Chemistry-Computers

Modern chemistry has a very close relationship with computers and computational methods. Most modern chemical instruments have microcomputer chips that are responsible for controlling the instrument and handling the data. The same instrument may be connected to an external computer which further processes the data before the user sees the results of measurements. Another area in which the chemist uses computers is information processing and retrieval. The chemical literature is a vast collection of information and data, but without the help of computers at the Chemical Abstracts Service enable a chemist to retrieve information by subject, author, patent number, formula and even structural descriptions. Many new chemicals are synthesized for particular purposes, such as pharmaceutical drugs, artificial sweeteners or polymers with specific properties. Computer computational methods combined with graphics are used to design these chemicals. In order to prepare students for industry and graduate school in the area of computational chemistry, the University of Scranton has introduced this program in chemistry/computers which combines a background in chemistry with a sufficient number of computer science courses to enable the student to have a good foundation in both areas.

The following is the grid for the Chemistry-Computers major at the University of Scranton. It is only what is recommended for when the student takes certain courses but is not the final decision for the course work, especially if the student advances out of General and Analytical Chemistry I by the exemption test given during the Summer Pre-Orientation.