M.S. in Chemistry 

at Tennessee Tech, Cookeville

Any student that meets the following requirements can potentially be admitted to the M.S. program subject to review by the Chemistry Graduate Committee and the needs of the department:-

• An ACS-certified B.S. degree in Chemistry, or it's equivalent
• A grade point average of 2.5 or above on a 4.0 scale. A student with a GPA of 2.25 may be admitted to the program with provisional standing
• Students with a non-ACS-certified degree or equivalent background can be admitted, subject to review by the Chemistry Graduate Committee, but may be required to enroll in specific graduate courses to strengthen their background in particular areas of chemistry
• The normal background equivalent to ACS certification includes:
  • One year each of general and organic chemistry
  • Two semesters of physical chemistry (one-semester survey) or its equivalent may count as one of these semesters.
  • The second semester of physical chemistry may be taken as graduate credit by enrolling in Special Topics “Quantum Chemistry”
  • One semester each of quantitative analysis, inorganic and instrumental analysis
  • One semester of calculus (required for physical chemistry)