Our lives and our lifestyles are dependent on chemistry. Chemistry is essential to our development and wise use of materials, both synthetic and natural. Chemistry is essential also to our understanding and management of our health and nutrition as well as our natural environment. Chemistry is behind industrial, energy and mineral development, agriculture and manufacturing, especially in the 21st century.
Chemistry is the science of materials, their properties and their transformations.
It is fundamental as a science in its own right, and in its applications to biological, environmental, energy conservation and industrial processes. The employment situation for graduates in the foreseeable future will favour those who combine a broad general education in chemistry with specialised skills, or who study chemistry in combination with other disciplines. The Murdoch University Chemistry programmes are designed with these facts in mind. In addition, there is freedom within the programme for students to select groups of courses in the areas of mathematics, physics and computing, biological chemistry, environmental chemistry or chemistry of extractive metallurgy. There is also a joint degree with Law.