Chemistry

This program is designed for those who wish to enter the job market as lab technicians in a wide variety of industrial sectors.  This degree will be transferable should a student desire to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry.

A cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or greater is required for graduation with this degree.

NPC and SAU Chemistry courses are offered on the NPC campus, while other courses in the degree may be available online. See Class Schedules for information about the many courses offered online and in the evenings.

All courses shown in the Catalog for each individual degree program are required. Courses should be taken in the sequential order shown in the Graduation Map.

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• Medical School
• Pharmacy School
• Graduate school in Chemistry leading to a Master's or Ph.D.
• Science related lab or field work in industrial, medical, government, or academic settings with potential employers such as ARDEQ, Arkansas State Crime Lab, and many others

NPC Chemistry labs are modern, well equipped and include the following: 

• 60 MHz Magritek (H/C/F) Benchtop NMR Spectrometer
• Agilent 5977B Gas Chromotography/Mass Spectrometer
• Agilent Cary 60 UV/Vis Spectrometer
• Agilent Cary 630 FTIR Spectrometer with Diamond ATR and gas cell
• Agilent 200 Series Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
• Agilent 1220 Infinity II HPLC
• Vernier UV/Vis-Fluorescence Spectrometer
• Vernier Polarimeter (2)
• Vernier Gas Chromatography (2)
• Vernier Go Direct Melt Station (4)
• Vernier Lab Quest 3 (24)
• Vernier pH Probe (12)
• Vernier Temperature Probe - Standard (12)/High Temp. (8)
• Vernier Go Direct SpectroVis Plus Spectrometer + Fluorometer (12)
• Rspec - Explorer (real-time classroom spectroscopy) (4)
• Parr O2 Bomb Calorimeter
• N2 Schlenk Line
• Benchmark LC-8 Centrifuge
• Buchi R100 Rotary Evaporator (2)
• Sherwood Scientific Magnetic Susceptibility Balance
• OHAUS PR Series Analytical Balance (9)

Computational resources:

• Gaussian 16 computational software (Linux site-license)/GaussView 6 (1 Linux)
• Spartan '24 computational software (1 Linux)
• Spartan '18 computational software (1 Windows)
• Spartan Student Version 8.0 computational software for instructional use
• ChemDraw Prime software for drawing chemical structures
• 1 HP Z820 Linux Workstation (2 x 8 core Intel Xeon processors)
• 1 HP ELITEDESK Windows Workstation (1 x 6 core Intel i7 processor)