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Degree Requirements

Degree Requirements

​Course Requirements

Core Courses (16 credit hours):

Course Title Quarter Hours
CHE 422INORGANIC STRUCTURE AND REACTIVITY4
CHE 450ADVANCED MECHANISTIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY4
CHE 452ADVANCED SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY4
Select one special topics course from the following:4
CHE 480
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
CHE 482
SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOCHEMISTRY
CHE 484
SPECIAL TOPICS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
CHE 486
SPECIAL TOPICS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
CHE 488
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Special topics courses may be repeated as long as the topic of the course is different.

Non-Thesis Option (32 credit hours):

Course Title Quarter Hours
CHE 430
& CHE 431		POLYMER SYNTHESIS
and POLYMER SYNTHESIS LABORATORY		6
CHE 432PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF POLYMERS4
CHE 434
& CHE 435		POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION
and POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY		6
CHE 436POLYMER TECHNOLOGY4
CHE 438MATERIAL SCIENCE4
CHE 464COATINGS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY4
CHE 466COATINGS PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS4

Thesis Option (32 credit hours):

Students interested in pursuing the Thesis Option would select any course combination from the Non-Thesis Option for 20 credit hours and the following:

Course Title Quarter Hours
CHE 497RESEARCH1-12
MS thesis students must write a thesis based on their research project and successfully defend their thesis.

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