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Program Requirements

General Program Requirements:
Number of Credits Required Beyond the Baccalaureate: 30

Required Courses:

Thesis Track¹

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Six formal lecture courses		18
Literature seminar		2
One approved graduate course and/or research course		4
颁贬贰惭听9996	Master's Thesis Research	6
Total Credit Hours		30

Coursework Track¹

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Ten formal lecture courses		30
Total Credit Hours		30

Research Track^1,2

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Six or more formal lecture courses		18-21
颁贬贰惭听9900	Seminar	2
颁贬贰惭听9901	Original Research Proposal Preparation	6-10
辞谤听颁贬贰惭听9991	Graduate Research Projects
Total Credit Hours		30

¹

In consultation with an academic advisor, students select coursework from the following approved courses: CHEM 5001-9800 (excluding CHEM 5901), and may include 叠颁惭厂听5003 Fundamentals of Biochemistry or 惭贰顿厂听5003 Fundamentals of Biochem, 叠惭厂颁听8702 Enzymes and Proteins, 贰贰厂听5625 Electron Optical Techniques, 惭贰贰听5205 Microscopy and Microanalysis of Materials, and/or 笔贬驰厂听5000 Topical Seminar. Additional course substitutions may be made with approval of the Graduate Committee.

²

Selecting the Research Track requires approval from the student's research advisor and the Chemistry Graduate Committee.

Culminating Events: In addition to successful completion of coursework, the Thesis Track and Coursework Track require the following:

Thesis:
The MS thesis is the culminating event for the Thesis Track. The thesis should be an original piece of research. Often, but not always, the research described in the MS thesis can be published in a peer-reviewed journal. The student coordinates the time for the defense with their Graduate Advisory Committee, which is responsible for evaluating the thesis and its defense. No thesis should go to defense unless it is ready for public scrutiny.

Master's Examination:
The master's examination is usually the last requirement to be fulfilled by students in the Coursework Track. Its purpose is to demonstrate a breadth and depth of knowledge in the core concepts of Chemistry. The exam is based on the student's major track in Chemistry. Faculty members in the student's track write the questions for the master's exam. The faculty members who write the questions grade the exam. Students schedule the exam with the department.