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Chemistry, MS

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Program Contact

Vadoud Niri, Program Coordinator
224 Shineman Center
315-312-2741
vadoud.niri@oswego.edu

 

The Chemistry program is in the Chemistry department, which is one of eighteen departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Visit the program admissions page to apply.

 

Program Description

The chemistry graduate program is designed to allow students to pursue advanced training in chemistry – which focuses on a variety of career goals, both academic and professional, bolstered by individual mentoring and extensive research opportunities. Students will be able to tailor their education to meet their goals. Students can choose between a thesis track focusing on research designed for students who wish to gain more experience in research or a non-thesis track for students interested in taking more courses. Both tracks will help students to enter the workforce upon graduation or to apply to Ph.D. programs following their master’s degree. SUNY Oswego’s research intensive program using advanced facilities in the research labs makes students more marketable to industry, Ph.D. institutions, and professional/medical schools. 

This program includes a professional track option designed to include business management electives selected from our award-winning MBA programs. Students will take courses such as operations management to prepare for the application of business principles to chemistry.

 

Chemistry (30-34 cr)

 

 

Thesis Option

*Elective credit hours (B) and thesis credit hours (D) should equal 20 credit hours total.

A. Core Program (9 cr)

Graduate courses from three different areas of chemistry under advisement.

B. Elective Courses (9-14 cr*)

Under advisement.

C. CHE 596 – Seminar (1 cr)

D. CHE 598 – Thesis (6-11 cr*)

 

 

Non-Thesis Option

A. Typical Core Program (9 cr)

Graduate courses from three different areas of chemistry under advisement.

B. Elective Courses (17 cr)

Under advisement.

C. Seminar (1 cr)

D. One of the following two courses: (3 cr)

Professional Option

 

A. Typical Core Program (9 cr)

Graduate courses from three different areas of chemistry under advisement. See below for the courses in the different disciplines.

B. Elective Courses (12 cr)

Under advisement

C. CHE 596 Seminar (1 cr)

 

D. GST 691 Internship (3 cr)

 

E. Business Course (9 cr)

 

Curriculum Notes

  • Elective courses may be taken in departments other than chemistry. All elective courses must be selected, under advisement. Any course outside of the department must be approved by the chemistry graduate committee.
  • In the thesis option, all students are required to take a minimum of six accumulated credit hours of CHE 598 - Thesis. A maximum of seventeen credit hours of thesis may be taken if approved by the Departmental Graduate Advisory Committee. The thesis involves an original research problem and a formal dissertation. Students are required to give an oral presentation of their work.
  • All students are required to take one credit hour of seminar.
  • The GST 691 Internship requirement in the professional option is required to be a minimum of eight weeks, forty hours per week long. Students are responsible for finding an internship placement with the help of the EXCEL: Experiential Courses and Engaged Learning. Students are required to write a report and to give a presentation after the internship.
  • A Peace Corps experience, which must be approved by the chemistry graduate committee, related to the student’s area of study will satisfy the internship requirement of GST 691.

Additional Program Requirements

  • All students are required to pass qualifying examinations in three of five main areas of chemistry that include, analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic and physical.

 

Chemistry Graduate Courses based on Disciplines:

Analytical Chemistry

Biochemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

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