Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (Professional)

Worldwide employment of American-trained chemists has quickly increased in the past few years. Students are being presented with new opportunities to study in medical- and natural-chemistry-related fields. It is an exciting time for students to study chemistry, and the OU Chemistry Department gives students an opportunity to take part in stimulating research opportunities while receiving their degree. Currently OU students are working on important research such as drug discovery from natural organisms, improving antibiotics for drug resistant infections, improving the efficiency of solar panel cells, computational chemistry applications, and biomaterials for nanotechnology and nanomedicine. Incoming students will not only have established research to work on, but will also be encouraged to develop their own research goals.Students will also have opportunities to study with professors who are active researchers. For example, students assist Drs. Valentin Rybenkov and Helen Zgurskaya, who received a 5.7 million five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to research drug-resistant bacteria, and other faculty who have worked on a wide variety of projects.

Grades (marks), “class” or “division” obtained should be equivalent to a “B” average or a 3.0 grade point average on the U.S. unweighted 4.0 scale. Applicants must be 17 years of age prior to the first day of classes. The applicant’s high school class of his or her peers must have graduated as well.Applicants must submit official transcripts from each institution attended.All applicants for whom English is a second language must present evidence of English language proficiency.All international applicants must demonstrate adequate financial resources.Have graduated from secondary school and never attended a post-secondary institutionMinimum 3.0 GPA.