The chemical sciences touch virtually every aspect of the natural world. As a student in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, you will, too. Over the course of four years, you will be exposed to all five major areas of chemistry—analytical, biochemical, inorganic, organic and physical—and receive additional education in mathematics, physics and computer science, fully readying you for a diverse future.
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is the home of USP’s undergraduate majors in chemistry, biochemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry, and minors in chemistry and biochemistry. With expertise distributed over all five of chemistry’s primary areas, the faculty engage in diverse, award-winning teaching and research activities that prepare you for such future opportunities as employment in industry, science teaching, and postgraduate training in graduate schools, medical school and law school.