Bachelor of Science - Chemistry - ACS Certified

As a chemistry major at St. Kate's, students will study chemistry in an environment that stresses close student-faculty interaction and individual support. A student’s chemistry education will prepare them for a wide variety of careers in chemistry, including those in industry, health science and teaching. The major also serves as a stepping stone to other professions, including medicine, dentistry, chemical engineering, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, patent law, and technical writing.

Students will have the opportunity to work collaboratively in the laboratory on open-ended projects utilizing St. Kate's modern facilities and more than a half-million dollars worth of instrumentation. Students collaborate with faculty on research projects in such areas as organic and inorganic synthesis, computer simulations and molecular modeling, nanoscience and nanotechnology, bioanalytical chemistry, structural biology, and X-ray crystallography of organometallic complexes. Financial support for undergraduate research, including student stipends, is available through the St. Catherine's 3M Collaborative Research Endowed Fund and the Summer Scholars Program as well as external grant support to faculty.