Chemistry Graduate Programs

Master of Chemistry

The Master of Chemistry program is designed for professionals pursuing advanced study on a part-time basis. It does not include a research requirement. Candidates for the Master of Chemistry degree must meet the requirements of the Graduate College for a professional master's degree.

The student must additionally complete a specialized interdisciplinary program consisting of at least 12 credit hours in a coherent area of chemistry. The selection of the student's program must be made in consultation with an adviser and may be chosen from the suggested programs listed below or designed to suit the student's interests. This interdisciplinary program specialization may include chemistry and/or related coursework from other departments for example, mathematics and physics, computer science, biology, law, business, environmental or chemical engineering. (The credits in law may not be applied toward the J.D. degree at Chicago-Kent College of Law.) Students must pass either one M.S. comprehensive examination, or an oral final examination based primarily on the area of specialization. This may include defense of a project. Some of the possible areas of specialization are:

• Biochemistry/ Biotechnology

• Environmental Chemistry

• Polymer Chemistry
  
  
  

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Required Courses

Students are required to complete satisfactorily six of the M.S. core courses listed below:

CHEM 500	Advanced Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 505*	Spectroscopic Methods I
CHEM 518	Electrochemical Methods
CHEM 520	Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 521	Structural Inorganic and Solid State Chemistry
CHEM 530	Organic Reaction Mechanisms
CHEM 531	Tactics in Organic Synthesis
CHEM 535	Polymer Synthesis
CHEM 550*	Chemical Bonding
CHEM 553	Introduction to Chemical Thermodynamics

*Students must take either CHEM 505 or CHEM 550

The student must additionally complete a specialized interdisciplinary program consisting of at least 12 credit hours in a coherent area of chemistry. The possible areas of specialization are listed below, along with suggested courses:

Biochemistry/Biotechnology

BIOL 403	Biochemistry Lectures
BIOL 404	Biochemistrty Laboratory
BIOL 445	Cell Biology
BIOL 514	Toxicology
BIOL 515	Molecular Biology
BIOL 550	Industrial and Computational Biology

Environmental Chemsitry

ENVE 401	Introduction to Water Resources Engineering
ENVE 410	Environmental Health Engineering
ENVE 463	Introduction to Air Pollution Control
ENVE 501	Environmental Chemistry
ENVE 506	Chemodynamics

Polymer Chemistry

CHE 450	Principles of Polymer Science and Engineering
CHE 538	Polymerization Reaction Engineering
CHE 555	Polymer Processing
CHEM 542	Characterization of Polymers
MMAE 580	Structure and Properties of Polymers
MMAE 581	Theory of Mechanical Behavior of Polymers

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