{"id":6,"date":"2014-06-23T14:30:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T21:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/mayflower-template-full\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2022-02-21T00:56:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T08:56:08","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/chemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chemistry is often called the Central Science. It is a growing field with many interdisciplinary opportunities in biology, physics, medicine and engineering. Many chemistry majors find careers in these fields as teachers, technicians, researchers, engineers and health professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/statistics\/infbrief\/nsf11317\/\">a recent study<\/a>, 40% of students earning a bachelor\u2019s or master\u2019s in chemistry started at a two-year college. At Bellevue College, the Chemistry department strives to help students acquire the scientific skills necessary to accomplish their educational and career goals. It is our goal to provide a supportive learning and teaching environment for all students so they may continue on a path of success to a 4-year college\/university or professional program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/chemistry\/faq\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/02\/BC-Chem-Dept-3-4-20-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-950 img-fluid \" width=\"467\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/02\/BC-Chem-Dept-3-4-20-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/02\/BC-Chem-Dept-3-4-20-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/02\/BC-Chem-Dept-3-4-20-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/02\/BC-Chem-Dept-3-4-20-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2022\/02\/BC-Chem-Dept-3-4-20-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><figcaption>The BC Chemistry Department in one of our classrooms. Left to right: Jack Surendranath, Dan Mitchell, William Stier, Arlene Williams, Jacqui Drak, Shraddha Deodhar, Chris Shelley, Guzel Khakimova, Perminder Sandhu, Gina Fiorini. Photo taken March 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chemistry is often called the Central Science. It is a growing field with many interdisciplinary opportunities in biology, physics, medicine and engineering. Many chemistry majors find careers in these fields as teachers, technicians, researchers, engineers and health professionals. According to a recent study, 40% of students earning a bachelor\u2019s or master\u2019s in chemistry started at <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/chemistry\/\">...more about Home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1071,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}