The Chemistry Department at the University of Scranton offers four masters programs under the chemistry disciplines. These master's programs, MA and MS in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Clinical Chemistry, and MS in Secondary Education with specialization in Chemistry, are geared towards either entering the work force upon graduating or going onto a doctoral program. The Master of Arts degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry are a research intensive tracks intended for the student to proceed onto his or her Ph.D. in the discipline whereas the Master of Science is usually a terminal degree intended to upgrade the student's professional competency and capabilities for work in industry or secondary education. In either case, thirty to thirty-six credit hours of classroom work is required in order to accomplish the individual degree.
Also available for the undergraduate Chemistry and Biochemistry students is consideration for the combined Baccalaureate/ Master's degree program which gives exceptional undergraduate students the opportunity to complete their bachelor's (BS) and master's (MA) requirements within five years of undergraduate school instead of as separate programs. For more information, click here.
Applicants for the Master of Arts or Master of
Science programs in Chemistry or Biochemistry must possess, or be in
close proximity to possessing, a baccalaureate degree which includes
full-year courses in General and Analytical Chemistry, Organic
Chemistry, Physical or Biophysical Chemistry, General Physics, and
Mathematics through Integral Calculus. Applicants for the
Master’s degree in Secondary Education that is correlated with
Chemistry must have, beside the baccalaureate degree, at least a full
year of General and Analytical Chemistry, College Physics and
Mathematics. A GPA of 2.75 is required both overall and in the
science courses. Certain of these requirements may be waived at the
discretion of the department chair. Students with limited
undergraduate course deficiencies may be admitted with the approval
of the Chemistry faculty on condition that such deficiencies are
corrected concurrently with their initial graduate course.
Applicants for the Clinical Chemistry program will
normally have a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry,
Biology, or Medical Technology. Other undergraduate degrees may be
acceptable if appropriate background courses in the sciences have
been taken. The undergraduate transcripts of all applicants will be
examined to determine if there are any deficiencies in background
courses. An undergraduate GPA of at least 2.75, for all courses
combined as well as for science courses, is expected for admission to
the program.
For more information about the graduate program and the requirements
for the Master's Thesis, click
here.