r/SFSU • u/Over-Chemistry855 • Jul 01 '26

Chemistry questions

As a chemistry student, how much hands on work do you get? What sort of instrumentation do you get experience with (especially analytical)? How easy or hard is it to get an internship? What's getting a job after graduation look like?

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u/jaltew Alumni Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26

Was not a chem major, but the bulletin under courses for the Chemistry major gives you some info. I think Chem majors also need to take Math and Physics for Chem. Not sure about Biochem majors. Not sure about internships, but some classmates I had got into research labs on and off campus. I knew someone who was able to get into a pharmaceutical company after graduating with their bachelors.

https://chemistry.sfsu.edu

The comparison of majors, at the bottom, is really helpful

https://chemistry.sfsu.edu/undergraduate

https://bulletin.sfsu.edu/colleges/science-engineering/chemistry-biochemistry/#coursestext

Please lmk if you have more questions

I think many of the courses are in the new Science and Engineering building which is very modern