COURSE REQUIREMENTS

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GRADUATE CHEMISTRY COURSES
DIPLOMA IN CHEMISTRY
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY (THESIS OPTION)

• ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
• Possession of a B.S. degree obtained from a
  recognized institution of higher learning.
• Completion of a minimum of at least twenty (20)
  units of college chemistry including Quantitative
  Analysis and Elementary Organic Chemistry, ten
  (10) units of College Physics, and fifteen (15)
  units of Mathematics including Differential and
  Integral Calculus.
• Satisfactory performance in an entrance
  examination, to be administered by the Institute
  of Chemistry and in consultation with the
  National Institute of Physics and the Department
  of Mathematics.

• ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
• Possession of a B.S. degree obtained from a
  recognized institution of higher learning.
• Completion of at least thirty five (35) units of
  College Chemistry.
• A high degree of intellectual capacity.
• Aptitude for graduate study in Chemistry.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN CHEMISTRY

• GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
• Take advanced placement examinations in
  Analytical, Inorganic, Physical, Organic, and
  Biochemistry. Students with unsatisfactory
  performance may be required to take the necessary
  remedial undergraduate courses.
• Complete a minimum of twenty four (24) units of
  formal graduate courses.
• ? Core Courses (15 17 units)
• Chem 211 (Systematic Inorganic Chem.)
  3 units
• Chem 220 (Instrumental Methods of
  Analysis) 5 units OR
• Chem 223 (Theoretical Analytical
  Chem.) 3 units
• Chem 230 (Physical Organic Chem. I)
  3 units
• Chem 240 (Advanced Biochemistry) 3
  units
• Chem 250 (Chemical Thermodynamics I)
  3 units
• ? Cognate Courses (7 9 units) A
  cognate subject may be allowed if it is highly
  relevant to the students program of study which
  will be determined by the Program Adviser.
• Complete 2 units of Chem 290 graduate seminar
  courses.
• Complete 6 units of Chem 300 (M.S. Chemistry
  Thesis).
• Maintain a CWAG of 2.0 or better in his/her
  graduate courses at the end of each academic
  year.

• ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
• Possession of a B.S. degree or an M.S. Chemistry
  degree obtained from a recognized institution of
  higher learning.
• Completion of at least sixty (60) units of
  College Chemistry.
• A high degree of intellectual capacity.
• Aptitude for graduate study in Chemistry.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS First Semester
No. of Units Chem 34
(Organic Chem II) 3 Chem 34.1 (Organic
Chem II Lab) 2 Chem 123 (Advanced
Analytical Chem) 3 Chem 156 (Intro. to
Quantum Chem) 3 Chem 153 (Physical Chem
I) 3 Chem 196 (Undergraduate Seminar)
__1__ 15
Units Second Semester
No. of Units Chem 123.1 (Advanced
Analytical Chem Lab) OR
2 Chem 125 (Chemical Instrumentation)
4 Chem 112 (Advanced Inorganic Chem)
3 Chem 145 (Biochemistry I) 3 Chem 146.1
(Biochemistry Lab) 2 Chem 154 (Physical
Chem II) 3 Chem 252 (Graduate Physical
Chem Lab) __2__
15 or 17 Units

• GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
• Advanced placement examinations in Analytical,
  Inorganic, Physical, Organic, and Biochemistry
  are required for B.S. Chemistry applicants.
• Complete a minimum of 45 units of graduate
  courses for B.S. degree applicants and a minimum
  of 24 units of graduate courses for M.S. degree
  students.
• ? Core Courses (15 or 17 units after the
  M.S. and 32 units after the B.S. degrees)
• Chem 211 (Systematic Inorganic
  Chem.) 3 units
• Chem 212 (Reaction Mechanisms of
  Transition Metal Complexes) 3 units
  OR
• Chem 213 (Physical Methods of
  Inorganic Chemistry) 3 units
• Chem 223 (Theoretical Analytical
  Chem.) 3 units
• Chem 220(Instrumental Methods of
  Analysis) 5 units
• Chem 230 (Physical Organic Chem. I)
  3 units
• Chem 235 (Theoretical Organic
  Chem.) 3 units
• Chem 240 (Advanced Biochemistry)
  3 units
• Another 3-unit course in Chem 240
  series
• Chem 250 (Chemical Thermodynamics
  I) 3 units
• Chem 255 (Quantum Chemistry) 3
  units OR
• Chem 257 (Chemical Kinetics) 3
  units
• ? Cognate Courses 7 or 9 units after
  the M.S. or 13 units after the B.S.
  degrees

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CHEMICAL EDUCATION

• ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
• Possession of a B.S. degree obtained from a
  recognized institution of higher learning.
• Completion of a minimum of at least thirty five
  (35) units of College Chemistry.
• A high degree of intellectual capacity.
• Aptitude for graduate study in Chemistry.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY (NON-THESIS OPTION)

• ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
• Possession of a B.S. degree obtained from a
  recognized institution of higher learning.
• Completion of at least thirty five (35) units of
  College Chemistry.
• A high degree of intellectual capacity.
• Aptitude for graduate study in Chemistry.

• GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
• Take advanced placement examinations in
  Analytical, Inorganic, Physical, Organic, and
  Biochemistry. Students with unsatisfactory
  performance may be required to take the necessary
  remedial undergraduate courses.
• Complete a minimum of thirty three (33) units of
  formal graduate courses.
• ? Core Courses (17 or 19 units)
• Chem 211 (Systematic Inorganic
  Chem.) 3 units
• Chem 220 (Instrumental Methods of
  Analysis) 5 units or Chem 223 (Theoretical
  Analytical Chem.) 3 units
• Chem 230 (Physical Organic Chem. I)
  3 units
• Chem 240 (Advanced Biochemistry) 3
  units
• Chem 250 (Chemical Thermodynamics I)
  3 units
• Chem 252 (Graduate Physical Chem.
  Lab.) 2 units
• ? Chemical Education Courses (9 units)
• Chem 288 (Chemistry Teaching
  Practicum)
• Chem 259 (Special Problem in Chem
  Ed) 2 units
• Education 380 (Seminar in College
  Teaching) 2 units
• Education 381(Workshop in Coll.
  Teaching) 3 units
• ? Cognate Courses (5-7 units) The
  cognate courses may be chosen from any of the
  remaining graduate courses in other disciplines
  (e.g. Physics, Mathematics, Biology, etc.).

• GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
• Take advanced placement examinations in
  Analytical, Inorganic, Physical, Organic, and
  Biochemistry. Students with unsatisfactory
  performance may be required to take the necessary
  remedial undergraduate courses.
• Complete a minimum of thirty three (33) units of
  formal graduate courses.
• ? Core Courses (26 units)
• Chem 211 (Systematic Inorganic Chem.)
  3 units
• Chem 213 (Physical Methods of
  Inorganic Chem.) 3 units
• Chem 220 (Instrumental Methods of
  Analysis) 5 units
• Chem 230 (Physical Organic Chem. I)
  3 units
• Chem 240 (Advanced Biochemistry) 3
  units
• Chem 250 (Chemical Thermodynamics I)
  3 units
• Chem 255 (Quantum Chemistry) 3
  units OR
• Chem 257 (Chemical Kinetics) 3
  units
• ? Cognate Courses (7) A cognate
  subject may be allowed if it is highly relevant
  to the students program of study which will be
  determined by the Program Adviser.
• Complete 2 units of Chem 290 graduate seminar
  courses.
• Maintain a CWAG of 2.0 or better.