Graduate Program Information
General Information
Progress Worksheets & Forms
Selection of Thesis Advisor and Committee
Thesis/Project Planning Form
Required Chemistry Proficiency Exams
- Contact the Graduate Coordinator to get the dates/times of upcoming required Proficiency Exams. These are standardized, multiple choice exams from the American Chemical Society. You take them using a pencil darkening a circle for the answer you think is correct. Your answers are compared to a special key provided by the Society. There are no essay portions. Practice tests and/or study guides for some subjects can be purchased from the ACS.
- For students that have been accepted to the MS Chemistry program, you must pass exams in any three subjects (Analytical, Biochemistry, Inorganic, Organic or Physical). For students that have been accepted to the MS Biochemistry program, you must pass exams in Biochemistry and Organic as well as one other Chemistry subdiscipline. If you do not pass a particular exam you will be able to gain proficiency by taking the corresponding course and obtaining a B. See the Graduate Handbook (in the "After Admission" section, above) for more details.
- If you want to study for these exams, review your textbooks.
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Email the Graduate Coordinator about the MS Programs in Chemistry and Biochemistry