MS Chemistry

As with most graduate programs, the student's research experience is the essence of the Ph.D. degree. The requirements leading up to the Ph.D degree are designed to train students in fundamental concepts, oral presentation skills, scientific reasoning, design of experiments and/or theoretical models, and writing technical papers/reports. The overarching goal of the student's graduate training is the achievement of research excellence in a chosen sub-discipline of chemistry. To facilitate choosing a laboratory and a research adviser, each faculty member gives a short presentation on his/her research to the first-year students. First-Year student are then asked to do two laboratory rotations during their first semester in residence.