{"id":5,"date":"2013-12-05T15:13:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T23:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:46:03","slug":"chemistry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-info-box info-box\" data-box-style=\"2\"><div class=\"info-box-icon-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"info-box-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2023\/05\/chem_black.png\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"113\" height=\"113\" \/><\/div><div class=\"info-box-heading-copy-wrapper\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"heading\">Chemistry at Harvey Mudd<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"info-box-copy-wrapper\">\n<p>The Department of Chemistry at Harvey Mudd College is consistently ranked as one of the top undergraduate chemistry programs in the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chemistry curriculum is recognized for its unique program of study that builds on the broad, technical foundation that is acquired through the three-semester College-wide Core curriculum. With coursework in all major areas of chemistry coupled with courses in mathematics, physics, biology, engineering, and computer science, this unique program of study prepares students for professions in both traditional chemistry areas as well as cutting-edge interdisciplinary fields. Our laboratory curriculum gives students extensive hands-on experience with modern, sophisticated instrumentation and computation and features inquiry-driven open-ended experiments that emphasize the process of discovery.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><ul class=\"button-list\" data-buttons=\"4\"><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-1\" href=\"\/chemistry\/curriculum\/\"><span>Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-2\" href=\"\/chemistry\/research\/\"><span>Research<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-3\" href=\"\/chemistry\/facilities\/\"><span>Facilities and Instrumentation<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-4\" href=\"\/chemistry\/faculty-staff\/\"><span>Faculty and Staff<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-info-box info-box\" data-box-style=\"2\"><div class=\"info-box-icon-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"info-box-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div><div class=\"info-box-heading-copy-wrapper\"><div class=\"info-box-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class=\"heading\">Green Chemistry Commitment Signer<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"info-box-copy-wrapper\">\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><ul class=\"button-list\" data-buttons=\"1\"><li><a class=\"mudd-more-button button-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2019\/12\/12\/hmc-chemistry-joins-green-chemistry-commitment\/\"><span>Green Chemistry<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"primary-page-card-container wp-block-mudd-latest-posts\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-heading-wrapper\">\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-heading\">Latest Chemistry News<\/h2>\n\t      <a aria-label=\"More News\" class=\"mudd-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/category\/chemistry\/\"><span>More<\/span><\/a>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t    \n        \n    \n    <ul class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-content-wrapper\">\n            <li class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2026\/04\/22\/harvey-mudd-junior-max-schernikau-27-wins-acs-poster-award\/\">\n          <span class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/max_schernikau_edit.jpg');\"><\/span>\n          <span class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card-heading\">Harvey Mudd Junior Max Schernikau Wins ACS Poster Award<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n            <li class=\"wp-block-mudd-latest-posts-card\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2026\/04\/17\/three-harvey-mudd-juniors-receive-prestigious-barry-goldwater-scholarship\/\">\n          <span class=\"image-wrapper\" style=\"background-image: 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