GRADUATE CATALOG - The Petroleum Institute

Graduate Catalog | Academic Year 2013 – 2014Requirements of the Degree ProgramMinimum of 24 credit hours coursework including: 12 credit hours core (or compulsory) courses 9 credit hours elective courses 2 credit hours of Graduate Seminar, one in each semester 1 credit hour of COMM 501 Technical and Scientific WritingSuccessful completion and defense of thesis (9 credit hours)Only students entering the Master of Science program with an acceptable undergraduate degree in Chemistry (orequivalent) will be considered eligible. They are required to complete a total of 33 credits. This is composed of 12credit hours of core courses, 9 credit hours of technical elective courses, 2 credit hours of graduate seminar, 1credit hour of Technical and Scientific Writing and 9 credits of research thesis based on an approved researchtopic. Core courses and technical electives are listed in the table below. Up to two (2) technical electives can beselected from other programs of study, with the written approval of the course coordinator. Descriptions of thesenon-chemistry electives appear in the PI Graduate Catalog. Such elective courses can be taken if the student’sbackground in the relevant area is strong enough.Master of Science in Applied ChemistryCore (compulsory) coursesCredit hoursCHEM 525 Applied Organic Chemistry & Instrumental Analysis 3CHEM 555 Petroleum Production & Process Chemistry 3CHEM 568 Corrosion Science & Advanced Physical Chemistry 3CHEM 570 Polymers & Nanomaterials Chemistry 3CHEM 595 Graduate Seminar I 1CHEM 596 Graduate Seminar II 1COMM 501 Technical and Scientific Writing 1CHEM 599 Master of Science Thesis 6Technical electives (9 credits)Credit HoursCHEM 520 Computational Chemistry 3CHEM 523 Applied Inorganic Chemistry 3CHEM 530 Advanced Industrial Catalysis 3CHEM 540 Advanced Organometallics & Applications 3CHEM 550 Spectrochemical Studies 3CHEM 560 Environmental Science & Water Technology 3CHEM 565 Fuels & Alternative Energy Sources 3CHEM 566 Construction Chemicals & Green Chemicals 3Program of StudyThe program of study for a Master of Science degree in Applied Chemistry is selected by the student in consultationwith his or her advisor(s) and with the approval of the Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC). The followingprogram of study has been designed for students entering the program at the start of the fall semester. Theprogram assumes that entering students have fulfilled all of the prerequisites to enroll in initial graduate courses.Most coursework will be completed in the first year and thesis research will be initiated in the first year but doneprimarily in the second year of the program. In addition, students must complete and successfully defend a Masterof Science Thesis.Page 45