Why Choose Chemistry at Stockton

Post-graduation fates of CHEM/BCMB majors

• Professional schools
  • Medical, Veterinary, Dental, Pharmacy     
• Ph.D. programs
  •  Chemistry, Biological Chemistry
• Middle or high school teacher
  • Chemistry
• Laboratory-based employment
  • Pharmaceuticals, chemical industry, forensics, biotechnology, governmental agencies

Important Points

• How many graduates?
  • Chemistry averages 10 a year and BCMB about 20
• How many faculty members?
  • There are 15 faculty members in the Chemistry program
    (12 full time and three part time)
• Who teaches classes?
  • All lecture classes taught by Ph.D. level faculty members
  •  No graduate students that teach
  • Adjuncts in chemistry only teach laboratory sections that cannot be covered by faculty
• Class sizes?
  • First four chemistry classes: Maximum of 40 students in lecture and 20 in laboratory
  • For the upper level classes no more than 35

What are the opportunities for using laboratory instruments and equipment?

• All instruments and equipment in the laboratories are available for undergraduate use
• Advanced instrumentation often used in teaching laboratories

All CHEM and BCMB majors complete a senior project

• Research done in conjunction with a faculty mentor on campus or as an off-campus internship
• Can span multiple semesters for credit or non-credit
• Graduating seniors present research at Senior Research Symposium at the end of each semester