As a Dordt College chemistry major, you'll be challenged through in-depth class and lab work, summer research projects, and teaching assistantships. You will have access to a wide range of chemistry instrumentation, and you'll experience the support of experienced, caring, and dedicated faculty who are readily available to help both in and out of class and lab.
Dordt graduates entering the workforce or pursuing graduate degrees report that they are well-prepared for the rigors of doing chemistry at advanced levels. For the past 25 years, nearly all Dordt chemistry majors who have applied to medical school or other professional programs such as pharmacy, dentistry, and physical therapy have been accepted into those programs.
Chemistry is a versatile and stimulating major. A chemistry major from Dordt College can take you to graduate school, a job in industry, a research position, or teaching. Dordt chemistry majors have enrolled at graduate schools in the U.S. and Canada and have received significant assistantships in a variety of graduate programs. Graduates have also obtained excellent positions with local and national companies as teachers, doctors, engineers, salespeople, pharmacists, executives, and more.
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The chemistry major includes courses in biochemistry, organic, analytic, inorganic, environmental, and physical chemistry; courses in mathematics and physics; and courses that look at philosophical and historical perspectives on the physical sciences. Some students combine a chemistry major with a major in physics, math, biology, philosophy, or engineering.
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Applicants for graduate programs must have the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree with a minimum GPA equivalent to 2.25 on a US 4.0 grading scale. Admitted applicants typically have an undergraduate GPA of or better on a 4.0 scale. No exam grade should be lower than 4.5 (European grade scale) or D (American grade scale).
Your GPA (Grade Point Average) is calculated using the grades that you received in each course, and is determined by the points assigned to each grade (e.g. for the US grading scale from A-F).
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