Chemistry Major & Minor

When applying for jobs and graduate programs, experience is key. At Goshen College, you will get hands-on experience in small classes with top-notch faculty in a faith-based learning environment. Even in your first semester at GC you’ll have access to scientific instrumentation that at large universities is normally restricted to upper-level or graduate students.

If you study chemistry at GC, you’ll be among students who score, on average, in the 75th percentile nationally on the standardized exit exam. About 90 percent of pre-med graduates are accepted into medical schools, which is twice the national acceptance rate. Likewise, 80 percent of chemistry and biochemistry graduates are accepted into graduate school programs, far above the national average.

In the Goshen College chemistry program, we’ll take your natural curiosity and supply you with the skills you’ll need to be successful in industry, medical school, graduate school, and beyond.

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News & Events

Dancing through the lab? No, but science requires fancy footwork - Colorado State University

June 20, 2016

Rushika Perera '95, an assistant professor of virology at CSU, recently won a 2016 Boettcher Foundation Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award, one of 10 in Colorado, for her studies of mosquito-borne viruses at Colorado State University.

Local students to compete at Science Olympiad regional tournament on Feb. 14

February 9, 2015

Science Olympiad teams from 13 area middle and high schools will gather on the Goshen College campus on Saturday, Feb. 14 to compete in 23 science events, including robotics, forensics and sounds of music, for the annual Science Olympiad regional tournament.

Students engage in exploratory summer research program

July 15, 2014

Fourteen Goshen College students are participating in the Maple Scholars Summer Research Program. Started in 1998, Maple Scholars is an eight-week program of research, experimentation, analysis and archiving data.

Beyond the Science Hall: Goshen College excels at preparing students for doctoral degrees

April 24, 2014

When it comes to earning a doctoral degree, Goshen College students have an advantage. At GC, students have more opportunities for undergraduate research, have smaller classes and build relationships with top-notch professors both in and out of the classroom.

22 students research alongside professors during summer

June 24, 2013

Twenty-two Goshen College students are spending their summer working with professors on various research projects during the college’s eight-week Maple Scholars program.

Stats

^$77,714

average salary of GC graduates 10 years out

80^%

of Goshen College students study abroad

Top 25^%

GC chemistry seniors score in the top 25 percentile on the national Major Field Test in Chemistry

92^%

of GC pre-med graduates are accepted into medical school (twice the national rate)

95^%

of job-seeking graduates from the GC class of 2015 were employed within one year after graduation

93^%

of 2015 GC seniors who said their overall educational experience was good or excellent

Students & Alumni

Dale Kempf '78

Research Fellow in Drug Discovery

Dale discovered and developed new drugs for HIV and hepatitis C virus therapy. Currently he directs a program at AbbVie for the discovery of new drugs for neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis and malaria. Read more

Douglas Schwartzentruber '78

Natural Science Major

Dr. Douglas Schwartzentruber was named to TIME Magazine's 2010 list of the 100 most influential people in the world for his work with cancer research. Read more

Rushika Perera '95

University Professor

Rushika works at Colorado State University researching how dengue virus interacts with its human host and mosquito vector to replicate and spread. Read more

Ulises Martinez '04

Physics and Chemistry Double Major

Ulises Martinez, a 2004 chemistry and physics graduate, developed a clean energy catalyst that powers carbon-neutral vehicles. Read more

Sara Lerch '12

Chemistry and Physics Double Major

Sarah Lerch, a 2012 graduate from Spring Valley, New York, studied chemistry and biology. While at Goshen College, she had the opportunity to study alongside graduate students and professors in lab settings. Read more

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