Art conservation is a field that is multi disciplinary. Although art history and art are very important to the field, science is also a huge part. Not only do conservators use chemicals that should be understood, conservators also need to be able to understand what an artifact or material is made out of, what chemical changes have happened to it over time, how it is decomposing and what chemicals should or should not be used to treat it. For my art conservation major in the UD program, I am required to take at the minimum Chem 103 and 104 and two semesters of organic chemistry, as well as the art history and art classes.