Chemistry

College of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chemistry Building, room 125

NAU, PO Box 5698, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5698

928-523-3008

www.nau.edu/chem

Department Chair

Marin Robinson

Undergraduate Information

You may pursue the following academic plans in NAU’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

• B.S. in chemistry

• B.S. in chemistry (extended major)

• B.S. in chemistry (extended major)—certified by the American Chemical Society

• B.S. in chemistry: biochemistry (extended major)—certified by the American Chemical Society

• B.S. in chemistry: health preprofessional

• B.S. in chemistry: health preprofessional (extended major)

• B.S. in chemistry: preforensic chemistry and criminalistics (extended major)

• B.S.Ed in chemistry secondary education (extended major)

• minor in chemistry

In addition, NAU offers a B.S. in environmental sciences: chemistry.  Click on the hyperlink for more information.

Through these plans, we seek to develop your scientific abilities and provide you with a strong chemistry background that will support your interest in a career in the pure sciences or the health sciences.

Our plans are accredited by the American Chemical Society.

Click here to view our Chemistry and Biochemistry undergraduate courses and faculty.

Graduate Information

You may pursue the following graduate academic plan through the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry:

• M.S. in chemistry with emphases in environmental chemistry, bioorganic and biomedical chemistry, and carcinogenesis and cancer chemotherapy

We developed this academic plan to prepare you for a career in industry, government service, or teaching as well as for advanced study in graduate and professional plans at other academic institutions.

We offer an array of thesis research opportunities in biochemistry as well as in analytical, environmental, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. We particularly emphasize research in environmental chemistry and chemical physics. In addition, you can carry out interdisciplinary research in such areas as archaeological chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, geochemistry, and physics.

Click here to view our Chemistry and Biochemistry graduate courses and faculty.

For further information about our graduate programs, write to the department chair.