Apply Your Learning
Make the most out of your university career by taking advantage of all that Laurier has to offer you. Volunteer work, campus clubs, leadership programs, studying abroad, work experience – there are so many ways you can extend your classroom experience into the real world.
Here are just a few examples of the experiences you’ll get in the Chemistry and Physics program:
- Apply to live in the Faculty of Science Residence Living Learning Community and take what you are learing in the classroom into your everyday life.
- Apply for co-op at the end of your first year to gain real work experience to add to your resumé.
- Participate in hands-on lab sessions, tutorials and seminars as part of your coursework.
- Add a Research or Instructional Assistantship to your resumé and work closely with your peers and Chemistry & Biochemistry and Physics professors.
- Apply for an NSERC or Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research Assistantship (USRA), the Directed Studies course, and/or the Honours Thesis Research course fo rthe opportunity to do research in an area that interests you.
- Attend the Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC), the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) Conference, the Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference or the Canadian Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics as a student delegate.
Check out the Chemistry Experience and Career Guide and Physics Experience and Career Guide.