DEPARTMENT OF


Master of Science in Chemistry


I. Chemistry Courses
 18 s.h.
A. Chemistry Core (select 6 s.h. each from a & b)
1. Organic & Inorganic Chemistry (6 s.h.)
CHEM 531 Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry
CHEM 532 Organic Synthesis
CHEM 521 Advanced Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 550 Organometallic Chemistry
2. Analytical & Physical Chemistry (6 s.h.)
CHEM 534 Chromatographic Methods
CHEM 536 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
CHEM 540 Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 542 Theoretical Physical Chemistry
CHEM 544 Electrochemistry
CHEM 546 Chemical Spectroscopy
CHEM 548 Chemical Kinetics
3. Chemistry Electives (6 s.h.)
CHEM 525 Bioinorganic Chemistry
CHEM 533 Biosynthesis of Natural Products
CHEM 538 Drug Design in Medicinal Chemistry
CHEM 570 Selected Topics in Advanced Biochemistry
CHEM 574 Protein Structure
CHEM 575 Enzyme Kinetics and Mechanisms
CHEM 576 Lipid Biochemistry
CHEM 577 Nucleic Acid Biochemistry
CHEM 590 Selected Topics - Advanced Chemistry
B. Research 2-6 s.h.
1. CHEM 599 Graduate Literature Search (2 s.h.)
or
2. CHEM 595 Graduate Research (3 s.h.)*
CHEM 698 Master's Thesis (3 s.h.)
* CHEM 595 is a variable credit course which can be taken twice
for a maximum of 3 s.h.)
II. Electives 8-12 s.h.
A. Chemistry / Allied Science / Mathematics (2 to 6 s.h.)*
* The number of credits taken in this catagory is determined
by the Research option selected. Those selecting option B.1.
must take 6 s.h. Those selecting B.2. need only take 2 s.h.
Courses must be approved by the Graduate Advisor
B. Free Electives (6 s.h.)*
* The free electives must be 500 level courses approved by the
Graduate Advisor

LINKS
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