| Undergraduate
Study
BA Degree
Requirements
• 27 credit hours in
chemistry courses numbered 200 and above, including CHEM 272/272L,
273/273L, 274/274L, 333/333L, 351, and 352/352L
• MATH 206
• PHYS 170/170L, and 272/272L
• Recommended elective: MATH 231
• Recommended languages: German, French,
Russian, or Japanese
BS Degree
Requirements
• 40 credit hours in
chemistry courses numbered 200 and above, including CHEM 272/272L,
273/273L, 274/274L, 333/333L, 351, 352/352L, 422, 423 and 443
• A minimum of 6 credits from CHEM 399, 445, 601, 602, 621,
622, 623, 631, 632, 633, 641, 642, 643, 651, 653, or 658, HON 493 and
494, ENBI 402 or BIOC 441
• MATH 231
• PHYS 170/170L and 272/272L
• Recommended electives: MATH 232 and PHYS 274
• Recommended languages: German or French
Minor
Requirements
• 17 credit hours in
chemistry courses numbered 200 and above, including CHEM 272/272L,
273/273L, 274/274L, and 351
Graduate Study
The department offers MS and PhD research and study
opportunities in inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry, with
specialized research opportunities in geochemistry and marine-related
chemistry.
Intended candidates for the MS or PhD must present the
minimum undergraduate preparation in general, organic, analytical, and
physical chemistry courses. Foreign applicants for the MS and all PhD
applicants must take the GRE General Test and subject test in chemistry.
Graduate study in chemistry consists of course work,
independent study, teaching, and research. A thesis or dissertation
based on original research is the most important part of the master’s
or doctoral degree respectively. Candidates for advanced degrees are
required to serve as teaching assistants for a portion of their program.
Additional details concerning MS and PhD degree
requirements, as well as assistantships available to prospective
students, are outlined in brochures available upon request from the
department.
Master’s Degree
Requirements
The candidate for the MS in chemistry (Plan A only) is
granted 12 credit hours for an acceptable thesis. The remaining 18
credit hours must be selected from acceptable graduate courses in
chemistry (listed in the back of this Catalog) or from graduate
offerings in mathematics and the natural sciences. Required courses are
CHEM 691 or 692, and 700.
Doctoral Degree
Requirements
Doctoral candidates must complete a minimum of six
semesters of graduate study of which at least three semesters must be in
residence at the University. Courses are selected from acceptable
graduate courses in chemistry listed in the back of this Catalog and
from graduate offerings in related disciplines as directed by the
faculty. Candidates must demonstrate mastery of core material in
graduate courses in their chosen areas. Each candidate must pass a
comprehensive oral examination consisting of the defense of an original
research proposal written by the candidate and a résumé of the
candidate’s dissertation research and its current status.
The most important requirement for the PhD degree is
the research project that culminates in the dissertation. Prior to
beginning the second semester of study, each candidate selects one
member of the chemistry graduate faculty to serve as his or her research
director. The research director works with the candidate throughout his
or her program and chairs the candidate’s dissertation committee.
More information about the chemistry department and
its programs can be found on its Web site.
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Faculty
*T. Brislin, PhD
(Chair)--mass communication, journalism,
ethics
*J. C. Ady, PhD (Graduate Chair)--intercultural and organizational
communication
*R. Vincent, PhD (Undergraduate Chair)--media systems and institutions,
policy, processes and effects
*A. R. Arno, PhD--communication law, ethnography of communication
*D. M. Davis, PhD--social impact of communication technologies, telecom
services, communication and gender
*G. Fontaine, PhD--intercultural and organizational communication
*J. I. Kim, PhD--communication theory and research, development
communication, network analysis, diffusion of innovations
*E. N. Kunimoto, PhD--health communication, intercultural communication
*M. R. Ogden, PhD--telecommunication, Asia and Pacific Islands,
communication networks
*M. Tehranian, PhD--political economy of communication,
telecommunication policy and planning, communication and international
development
*D. J. Wedemeyer, PhD--communication policy and planning,
telecommunication, forecasting
Cooperating Graduate Faculty
A. Auman, MA--journalism
R. Brislin, PhD--cross-cultural communication
L. D. Frazier, EdD--public relations
C. Ho, PhD--communication technologies
M. Jackson, PhD--library sciences/information services
B. Keever, MS--journalism
W. Remus, PhD--decision sciences
M. Shapiro, PhD--political science
Affiliate Graduate Faculty
E. Buck, PhD--popular
culture
E. Casino, PhD--intercultural communication
G. C. Chu, PhD--communication and cultural change
W. Dissanayake, PhD--intercultural communication and communication
theory
M. Jussawalla, PhD--telecommunication economics
S. A. Rahim, PhD--communication and cultural change |