Graduate Study
The Chemistry Department provides the opportunity for qualified Bachelor of Science (B.S.) graduates to continue their study at the master’s level. Furman chemistry graduates may receive graduate credit for certain 400-level courses completed during their undergraduate program, but must earn a B.S. before beginning the graduate program.
The program is intended to extend the broad introductory curriculum that constitutes the B.S. requirements to the master’s level. At the graduate level, formal courses are kept to a minimum and the emphases are on the research experience and the development of facility with current literature.
All M.S. degree candidates must present a thesis based on approved research.
Although the program has been organized to specifically benefit students who earn the B.S. degree at Furman, students from other institutions with strong undergraduate credentials may be considered for admission.
Admission to Graduate Program
All prospective students must have successfully completed a B.S. degree prior to admission to the program.
For Furman University graduates, favorable consideration will be contingent upon satisfactory performance in chemistry courses numbered 400 or greater.
Non-Furman graduates may apply for admission by presenting evidence of acceptable preparation in their undergraduate programs and satisfactory scores on the Graduate Record Examination.
Prior to final acceptance to the M.S. program, each applicant must establish a partnership with a faculty research director approved by the graduate program director and the Chemistry department chair.
Once admitted, the student will be assigned to a graduate committee that will approve a course of study, research problem, and thesis. This committee will include a faculty member who will direct the student’s research problem and at least one additional faculty member appointed by the department chair.