The Department of Chemistry offers programs of study leading to the MS and PhD degrees. Opportunities for study in courses and through research are available in analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.
Research plays a major role in the graduate program.
Since the number of graduate students is not large, the research program of the individual student is enhanced by close daily contact with the faculty. During registration all new graduate students take qualifier examinations covering the fields of analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. Programs of study are in part determined by the results of these examinations, and deficiencies are to be remedied during the student's first academic year. For the MS degree, the student is expected to undertake a broad program of course work at an advanced level and to complete successfully an original investigation. This investigation must be of the highest quality but necessarily limited in scope.