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Numbers of Chemistry and Biochemistry Majors – Classes of 2004-2008

 

Graduating Class

B.S.

Chemistry

A.B.

Chemistry

B.S.

Biochemistry

A.B.

Biochemistry

Totals

2008

12

4

10

0

26

2007

7

3

5

1

16

2006

6

4

8

1

19

2005

4

2

7

3

16

2004

4

1

8

1

14

Totals 2004-2008

33

14

38

6

91

 

 

Over this time period, 68% of our departmental majors have been women.

 

Departmental majors from 2003-present include 24 students earning departmental honors, and five Goldwater Scholar selections, in 2003 (2), 2005, and 2006 (2).

 

 

Outcomes of Departmental Majors 2003-2006

(% of total for each major in parentheses).

 

Major

Graduate Programs in Chemistry, Biochemistry or Related Areas

Medical School

Positions in industry/

technical positions

Other Graduate/Professional

Degree Programs

Other/ Unknown

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.S. Chemistry

7 (41 %)

0 (0 %)

5 (29 %)

1 (6 %)

4 (24 %)

A.B. Chemistry

1 (8 %)

3 (25 %)

3 (25 %)

0 (0 %)

5 (42 %)

B.S. Biochemistry

19 (68 %)

3 (11 %)

4 (14 %)

0 (0 %)

2 (7 %)

A.B. Biochemistry

0 (0 %)

1 (50 %)

0 (00 %)

0 (0 %)

1 (50 %)

TOTAL

27 (46 %)

7 (12 %)

12 (20 %)

1 (2 %)

12 (20 %)

 

 

Outcomes of All Individual Recent Graduates (2005, 2006):

 

CLASS

MAJOR/DEGREE

POSITION UPON GRADUATION

2007

BIOCH

AB

Clinical Coordinator , Beth-Israel Medical Center

2007

CHEM

AB

Technician, Trevigen

2007

CHEM

AB

Tyco Health

2007

CHEM

AB

M.S. candidate in Pharmacology, Georgetown University

2007

BIOCH

BS

M.D. candidate, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey

2007

BIOCH

BS

M.D. candidate, University of Miami

2007

BIOCH

BS

Oncology Biochemistry Assistant, Millenium Pharmaceuticals

2007

BIOCH

BS

Laboratory Technician, St. Luke’s Hospital

2007

BIOCH

BS

M.D. candidate, Harvard University

2007

BIOCH

BS

Ph. D candidate in Chemistry, Yale University

2007

CHEM

BS

Ph. D candidate in Chemistry, Harvard University

2007

CHEM

BS

Ph. D candidate in Chemistry, Brown University

2007

CHEM

BS

Ph. D candidate in Chemistry, University of Vermont

2007

CHEM

BS

Ph. D candidate in Chemistry, University of Maryland

2007

CHEM

BS

Ph. D candidate in Chemistry, Florida State University

2007

CHEM

BS

Ph. D candidate in Chemistry, University of Illinois

2006

BIOCH

AB

unknown

2006

CHEM

AB

M.D. candidate, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School