Northeastern Illinois University
Department of Chemistry
Graduate Chemistry Offerings @ NEIU
Master
of Science in Chemistry
This program
provides graduate
education for students planning careers
in
industry, business, teaching or additional graduate work or
professional
studies. Two options in the program are available, the Separation
Science Emphasis, or the traditional
General
Program Emphasis.
- The
Separation Science Emphasis, the first of its kind in the
Chicagoland
area, is designed to train chemists for the largest subset of
industrial
analytical chemistry known as Separation Science. Highlighted
in this
emphasis are the studies of and research in gas and liquid
chromatography and
related technologies. Those planning careers in the pharmaceutical
industry and
in the environmental sciences will be well prepared by completing this
emphasis
in their master's degree program.
- The General Program Emphasis is a more broad program of study well suited to teachers, and students intending to enter professional schools or to continue further graduate work in chemistry.
Requirements for Admission to the Program:
- Students must first fulfill the requirements for admission
to the Graduate
College.
- Full admission to the program requires at least a 3.0 (B) average in the following prerequisite undergraduate courses:
(b) two (2) semesters (normally eight credit hours) of physics including laboratory
(c) two (2) semesters (normally eight credit hours) of calculus.
Conditional admission to the program may be granted when a students has a marginal undergraduate record or a deficiency in prerequisite undergraduate courses. All conditions must be fulfilled for candidacy (see below).
If the admission file/evaluation is not completed by the time of registration, the student may choose to register as a graduate student-at-large provided the appropriated application accordance with their established deadlines.
Academic Advising
For more information please contact the Graduate chemistry advisor.
The current chemistry graduate advisor is Dr. Veronica Curtis-Palmer. For current contact information including office hours click here.