Students may elect a minimum of eight hours of study in cognate fields as approved by the Departmental Graduate Committee, to compliment their program. This plan is available for those students who wish to continue their professional training with graduate work emphasizing research. Students may elect a minimum of eight hours of study in cognate fields as approved by the Departmental Graduate Committee, to complement their program. Cognate fields, which students in the thesis plan might consider, include physics, biological sciences, mathematics, or computer science. An oral examination covering the thesis work will be given following the completion of the thesis.
Laboratory involves synthesis and physicochemical measurements of selected compounds.
416G Chemical Literature. An introduction to searching the chemical research literature. Eighteen semester hours of chemistry. The chemistry of major cellular constituents and their metabolism. 429G Biochemistry Topics.