Through rigorous study and high-level performance opportunities across many genres and styles, your skills will be refined and your mind sharpened. You'll graduate as a versatile musician, ready for a lifetime of musical excellence. You'll be well-prepared to share beauty and engage God’s world through music.

In essence, Calvin's music program will bring out the best in you.

Graduate with broad musical skills, confidence in your abilities, and expertise in your specific interests. Calvin has the kinds of wide-ranging opportunities that big schools have—all within a community that will know you and encourage you to excel.

While you’re mastering your craft, you’re also being equipped for the future. Calvin graduates go on to pursue advanced music degrees and perform as professional musicians. They also work in other fields, like computer programming, communication, law, and medicine.

That’s because at Calvin, you’ll learn how to combine creativity and precision—in classrooms, in worship, in live performances. You’ll be ready to lead, whether at the conductor’s podium, in the recording studio, or in any professional field.

Study the chemical reactions that make life happen. Explore chemical systems of incredible beauty and complexity. Confront real-world challenges like disease and environmental change. A biochemistry degree is the gateway to careers in research, medicine, and industry.

Exciting Courses

Early courses in our major expose you to all types of chemistry and give you a strong foundation in chemical thinking and problem-solving. Our advanced courses help you see how biochemistry can be used to solve real-world problems. You can take classes like:

When you understand the tiniest components of our natural world, you can make big changes. Chemistry influences the medicine we invent, the laws we write, and the spaces we create—and Christians are needed in these spaces to solve problems and spur innovation.

Exciting Courses

Early courses in our major expose you to all types of chemistry and give you a strong foundation in chemical thinking and problem-solving. Our advanced courses help you see how different kinds of chemistry are connected and can be used to solve real-world problems. You can take classes like:

At Calvin, we explore things—all things.

From the nucleotide subunits in DNA to the regional interactions between ecosystems, you’ll uncover the depth and beauty of God’s creation. Conduct real-world research on phages, or get exposed to various medical practices while studying abroad in places like Nepal. Add a second major in psychology, education, business, or international development. And, yes, you’ll still graduate in four years.

By exploring all things, you will broaden your perspective as you dive deep into the roots of issues and their ethical implications. You’ll ask what it means to be a Christian biologist and then become one.

PK-12 grade band options create pathways to work with students of all ages in specialized subject areas. You will be equipped to champion students as image-bearers of God in the field you are most passionate about.

At Calvin, you will learn from professors with vast experience in your specific area of study. Calvin partners with local public and private schools to provide tiered field internships that develop your ability to teach your unique subject to a variety of ages. Our program not only prepares you to be an effective teacher and leader, it equips you to begin your career with confidence, believing you can make a difference in the lives of young people.