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Chemistry majors work in industries including pharmaceuticals, fashion and textile design, medicine, agriculture, consumer products, petroleum and teaching.
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Why Study Chemistry?
Chemistry is a uniquely central science that touches on theory, physics, environmental sciences, bioinformatics and geology on one hand, and biology, psychology, drug design and medical sciences on the other.
The Department of Chemistry is addressing questions that affect our lives in a broad range of areas such as rapid identification of disease, the safety, design and response variations of drugs, damage to our genetic DNA by radiation and chemicals, and the fundamental basis for biomolecular structure, interactions and recognition.
Careers in Chemistry
A degree in chemistry provides a wide range of career opportunities.
The chemicals industry is one of the United States’ largest manufacturing industries with more than 8,000 firms producing more than 70,000 products. In 2011, the U.S. chemicals industry had sales of $763 billion and directly employed more than 788,000 workers, with additional indirect employment by industry suppliers of more than 2.7 million.
With investments of $56 billion in research and development in 2011, one-fifth of patents granted in the United States are chemistry-related.
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Department of Chemistry
Georgia State University
161 Jessie Hill Jr. Drive
391 Petit Science Center
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-413-5554
(Only for stockroom concerns)
Hours: Monday - Friday
10 a.m. - 12 p.m., 2 - 4 p.m.
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Department of Chemistry
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3965
Atlanta, GA 30302-3965