Is the graduate student ratio similarly 50/50 (or was that what you were talking about?).
The graduate ratio was about 50/50, too. We lost about six people along the way, and AFAIK the pharm. chem. course didn't lose anyone.
Chemistry has been strange recently, because I've been getting the impression that there's been a much larger gap between physical chemistry and biochemistry/organic chemistry, especially in training. Well, I did straight chemistry, and physical chem and organic chem (biochemistry is something else entirely, btw) were core modules (ie mandatory) every year, along with inorganic chemistry and analytical chemistry. Things like environmental chemistry, materials chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, advanced chemistry of heterocyclic compounds etc. were optional modules. However at no time during any of my optional modules do I remember looking around and seeing a) almost no guys, b) almost no girls in the classroom.
We had to take some non-chemistry electives in second year and had a choice of physics, maths and geology. I can't speak for the physics modules because I didn't take them (barely passed the required physics module in first year), but IIRC the maths and geology modules were split about 50/50 too. In the case of the geology modules, the faculty was split 50/50.
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The graduate ratio was about 50/50, too. We lost about six people along the way, and AFAIK the pharm. chem. course didn't lose anyone.
Chemistry has been strange recently, because I've been getting the impression that there's been a much larger gap between physical chemistry and biochemistry/organic chemistry, especially in training.
Well, I did straight chemistry, and physical chem and organic chem (biochemistry is something else entirely, btw) were core modules (ie mandatory) every year, along with inorganic chemistry and analytical chemistry. Things like environmental chemistry, materials chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, advanced chemistry of heterocyclic compounds etc. were optional modules. However at no time during any of my optional modules do I remember looking around and seeing a) almost no guys, b) almost no girls in the classroom.
We had to take some non-chemistry electives in second year and had a choice of physics, maths and geology. I can't speak for the physics modules because I didn't take them (barely passed the required physics module in first year), but IIRC the maths and geology modules were split about 50/50 too. In the case of the geology modules, the faculty was split 50/50.