职业生涯
Graduates have secured careers as veterinarians, 研究人员, 医生, 遗传咨询师, environmental or patent lawyers and quality control specialists.
实践学习
Many students in biochemistry undertake paid 研究, eng年龄 in mentorship in 研究, internship and personalized advanced courses, present at national conferences and co-author peer-reviewed publications.
实习 机会 包括:
- Antimicrobial Materials, Inc.
- Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN)
- Cardiovascular Research Institute
- Earth 资源 Observation and Science (EROS) Center
- SAb Biotherapeutics
- Sioux Falls Water Reclamation Facility
- 诗人
Students conduct primary 研究 in Augustana’s science labs containing quality equipment for students, including cutting-edge microscopy and chemical detection instrumentation.
化学的学生 研究了 in:
- Florida and the Gulf Coast — focusing on marine biology with AU faculty
- Kenya — focusing on global food insecurity and education with AU faculty
- Guatemala and Belize — focusing on tropical ecology and Spanish immersion with AU faculty
- Germany — focusing on the chemical industry with AU faculty
课程 & 组织
Those interested in majoring in chemistry should consider whether to pursue the classic track (44 credit hours) or the American Chemical Society (ACS) track (60 credit hours). The ACS track is highly recommended for those interested in graduate school.
In courses and 研究, Augustana’s lab equipment includes:
- 红外, 紫外可见, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), 拉曼, emission and atomic absorption spectroscopy instrumentation
- Liquid and gas chromatography instrumentation
- JEOL 400 MHz NMR spectrometer, which allows access to 1D and 2D NMR methods of analysis
化学的学生 often 参与 in:
- Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS)
- Paid laboratory assistantships and tutoring positions
- Volunteering at Sanford or Avera
- STEM领域的女性
- Society of Physics Students
- 奥吉绿色