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. Students are required to complete satisfactorily six of the M.S. core courses listed above, including either CHEM 550 (Chemical Bonding) or CHEM 505 (Spectroscopic Methods).
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 as for the M.S. degrees described previously, 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 listed along with suggested courses:
Biochemistry/Biotechnology
BIOL 445 Cell Biology
BIOL 403 General Biochemistry
BIOL 404 Biochemistry Laboratory
BIOL 514 Toxicology
BIOL 515 Molecular Biology
BIOL 550 Industrial and Computational Biology
Environmental Chemistry
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