Applicants for the MS degree in Chemistry are required to complete, in addition to the requirements for the bachelor’s degree, a minimum of 45 graduate-level units and an MS thesis. Of the 45 units, approximately two-thirds must be in the department and must include at least 12 units of graduate-level lecture courses exclusive of the thesis.

After accepting admission to this coterminal master’s degree program, students may request transfer of courses from the undergraduate to the graduate career to satisfy requirements for the master’s degree. Transferring courses to the graduate career requires review and approval of both the undergraduate and graduate programs on a case-by-case basis.

In this master’s program, courses taken three quarters before the first graduate quarter or later are eligible for consideration for transfer to the graduate career. No courses taken before the first quarter of the sophomore year may be used to meet master’s degree requirements.

Course transfers are not possible after the bachelor’s degree has been conferred.

The university requires that the graduate advisor be assigned in the student’s first graduate quarter even though the undergraduate career may still be open. The university also requires that the Master’s Degree Program Proposal be completed by the student and approved by the department by the end of the student’s first graduate quarter.

All degree courses must be taken for a letter grade.

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