Our chemistry department is doing some of the most impactful research at the university and around the world. The department’s 21 regular research faculty comprises one of the highest external research grant-generating departments at S&T. Our emphasis on excellence in research and creativity has moved our programs to the forefront of science. The department supports a broad range of research performed by internationally recognized faculty competing at the leading edge of technological research. The department provides programs in analytical, inorganic, organic, physical, and biochemistry, as well as in more specialized areas including polymer and coatings, electrochemistry, bioanalytical chemistry, cancer biology, colloids, corrosion, environmental chemistry, kinetics, organ metallic chemistry, reaction mechanisms, atmospheric sciences, solid state chemistry, chemical instrumentation design and development, spectroscopy and theoretical chemistry. A number of our faculty are involved in efforts which have been organized into several centers or institutes including the Missouri S&T Coatings Institute, the Materials Research Center, the Cloud and Aerosol Sciences Laboratory and the Center for Single Nanoparticles, Single Cell, and Single Molecule Monitoring. Financial support is available from research grants for advanced students. Master of Science in Chemistry (with thesis) Complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of acceptable graduate work, including the following minimum credits: 6 hours of 400-level lecture courses and 6 hours of Chem. 490 (research). The Graduate Bulletin recommends that 6 of the 30 be obtained in out-of department courses. No more than 12 total hours of research, special problems, special investigations, special readings, and graduate seminar can be applied to the 30 hour minimum. Master of Science in Chemistry (without thesis) The graduate advisory committee will appoint a faculty advisor for students pursuing this degree. 1. Complete a minimum of 33 hours of acceptable graduate work, including the following minimum credits: 9 hours of 400-level lecture courses and at least one graduate course in each of five of the six areas of chemistry listed previously. It is recommended in the Graduate Bulletin that at least 6 of the 33 be devoted to courses outside the major department. No more than 4 total hours of special readings, special investigations, special problems, and graduate seminar can be applied toward this 33-SCH.