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Chemistry

Chemeketa offers over 20 chemistry classes to fulfill requirements for transfer degrees and professional programs.

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  • Two students in a Chemistry Lab
  • Two students examining chemical compounds.

Why choose Chemistry?

Chemistry studies the composition and characteristics of the physical world. It examines how matter reacts in different situations like changes in heat, light and pressure.

What will you learn?

Chemistry is part of the foundation of basic science and its many uses –

  • Structure of matter
  • Chemical reactions
  • Energy flow
  • Chemistry of the environment

What will you do?

A degree in chemistry opens many career opportunities –

  • Cosmetics
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Food research
  • Healthcare
  • Medicine