Biochemistry

Overview

Your degree will demonstrate that you are prepared to advance in any number of career directions, from consumer products to medicine.

Go Beyond the Classroom

• We offer a unique opportunity to combine classroom theory with practical experience by connecting students with the ability to conduct research alongside faculty, in some cases as early as sophomore year.
• Students of the Biochemistry program from Pace University can expect to conduct work on ongoing research projects including biochemical studies of parasitic diseases with a view to developing new antimicrobial and therapeutic agents to combat disease by opportunistic infections of AIDS patients, sexually transmitted diseases, malaria, and East African sleeping sickness.
• Before graduation, students have the opportunity to present their research at national and international conferences and publish their findings in leading peer-reviewed journals.

Career

Upon graduation, you will possess critical and analytical thinking skills, a creative mindset, scientific and instrumentation competency, and the specialized abilities required to perform proficiently and confidently in today’s world of science. The department of chemistry and physical sciences offers undergraduate degrees certified by the American Chemical Society. A prestigious “seal of approval” by the world’s chemists, this accreditation establishes Pace among the nation’s foremost universities and colleges in the field of chemical and physical sciences.