North Greenville to Offer Biochemistry in 2026
Posted on: September 19, 2025
Tigerville, SC —North Greenville University will add a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and a minor in Chemistry in the Fall of 2026.
The new program will serve as the second natural science major in NGU’s College of Humanities and Sciences.
“At North Greenville, we view faith and science as a single entity,” said Dr. Ronald Marks, professor of Chemistry at NGU. “When a student is studying science, we’re telling them that they are studying the creator’s handiwork. We don’t want our students to simply be successful scientists, as fulfilling as that might be. We want them to be scientists who understand the creator and do their work for his purposes and his glory.”
According to Marks, the Biochemistry degree was designed to provide students with problem solving skills through upper-level chemistry courses that will offer necessary training and meet prerequisite requirements for graduate school.
“We are providing an academically solid and rigorous pathway for students who have an interest in research or biotech,” said Dr. Paul Thompson, Dean of NGU’s College of Humanities and Sciences. “It allows us to reach students that we haven’t been able to reach before,” Thompson said.
New chemistry courses introduced with this major are: Biochemistry II, Analytical Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry Lab, Inorganic Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry
“The classes are going to give the students more options and skills,” said Dr. Aaron Mood, associate professor of Chemistry at NGU. “For example, in the Analytical Chemistry Lab, students are going to learn a lot of skills that they won’t find anywhere else on campus that they can then take on to their jobs or graduate school.”
Marks said the new offerings will add depth to the science curriculum and challenge aspiring scientists and doctors at NGU.
“There’s a theory that says the language you speak affects how you think,” Marks said. “A person that only speaks German thinks in a different way than I do. In the same way, a person who is taking chemistry is going to have a different way of thinking and processing than someone who takes English or History. It’s not better or worse. It’s just different. Introducing that language to our students is going to help them think in new ways and it will serve as another method for cultivating transformational leaders for church and society.”
For more information about Biochemistry at NGU, visit go.ngu.edu/biochem.
