Lewis & ClarkCollege of Arts & Sciences

Chemistry

Majoring & Minoring

Programs and Requirements

The chemistry curriculum offers several advanced courses for students interested in biochemistry, environmental chemistry and medicine. Lewis & Clark chemistry majors have gone on to careers in industry, academia, forensics science, medicine, and law, just to name a few.

Related Interdisciplinary Programs

Non-Science Majors - Perspectives Classes

The chemistry department offers two perspectives classes specifically designed for non-science majors trying to meet their scientific and quantitative reasoning requirements. Typically, Perspectives in Environmental Chemistry and Perspectives in Nutrition are offered every year.

View a representative environmental chemistry syllabus (pdf). 

Contact Us

The Department of Chemistry is located in Olin Center.

email chemdept@lclark.edu

voice 503-768-7530
fax 503-768-7369

Department Chair Louis Kuo

Department of Chemistry
0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road, MSC 55
Portland, Oregon 97219