Off-campus study is an important part of the Lawrence experience, and chemistry majors can build such opportunities into their programs in several ways. Some advance planning is important, so that requirements can be met in an orderly way, but students have participated in the Lawrence London Center, language programs sponsored either by Lawrence or by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM, to which Lawrence belongs), or other ACM programs abroad. Of particular interest to chemistry majors is the Oak Ridge Science Semester program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. This program provides seniors a chance to spend the fall term in a national laboratory working on a research project with the laboratory’s scientists.

There are also many opportunities for off-campus research, study, or internships during the summer.