Graduate Program in Chemistry
The graduate program in chemistry, leading to the M.A., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, includes course work, seminar participation, and research, and is designed to lead to a broad understanding of the subject. Entering students may be admitted to either the master's or the doctoral program. The Ph.D. is offered with specializations in inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. All students will be required to demonstrate knowledge in advanced areas of inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. The doctoral program is designed to be flexible so that individual programs of study may be devised to satisfy the particular interests and needs of each student. In each case this program will be decided by joint consultation between the student, the Graduate Studies Committee, and the thesis supervisor, when selected. The doctoral program will normally include a basic set of courses in the student's own area of interest, to be supplemented by advanced courses in chemistry and, where appropriate, biochemistry, biology, mathematics, and physics.
Students in the Ph.D. program are eligible to participate in the new interdepartmental Graduate Program in Quantitative Biology, which provides training in new research fields that cross the traditional boundaries between the life sciences and the physical sciences
How to Be Admitted to the Graduate Program
The general requirements for admission to the Graduate School apply to candidates for admission to the graduate program in chemistry. In addition, the undergraduate curriculum of applicants should include courses in physics and mathematics (differential and integral calculus) and courses in general, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.
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