The candidate for a Master's Degree in Chemistry must present
a minimum of 30 semester hours including at least 15 semester hours in 6000-level
Chemistry courses available to graduate students only. Required courses include
CHEM
5111,
5121,
5133,
either
5134 or
5135,
6082,
6682 and
6900.
Two semester hours of Chemistry graduate seminar, CHEM
6682,
and at least one, but up to 16 semester hours of chemical research and thesis
credit, CHEM
6900,
must be presented. In addition, six semester hours from the course-group
CHEM
6115,
6125,
6135,
6138,
6145,
6146 or
6060 are
required. Departmental approval is necessary before CHEM 6060 credit can
be used to satisfy this requirement. Any 4000 level or higher mathematics
or physics course except those designed for a professional education sequence
may be taken for graduate credit. Well-prepared students, particularly those
with degrees from ACS-approved programs, will normally satisfy the requirement
for CHEM
5111,
5121,
5133,
and
5134,
or
5135 through
placement examinations administered after admission. In those cases, hours
that would have been earned for these courses may be replaced by research,
CHEM 6900, or by elective courses. A grade point average of 3.0 is required
for the degree. In addition, the thesis must be accepted within six calendar
years after admission into the M.S. program as a degree student. This includes
a successful defense of the written thesis before a special thesis committee
of no fewer than four persons, at least one of whom must be from outside
of the Chemistry Department.
Approval of the Master's program of each student
and monitoring his/her progress toward the degree is the responsibility
of the student's research adviser. Prior to the selection of a research
adviser, graduate student progress is monitored by the departmental Graduate
Committee.
A student in the Chemistry M.S. program is
required to maintain satisfactory progress toward the degree. Continued
enrollment is at all times subject to review on the basis of academic
record. This review is performed by the departmental Graduate Committee.
