharmacy, physical therapy and patent law.

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