The purpose of the graduate program is to prepare students for further graduate studies, teaching careers, and industrial research. Thesis research is offered in biochemistry and in organic, inorganic, analytical and physical chemistry.
To be admitted to graduate status as a major in the Department of Chemistry, a student must have completed a bachelor's degree in either chemistry or biochemistry which includes a minimum of 30 semester hours of chemistry and/or biochemistry courses including at least one course in calculus based physical chemistry.
To be admitted to graduate status in the Department of Chemistry as a minor, a student must have completed not less than 16 semester hours of undergraduate work in chemistry. The student must also have completed the specific prerequisites for each graduate course to be taken.
The
Department of Chemistry offers a thesis and non-thesis master’s degree
(thesis option highly recommended).
Thesis master’s degree requires a minimum 21 of the required 30
semester hours in chemistry (including CHE 589 and 590). The non-thesis master’s degree requires
a minimum 27 of the required 36 semester hours in chemistry. Both options require a minimum of one
graduate course in each area of chemistry.
A graduate minor in chemistry must total a minimum of nine semester hours of chemistry.
A limited number of graduate assistantships are awarded each year in the department. For information and applications contact the chair of the department.
Professors
Wayne C. Boring, Ph.D.,
Anthony J. Duben, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Physical Chemistry
Michelle R. Harris, Ph.D.,
Michael A. Janusa, Ph.D.,
Richard H. Langley, Ph.D.,
John T. Moore, Ed.D.,
Associate Professors
Alyx S. Frantzen, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professors
Russell J. Franks, Ph.D.,
Kefa K. Onchoke, Ph.D.,