The Chemistry Department of McDaniel College meets the needs of a diverse population of students. For majors in chemistry and related dual majors, it seeks to provide its students with a sound foundational knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of the discipline of chemistry, including the areas of inorganic, organic, analytical, physical, and biochemistry. It provides students with training in the skills of traditional, instrumental and computational methods of investigation. For majors in other sciences, it offers courses relevant to the basic understanding of those disciplines, as well as other courses of special interest to augment their chosen field. For non-science majors, it offers a diverse collection of courses that, beyond providing general knowledge of some area of chemistry, communicate an understanding of science as a process driven by the scientific method, ever seeking, ever expanding, ever changing.
The department offers a basic major that provides students with knowledge and experience sufficient for entering all types of careers in chemistry and chemistry-related areas. It also offers a more advanced track specially designed for the student desiring greater depth of learning prior to obtaining jobs in the marketplace or entrance into schools of graduate and professional study. Further, in conjunction with other cooperating departments, it provides a chemical foundation for those students desiring knowledge of broader fields such as biochemistry or exercise chemistry.
In all of the department courses, the goal is to produce active, inquisitive learners who, with competence, integrity, and professionalism, are able to acquire and analyze data, formulate and critically evaluate hypotheses, and communicate results through both written and oral means. It offers students majoring in chemistry or related fields an opportunity to participate in internships and student-faculty collaborative research as a means of furthering their learning experience and enhancing their ability to solve problems and to work independently. In its advising, it seeks to aid students in developing their potentials to the fullest extent and in selecting pathways leading to rewarding and productive careers as lifelong learners.
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