Chemistry

Dartmouth Alums With This Major

• Senior Clinical Research Associate, PPD, Inc. (pharmaceutical contract research – clinical trials)
  (NC, Dartmouth '99)
• Nuclear Engineer, Air Force Technical Application Center
  (FL, Dartmouth '00)
• Emergency Medicine Physician, Intermountain Healthcare
  (UT, Dartmouth '00)
• Risk Assessment Specialist, Haley & Aldrich, Inc. (environmental science)
  (MA, Dartmouth '01)
• Strategy Analyst-Organics, Waste Management, Inc.
  (TX, Dartmouth '01)
• Water Resources Engineer, CDM Smith
  (MA, Dartmouth '01)
• Consultant, Resource Management Services, Inc.
  (PA, Dartmouth '02)
• Teacher/ Math & Science Department Chair, St. Thomas Aquinas
  (NH, Dartmouth '03)
• Research Analyst/Staff Writer, BioCentury Publications
  (CA, Dartmouth '03)
• Director of Special Projects, Davita, Inc. (kidney disease services)
  (CO, Dartmouth '04)
• Internal Medicine Physician, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
  (MD, Dartmouth '04)

Major Description

The Department, characterized by excellent teaching, close faculty-student relationships, and a lively research environment, presents a wide range of chemistry courses and modern research opportunities in both majors it offers - Chemistry and Biophysical Chemistry. The faculty is committed to the value of hands-on research, and evidence of which is the emphasis of laboratory classwork as well in as the availability of research projects in an individual faculty member's laboratory.

Skills Acquired

What is this?

• Critical & Analytical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Quantitative Skills
• Research Skills
• Technology

Possible Career Paths

• Analytical
• Biochemical
• Organic
• Geochemistry
• Inorganic
• Polymer Chemistry
• Physical
• Education
• Business
• Technical Writing
• Law
• Information Specialists/ Technical Libraries