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Austin College Home |
 The
Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry at Austin College is composed
of six full-time faculty, a laboratory manager and an instrument
manager shared with other science departments.
The faculty have studied, been trained and worked at numerous
highly-regarded institutions of higher education of wide geographic
distribution from the West to the Northeast United States as well as
Canada and Israel. Faculty
expertise is in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Inorganic
Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry.
The
courses offered prepare students for immediate employment in
chemistry, for further education in graduate school, for health
science careers and other technical careers.
The chemistry program is certified by the American Chemical
Society and is rated as one of the strongest departments on campus in
the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2007.
It is equipped with numerous instruments essential to teaching
and research and looks forward to a future home in a new thirty-five
million dollar Science Building for which detailed plans have been
made and major contributions found. The department graduates ten to fifteen majors a year in
Chemistry or Biochemistry. The
Biochemistry program in particular has grown in strength and number of
majors in recent years.
 The
chemistry faculty have always viewed themselves as professional
chemists who teach as evidenced by their vigorous research programs
supported by external and internal grants. They also teach in a variety of courses outside their core
areas of expertise: Natural Science Courses for the non-science
student, a freshman seminar program, Integrated Science Courses
examining broader philosophical and societal aspects of
science and finally January Term courses which offer exciting
opportunities for travel and/or expression of other interests in
medicinal chemistry, art and chemistry, archeology and chemistry,
energy and chemistry, history/philosophy of chemistry.
For
further information, please feel free to contact Anthony Tanner,
Associate Professor and Chair at 903-813-2365 or ttanner@austincollege.edu.
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