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WELCOME TO THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES!!!
The discipline of Chemistry addresses critical challenges in society.
Today, these challenges include developing new energy sources, understanding
the chemistry of living systems and biologically important molecules,
solving local and global environmental problems, utilizing and processing
vast amounts of genetic information, synthesizing novel compounds in drug
design and for new materials, and understanding matter on the nanometer
scale. Our students will be prepared to spend their careers working on
these very issues in academic research, applied or industrial research and
engineering, medicine and the health professions, education and outreach, as
well as in law and government. To develop student talent in order to make a
difference in these areas, the Chemistry Department at Occidental College
provides students with a superb, comprehensive education of the principles
of chemistry, including a rich laboratory experience within the curriculum
and in close collaboration with faculty mentors on original scientific
questions.
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