Additionally a minimum of eight semester hours of general chemistry and eight semester hours of organic chemistry is required for this program. Applicants not possessing the above requirements may be admitted to the program but will be expected to make up deficiencies on a collateral basis. A minimum of 30 semester hours including the thesis is required for the M.S. degree. Each student, with a faculty advisor, plans a tentative graduate program early in the first semester. Students are encouraged to begin their independent research in the second semester of their first year.
Every effort is made to plan the graduate program around the needs and interests of the students.
A non-thesis option is also available.