Chemistry at Duke

duke25
Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:20:40 +0000

I’m going to be a junior chem major next year. loveduke22 gave a nice rundown of the chem basics (one clarification: Analytical Chem and Inorganic Chem are both semester long classes that are I believe required for all chem majors).

The professors are very friendly, and most love to talk with undergraduates.

One thing that should be really attractive to people looking into chemistry at Duke is that the department is moving into a new, state of the art building halfway through next year (or at least that’s the plan). Gross Chemistry (the current building) is kind of old and ugly and most students cringe when they have to make the trek to it (stupid stairs). The new French Science Center is going to be a great place all around. It’s closer/connected to the other science buildings, and a lot of chem people at Duke are looking forward to it.