Chemistry (MS)

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Offered by the Department of Chemistry , College of Arts and Sciences .

Admission to the Program

Applicants must have earned a degree equivalent to fulfilling the requirements for a BS in Chemistry or Biochemistry with a 3.00 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.00 scale) in chemistry from a college accredited by the American Chemical Society or equivalent. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores are required. All applications must be approved by the faculty of the Department of Chemistry.

Degree Requirements

30 credit hours of approved graduate work
- The entire course of study must constitute a unified program. Each student must have a proposed curriculum approved by the department’s academic advisor and the department chair within one semester after entering the program.
Tool of research: an examination in German, French, Russian, or statistics.
One comprehensive examination
Research requirement (with grades of B or better)
CHEM-797 Master’s Thesis Research (6)
or
CHEM-797 Master’s Thesis Research (3) and
CHEM-691 Internship (3)
A thesis of publishable quality based on original chemical laboratory research must be presented at a public seminar and defended before the student’s committee immediately thereafter. A research proposal must be accepted by the student’s thesis committee at least one semester prior to the oral defense of the thesis.

Course Requirements

Skills Courses (9 credit hours)

CHEM-602 Research Method Design (3)
CHEM-605 Research Seminar (3)
STAT-514 Statistical Methods (3) or skills course approved by advisor

Concepts Courses (15 credit hours)

15 credit hours from the following:

CHEM-615 Advanced Physical Chemistry (3)
CHEM-621 Advanced Organic Chemistry I (3)
CHEM-635 Topics in Biological and Organic Chemistry (3) (may be taken twice with different topic)
CHEM-640 Advanced Analytical Chemistry (3)
CHEM-655 Topics in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (3) (may be taken twice with different topic)
CHEM-662 Topics in Environmental Chemistry (3) (may be taken twice with different topic)
CHEM-666 Biochemistry II (3)

Research Courses (6 credit hours)

CHEM-797 Master’s Thesis Research (1-6) (6 credit hours required)
or
CHEM-797 Master’s Thesis Research
(1-6) (3 credit hours required) and
CHEM-691 Internship (1-6) (3 credit hours required)