Study Chemistry at King's

Chemistry inspires curiosity by revealing the secrets of life's basic building blocks. Visualizing, documenting, and interacting with the molecular world opens up new opportunities to understand and bring healing to our hurting world.

Inside this program

Reveal Hidden Worlds

Work alongside your professors as you discover how subatomic particles and their interactions reveal the fingerprints of our Creator.

Experience Hands-On Learning

A highly experiential and research-rich program prepares you for industry careers, graduate study, and professional programs. Field trips and lab experiments encourage analysis, problem-solving, and mathematical abilities that will serve you in any endeavor.

Research and Laboratory Facilities

Chemistry students enjoy fully-outfitted teaching and research laboratories.

Laboratories include the following:

  • Two 24-station chemistry labs
  • Research project lab
  • Instrument and research lab
  • Science machine shop

Highly-specialized instruments and equipment such as a Cary 50 UV-Vis spectrophotometer, a Nicolet Impact 400 FTIR spectrometer, the Varian SpectraAA 55 atomic absorption spectrometer, and others are available for student use.

Professional Chemist (P.Chem.) Designation

King's four-year chemistry degree is nationally-accredited by the Chemical Institute of Canada and may qualify graduates for designation in Alberta as a Professional Chemist (P.Chem).

Research Profiles

Climate Action Can Flip the Switch: Resourcing Climate Empowerment in Chemistry Education Peter Mahaffy Natural & Computing Science

This paper details the work of twelve undergraduate chemistry and environmental studies students who collaborated with Dr. Peter Mahaffy to create a rich set of resources and activities that will help other educators and students connect the learning of chemistry to climate change.

Bioimaging of Tungsten and Zinc in Bone Tissue Cassidy VanderSchee Natural & Computing Science

This experiment compares elemental mapping techniques to determine how they differ in terms of methodology, sensitivity, and image resolution. This study specifically considers synchrotron radiation micro-X-ray fluorescence and plasma mass spectrometry to determine how these techniques can be used in studying the distribution and accumulation of tungsten in bone.

Systems Thinking to Educate about the Molecular Basis of Sustainability Peter Mahaffy Natural & Computing Science

Featured in International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry 100 stories for their Centenial.  IUPAC 100 Stories.

SPI Sandwich Leah Martin-Visscher Natural & Computing Science

This report considers the ways recombinant peptide is produced and finds that common methods such as cloning and fusion can lead to degradation and instability. To prevent this, this study creates and tests a new expression system to make a "sandwiched" form of recombinant peptide that is more stable, protected against degradation, and results in improved yield.

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