Chemistry

The Chemistry program is a four-year program designed to prepare you to complete Southern Arkansas University's (SAU) bachelor's degrees in Chemistry.

• Chemistry - Medical Laboratory Science - After completing your NPC associate degree, you will complete your upper-level courses at SAU.
• Chemistry - Pre-Health Professional-Biochemistry - After completing your NPC associate degree, you will complete your upper-level SAU courses at NPC and receive your bachelor's degree from SAU.

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.

• Chemistry, AS-STEM for Transfer to SAU at NPC BS in Chemistry: Pre-Health Professional-Biochemistry

• Chemistry, AS-STEM for Transfer to SAU BS in Chemistry, Medical Laboratory Science
  
  

For more information on transfer degrees with SAU, see the Frequently Asked Questions page.

• 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) (2)
• 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:

• Spartan '18 computational software (1 Windows, 1 Linux)
• 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)