BA/BS in Chemistry

Harvard College offers chemistry as an undergraduate concentration that leads to an A.B. degree. The subject is presented both as a basic science and as a practical one with countless uses, centered on how matter is structured, what properties it has and how it reacts. Students are not locked into a single path. The requirements leave room to pick a focus area, and the curriculum includes organic, physical and inorganic chemistry plus chemical biology and biochemistry. Seminars and colloquia expose concentrators to the research currently underway in the department. Those who wish to go further can request admission to a combined A.B./S.M. option. The page directs applicants to the general college application rather than to a separate department process. The program page pairs a short summary with links to learn more and to apply. It does not publish tuition, duration or deadline information, so applicants should confirm those details with the admitting school before planning.