Welcome to Chemistry at Oakland University!

The Chemistry Department at Oakland University offers a full curriculum in undergraduate and graduate education in the chemical sciences. At the undergraduate level we offer an American Chemical Society certified undergraduate Chemistry major, a Biochemistry major (jointly with Biology), an Engineering Chemistry major (jointly with Engineering) and an Environmental Health major. At the graduate level, the Chemistry Department offers the Health and Environmental Chemistry - Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. degree as well as a Master of Science degree in Chemistry. The M.S. degree in Chemistry may include completion of a Masters thesis or may be completed with course work only.

The eighteen full-time faculty in Chemistry are committed to providing the highest quality teaching and research. Research participation by undergraduates is a distinctive part of the department's research. Many of our students work with departmental faculty in their laboratories, carrying out research projects at the forefront of chemical, biochemical, and environmental research. Undergraduates often publish their research in national and international peer reviewed journals as well as present work at national meetings of scientific societies.

The Chemistry Department is housed in the modern Science and Engineering building and has advanced laboratory facilities for research and teaching. We are also well-equipped with modern instrumentation for chemical research and teaching. These include high-performance computational chemistry facilities, advanced instrumentation such as FT-NMR, electron spin resonance, atomic absorption, GC-mass spectroscopy, FT-IR, UV-visible spectrometers, Nd-Yag dye laser and many instruments for Biochemistry such as flow cytometers and refrigerated ultracentrifuges.

This WWW server describes our various departmental undergraduate and graduate degree programs at Oakland University. More details about the Chemistry faculty and the undergraduate and graduate research opportunities they offer are also presented. You are cordially invited to visit us or to contact any faculty member for further information about undergraduate and graduate programs and research activities.

Mark W. Severson, Chair
Department of Chemistry

	Chemistry Factoid...
	1904 - Sir William Ramsay (United Kingdom) is awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system"