CHEM 1000: Chemistry: The Central Science

Course Description

This course introduces chemistry majors to the broad nature of the chemical enterprise, including career areas for chemists, trends in chemistry related opportunities in research and industry, and provides an overview of the relevance of chemistry as a discipline. The course reviews the chemistry curriculum and the role of chemistry as a central science and includes presentations from selected current faculty and departmental alumni about research opportunities and other resources within the department. The course is required of all chemistry majors, and is to be taken no later than their second semester of enrollment as a chemistry major at UMSL.