>> Well it depends.
If they want to major specifically in analytical chemistry then they'd probably be best
to do a chemistry degree as their major; however,
it's not absolutely necessary to do analytical chemistry.
Again, part of your chemistry degree is maybe a couple of courses in instrumentation
and that sort of thing, which is what you do in an analytical laboratory like mine.
But there's all kinds of different techniques out there so, you know, with a chemistry,
you know, a Bachelor's in Chemistry you can then go on to maybe a Master's
or Ph.D. and specialize that way.
But some of the things that we look and try to hire for are, you know, biochemistry majors,
biology majors, even math and physics majors.
All of that kind of background is really valuable in a chemistry lab
because we have instrumentation, even computer science.
Al l that kind of thing is, all of our instrumentation is run by computer systems
and all of our data are now electronically generated and stored in computer systems.
So that kind of background is also important.
So any kind of what we call STEM, science, technology, engineering, and math,
would be a good fit for something in a contract analytical laboratory like where I work.