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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
- GRADUATE
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Degree Programs
Prospective graduate students are expected to have completed,
during their undergraduate training:
The candidate must hold a B.S./B.A. degree from an accredited
institution. Consideration is given to applicants who have
successfully completed general chemistry (two semesters),
organic chemistry (two semesters), physical chemistry (two
semesters), and the related laboratories. A course in advanced
inorganic chemistry is strongly recommended, and remedial
work in this area may be required of students who have not
taken such a course. The mathematics and physics courses that
are normally included in a B.S. program in chemistry are also
required.
Undergraduate deficiencies are treated as such and must be
overcome during the first year of graduate study
M. S. Degree
The MS degree requires a minimum of 30 credits.
The department will cover tuition costs up to 30 credits for
students on assistantships and fellowships. At least 18 credits
must be formal lecture courses. The remaining 12 credits must
be broken down as follows:
Students must take a minimum of 9 credits of formal lecture
courses in the fall semester of their first year and
a minimum 9 credits of formal lecture courses in the spring
semester of their first year. Of the 18 credits, 3 core courses
totaling 9 credits should be taken by all graduate students.
• The required number of credits in the chemistry
seminars (CHM 679 and 680) and Introduction to
Research (CHM 685) must be taken in the first and second
year.
• The required number of credits in research
(CHM 710) must be taken in the second year.
• A dissertation based on research of a quality
acceptable for publication in a recognized scientific journal
must be completed before the end of the second year.
The remaining courses may be selected from 600-level chemistry
courses or 500- or 600-level courses in other departments.
The M.S. degree may be earned with or without a thesis.
In order to complete a MS degree without thesis, an advanced
comprehensive exam must be passed.
The exam is administered at the end of the second year in
the program.
Ph. D. Degree
The general requirements for the doctorate
in Chemistry are set forth in this Bulletin under the heading
Doctor of Philosophy. The Department of Chemistry has the
following specific requirements:
The PhD degree requires a minimum of 60 credits. The department
will cover tuition costs up to 60 credits for students on
assistantships and fellowships. At least 18 credits must be
formal lecture courses. The remaining 42 credits could be
broken down as follows:
Students must take a minimum of 9 credits of formal lecture
courses in the fall semester of their first year and
a minimum 9 credits of formal lecture courses in the spring
semester of their first year. Of the 18 credits, 3 core courses
totaling 9 credits should be taken by all graduate students.
• The required number of credits in the chemistry
seminar (CHM 679) must be taken in the first and second
year.
• The required number of credits in Introduction to
Research (CHM 685) must be taken in the first year.
• The required number of credits in the chemistry
seminar (CHM 680) must be taken in the second and fourth
year.
• The required number of credits in Pre-candidacy
Doctoral Dissertation (CHM 730) must be taken in the
first, second, third and fourth year.
• The required number of credits in Post-candidacy
Doctoral Dissertation (CHM 740) must be taken in the
fourth year.
• Four Cumulative Examinations must be passed
before the end of the first year.
• An Oral Comprehensive Exam must be passed
before the end of the second year.
• An original research proposal in Problems in
Research Planning (CHM 688) must be presented and defended
before the end of the third year.
• A dissertation based on research of a quality
acceptable for publication in a recognized scientific journal
must be completed before the end of the fifth year.
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