The Department
OPPORTUNITIES IN CHEMISTRY
The goal of our department is to produce graduates with a true liberal arts education which prepares them to be good citizens and "professionals". Our purpose is to train students to enter industry, graduate school, or professional school with a background that will allow them to succeed.
Students graduating with a Chemistry major from our department have exciting opportunities in industry, education, or government agencies. Employment opportunities include important areas such as environmental protection, pharmaceutical research, instrumentation, energy research, forensic chemistry, and the traditional areas of basic research and development. Chemists are needed in all of these areas due to a decline in graduating B.S. chemists in the past number of years. Graduate school is also an option and is an important second step in preparing a student to be an effective researcher. Over the years students graduating from HSU have had excellent success in acceptance to graduate school, while many others have been successful in industry and government agencies.
Many opportunities in the health professions such as medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, medical technology, optometry, radiological technology, and others exist. HSU graduates have done well in professional schools.
CURRICULUM
The Department offers a B.S. degree in Chemistry. The chemistry curriculum follows the guidelines given by the American Chemical Society. The department requires the student to take, within the Chemistry Department, 40 hours of preselected course while chemistry electives are available. The general education requirements required by the University are presented in the University's catalog.
The courses offered will provide a solid scientific background required for entering a profession related to chemistry.
FACILITIES
The department is equipped with modern instrumentation which is effectively incorporated into chemistry laboratories. Senior year independent research is strongly encouraged. Our instrumentation include:
The department is well equipped to give students the opportunity to effectively prepare for graduate school or for industry where they will be expected to be familiar with modern instrumentation.
FACULTY/STUDENTS
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ACS Student Affiliate Activities
The faculty in the Chemistry Department are readily available and very approachable. They seek to be involved and develop relationships with students. This is accomplished in social settings such as Chemistry Club (Student Affiliate of the American Chemical Society) meetings, activities, as well as in the more traditional classroom setting. There are opportunities for students to attend, with the faculty, American Chemical Society meetings and meetings at other universities in the state and country.
The Chemistry Department Faculty and their principal subject areas are include in the Department Information Page.
Chemistry Department
1100 Henderson Street
Arkadelphia, AR 71999-0001
Phone: (870) 230-5000 Fax: (870) 230-5144
Send comments and suggestions to: longj@hsu.edu
Last Updated 3/18/2005