All students in the Biology Program are required to take a Capstone seminar course in their senior year. This course is designed to ensure a standard of excellence in knowledge of basic biological concepts, and integration of those concepts with the other areas in Science. Excess credits earned in these courses may still be applied to graduation as unrestricted electives. The chemistry program is designed to be flexible enough to meet individual interests of students and comprehensive enough to be competitive nationally. A chemistry major can expect to find employment in private, state, or federal laboratories ranging from research and development to quality control.
Graduate education is encouraged as an avenue to expand career opportunities.
Students majoring in chemistry complete a year of general chemistry and then a year of organic chemistry. Supporting course work in mathematics and physics is also necessary during the first two years. Students completing minors in these areas may find employment in the geological area and in teaching of earth science. Experiments and observations in physics have shown that the operation of the universe at all levels is based on a few fundamental laws. The study of physics is the study of these laws and their applications.