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Mission Statement
The Chemistry Department at the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University strives to provide an excellent education in chemistry within a liberal arts tradition for a variety of learners. We design our program to help students understand that chemistry is a way of thinking about how matter is constructed, organized, and functions. In accord with the Benedictine tradition of these two institutions, we build this chemical foundation in a context that helps students become scientifically responsible citizens, with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that will allow them to be successful in scientific or non-scientific professions. We accomplish this by providing students with a variety of learning opportunities such as formal courses with integrated laboratories, hands-on experiences with modern instrumentation and computers, research projects and seminar programs. We carry out this mission in an atmosphere of support and encouragement for both students and staff.
Goals
Through a variety of learning opportunities, our students will develop:
- a knowledge-base necessary to understand chemistry as a varied and central dimension of contemporary life
- the technical and intellectual skills necessary to facilitate creative problem solving, and
- The attitudes and values that foster a continuing discourse about science and its role in multicultural societies.