The Department of Chemistry at UMass Lowell presently consists of more than 20 full-time research and teaching faculty. The department offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees with specializations at the graduate level in all the traditional areas of chemistry (Analytical, Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry) as well as Biochemistry, Environmental Chemistry and Polymer Science. The B.S. degree is approved by the American Chemical Society and meets all of the standards set forth by this society. In addition to the traditional B.S. degree, options are also available in Forensics Chemistry and Cheminformatics. All three of these are ACS-approved degrees. The Chemistry Department presently has nearly 150 undergraduate majors and over 100 graduate students.