No one like you. No Chemistry like this.
As the first Chair of the new Chemistry Department in the College of Arts and Sciences at University of North Florida, I would like to welcome you to our site. I am delighted that you are browsing our web-pages and exploring the prospects of a Chemistry degree from UNF. We are a new and thriving department with ambitious plans for growth. There are currently fifteen faculty (six tenured and tenure track, two visiting faculty, and nine laboratory lecturers) in chemistry. Our faculty place a high priority on excellence in teaching. We offer a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry (ACS accredited) through a four year program of study. In fall semester 2009, 1,212 students were enrolled in chemistry classes at UNF. 150 of them were chemistry majors, and 15 were chemistry seniors. During academic year 2008-2009, 14 chemistry majors graduated from UNF with BS degrees. Students take courses relating to organic, inorganic, analytical, physical and biochemistry. The upper level classes, typically with less than twenty students, are small enough to enable students to interact closely with the faculty. We plan to offer additional BS chemistry tracks in the near future (for example BS chemistry/biological chemistry concentration and BS chemistry/materials chemistry concentration).
Our program is designed to give students a diverse, yet deep, understanding of chemical phenomena. Most courses include substantial laboratory work in order to enable students to obtain first-hand experience and to learn experimental skills used by practicing chemists. Students interpret and explain experimental data from a broad array of instrumentation, including high field NMR, X-ray powder diffraction, GC-MS, GC, HP-LC, FT-IR, and a variety of other research caliber instruments. Numerous undergraduate research opportunities with the faculty are available. Our graduates find employment in industry or go on to graduate, medical, or veterinary schools.
I hope you will be able to find the information that you are looking for by browsing through our web-pages. Should you require additional information on the chemistry program at UNF please feel free to contact me (Kenneth.Laali@unf.edu) or the chemistry main office.
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