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With ten faculty and approximately eighty chemistry majors, the Department is small enough to focus on the needs of individual students but large enough to provide the resources for a rich and varied educational environment. USD offers a Master of Arts degree in Chemistry as well as Baccalaureate degrees approved by the American Chemical Society.
The importance of research is emphasized in the Chemistry Department at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. All faculty members are actively engaged in research, providing opportunities for students to learn and grow outside of the traditional classroom. USD's Chemistry Department is home to a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site, providing research and summer employment opportunities for students.
Chemistry majors at USD enjoy a wide variety of career opportunities upon graduation. Recent graduates have attended medical school (U. Iowa, U. Nebraska Medical Center, USD), dental school (U. Minn., Indiana, Creighton) and top graduate programs in chemistry or biochemistry (UC-Berkeley, Iowa State U., Stanford). Many have also chosen to enter the job market and are enjoying successful careers at companies like Novartis Pharmaceuticals and CIMA Laboratories, among others.
Scholarship opportunities abound in the Chemistry Department due to the generous support of our past graduates and friends of the department. One of the main strengths of the Chemistry Department is in its excellent students. In recent years four USD Chemistry undergraduates have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships and two have been awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships.
Mary T. Berry, Chair
Department of Chemistry
414 E Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
phone: (605) 677-5487
fax: (605) 677-6397
email: mary.berry@usd.edu
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