Welcome to the Department of Chemistry and Physics homepage.  It is my pleasure to serve as chair of this department which I joined in 1996. We are proud of the accomplishments of our chemistry, biochemistry, and physics majors.

But why should you choose our department? Why should you major or minor in chemistry or physics? First, you will take your introductory courses in classes that usually have no more than 50 students. Laboratory sections generally have fewer than 25 students. And in your advanced courses, you can expect to be in classes of only 10 to 20 students.

Also, your courses will be taught by full-time faculty. Our chemistry faculty have expertise covering the subdisciplines of biochemistry, organic, medicinal, analytical and physical chemistry. We have physics faculty with expertise in electronics, lasers, optics, atomic, nuclear, solid state, and geophysics.

We also give our students strong practical experience with laboratory equipment, experiment design and data analysis through normal coursework and research projects. You will work with your professors in lab using modern equipment. You will have opportunities for hands-on work which is not available at larger research universities.  

Take some time and explore our homepage.  Better yet, we hope you will stop in on the third floor of Science Hall and let one of us give you a tour and talk to you about your career and educational goals.  The door is open to you for an interesting, challenging and meaningful career in the sciences, and we would enjoy the opportunity of guiding you through it.