Welcome to the Chemistry program web page of Louisiana Tech University.
The Chemistry program is a component of the multi- disciplinary
College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech. The
third floor and part of the second floor of Carson-Taylor Hall house
the Chemistry program offices, lecture halls, and laboratories.
Chemistry faculty also have close associations with, and use facilities
at, the Institute
for Micromanufacturing on the main campus.
All engineering programs are accredited by
the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board
for Engineering and Technology (ABET), and both four-year engineering
technology programs are accredited by the Technology Accreditation
Commission of ABET.
Our Chemistry program includes eight faculty members with PhD's
and one faculty member with an MS degree. The Chemistry
faculty by discipline number analytical chemistry (one), biochemistry
(one), inorganic chemsitry (three), organic chemistry (two), and
physical chemistry (two). The Chemistry program has
35 BS chemistry majors and 10 MS chemistry graduate students.
Three chemistry graduate students are pursuing the interdisciplinary
PhD in Applied Computation and Modeling.
Our faculty take pride in the high quality of the undergraduate
chemistry program, certified by the American Chemical Society.
Approximately 5 to 8 chemistry majors have graduated per year during
the past several years. A chemistry major takes one
of two tracks: an ACS-approved track or a Pre-Med/Pre-Dent alternative
track. The two tracks are parallel until the Junior/Senior
year. The ACS-track focuses on additional upper division
chemistry course requirements and more research experience.
The Pre-Med/Pre-Dent track offers the opportunity to earn a BS in
Chemistry by taking core chemistry courses that are supplemented
with such courses as two semesters of biological science, two semesters
of biochemistry, and one semester of cell biology, genetics, and
comparative anatomy. The biological science courses
serve to prepare Pre-Med/Pre-Dent chemistry majors for the MCAT
and DAT exams.
The BS in Chemistry degree offers a number of career options.
Such options include attending medical or dental school, pursuing
graduate study in chemistry, working in industrial and government
laboratories, or teaching in the public schools.
The eight Chemistry Program faculty members work closely with students
in the classroom, and in teaching and research laboratories as well.
A significant number of chemistry majors participate in research
with faculty members. Some students start doing research
as early as the sophomore year. If you want to know more specifics
about Chemistry Program faculty, please check the individual web
pages of our faculty members.
Please consider visiting and learning more about Louisiana Tech
University and the chemistry program here. Scholarship
aid is available to qualified students interested in majoring in
chemistry. Information about the department and such
aid can be obtained by contacting the Chemistry Program at (318)
257-4911 or contacting me by e-mail at snowchem@chem.latech.edu.
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