• The Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry degree is recommended to students who wish to prepare themselves for graduate or professional programs in medicine, dentistry, chemistry, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, wood products chemistry, genetic counseling, materials science, chemical life sciences, and others. This degree has the option for certification by the American Chemical Society (ACS). 
  • Graduates have embarked on professional careers in industries related to health care, clinical analysis, pharmaceuticals, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, biotechnology, nutrition, and biochemical informatics, to name a few.
  • Seattle university’s students benefit from the department's dedication to its mission and from the capstone experience that initiates with a seminar course in which students engage with a contemporary problem in chemistry or biochemistry. In subsequent quarters, students address questions raised in their initial investigations by performing research in collaboration with a faculty mentor or with one of several local companies. The experience culminates with a seminar course in which written and oral presentations of the research are shared by all.
  • SU’s Chemistry and Biochemistry Learning Outcomes are focused on student’s success. On successful completion of chemistry degree programs, they will be able to:
    • Chemistry fundamentals. Master fundamental knowledge and principles from general, organic, inorganic, analytical, physical, and biochemistry.
    • Experimentation. Plan, safely conduct, troubleshoot, and document lab experiments that answer chemical questions.
    • Problem-solving. Devise and implement approaches that effectively address complex problems.
    • Critical thinking. Analyze data, results, theories, explanations, and hypotheses by applying chemical knowledge and intuition.
    • Communication. Communicate effectively and persuasively with technical audiences in written and oral forms; develop strategies to understand the technical communications of others.
    • Collaboration. Build on individual strengths to work collectively towards a goal; articulate ideas clearly; play various roles that help the group progress.
    • Professional behavior. Demonstrate timeliness, earnestness, honesty, self-awareness, self-regulation, and ethical responsibility in communications and collaborations.
    • Reflection. Develop the habit of reconsidering ideas or experiences to gain new insights, to discover deeper meaning, or to improve over time.