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May 20, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin
Chemistry (B.S.)
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Location: Sundquist Science Complex - A308
Phone: 931-221-7628
Website: www.apsu.edu/chemistry
The Department of Chemistry at Austin Peay State University is nationally certified by the American Chemical Society, devoted to student success, and prepares students for a wide variety of career options. Our mission is to educate students to think independently and critically, ethically apply chemical concepts and principles to better understand and navigate a diverse scientific world, and help them to become scientifically literate. We use innovative pedagogical and research strategies to engage students and cultivate a passion for chemistry and scientific learning.
Graduates directly enter the workforce as highly skilled chemists or teachers, or pursue further education upon entrance to professional schools, including graduate programs in chemistry, medical schools, pharmacy schools, and dental schools.
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Program CIP Code
25.40.0501.00 Program Student Learning Outcomes
Preprofessional Chemistry Concentration - Foundation courses: Course work in core areas of chemistry (analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic and physical)
- In-Depth Courses: Course work that build upon the foundations courses. These courses focus on a specific area within the chemical sciences or provide a modern chemistry perspective to an interdisciplinary topic.
- Laboratory Experiences: “hands-on” laboratory experiences that involve the synthesis of molecules and the measurement of chemical properties and phenomena; “hands-on” use of modern instrumentation and technologies. These experiences promote observation of phenomena, critical thinking, and interpretation of data by the students.
- Information and Literature Searching: Opportunities for students to search and use the primary and secondary chemical literature and scientific databases.
- Computational Chemistry: Computer modeling to understand and predict chemical properties and phenomena.
- Research: Opportunities for undergraduates to participate in the basic discovery process that leads to the creation of new knowledge as a means for students to apply their chemistry knowledge and skill. The undergraduate research experiences culminates with a comprehensive written report.
- Professional Skills: Development of the ability to work safely in a laboratory environment; effective oral and written communication; the ability to work effectively as a member of a team; the ability to ask questions, design enhanced leadership abilities; the capacity for lifelong learning; and the internalization of an intellectual framework leading to ethical scientific conduct.
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