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Chemistry: A Preferred Science Major
| The chemistry field takes a lot of work; there
are a lot of hard science classes and math classes that one needs to take
in order to graduate. The beginning classes help build your confidence and
help you remember what one learns in their high school chemistry class.
After the beginning chemistry classes, students have to go into organic
chemistry, which deals with many formulas to remember and harder work. As
a former chemistry major, it is a hard major to handle. There is a lot of
work to do in order to understand everything that is going on in the class.
It deals with a lot of math and knowing how to make each calculation is
very hard and time consuming. The objectives of the chemistry classes are the following: understand matter, its properties and physical and chemical changes; understand laboratory methodologies in chemical sciences; respond to changes in the technological society; have a sound understanding in the traditional areas of chemistry; enter studies in professional school or graduate school, and enter a career in industry or teaching. The Chemistry classes are located in Birck Hall, throughout all three floors as there are labs on each floor and classrooms for chemistry classes. To begin with: you start with Chem 113, which is the first major class to take. It goes through what you learned mostly in high school and more in depth. You learn all the basic needs to get through the first semester and understand what to do it the second semester of General Chemistry. After taking General Chemistry II, along with labs for both classes, and then students go to Organic Chemistry I and II. They take the labs that go with the classes. Physics I and II are needed to for the chemistry major. These classes are basically math classes because how much math is involved with these classes, seeing its all calculations and formulas needed to memorize. |
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