M.S.
PROGRAM
ver
05/11/05
The department strongly
recommends that new graduate students explore research opportunities
and then select a permanent major advisor by the middle of their second
quarter at OSU. Students starting in the Fall term should therefore
decide on a research program by early February.
M.S. programs may be
formed
either with, or without, a thesis. Non-thesis programs may include a
research
project. There are also similar M.A. programs, which have an additional
foreign
language requirement. Consult the Graduate Catalog
and
the Graduate School
web page
for more information on degree requirements.
M.S. students may declare a major and a minor, the minor is
optional. If a
minor is listed, the graduate school has several rules concerning the
labels
for the areas and your committee make-up. Within the chemistry
department, the
labels can be "chemistry" or any area of specialization in the
graduate catalog, for example "nuclear chemistry" or "inorganic
chemistry". A student might denote "nuclear chemistry" as the
major and "chemistry" as the minor area.
When
choosing
committee members, if a minor area is chosen in another department,
then the
minor professor must be from that same department. If a minor is in
chemistry,
then the minor professor will be from chemistry. The minor professor
approves
the courses in the minor area, which may be a combination of chemistry
and
other courses. If the minor professor is from another department, the
minor can
be denoted "integrated" if the program contains courses from more
than one department. If the minor professor is in chemistry, the label
"integrated" cannot be used. If all the courses are in chemistry, the
division of the courses between major and minor areas is arbitrary.
A limited
number of credit hours from one M.S. degree can be used on another
M.S.
program. Using M.S. coursework on a Ph.D.
program in another
department requires approval of the second department. M.S. coursework
can be
used for the Ph.D.
program within the same department.
M.S. degree
students must file a study program with the graduate school before
completing
18 hours of graduate credit. The study
program (available on Grad School website)
should be submitted and approved before the end of
the second term of residence.
Some
additional
rules for M.S. students:
·
A minimum of
30 credits
must be taken at OSU after admission as a graduate student.
·
If both the
major and
minor are chemistry, an area of concentration within chemistry must be
identified for either the major or the minor.
·
All work,
courses,
research, and exams must be completed within seven years.
M.S. with
thesis –
Your
program committee must contain at least 4
faculty members. You should discuss the appropriate composition with
your major
professor. It must include
·
Your major
professor,
·
A minor
professor (only
if a minor is declared)
·
A graduate
council
representative selected from a list provided bt
the
graduate school
·
An additional
faculty
member from chemistry.
Your
program of study should include
·
6 to 12
credits in CH 503 (thesis).
·
Up to 6
credits of blanket-numbered
courses such as seminar (CH 507)
·
At least 27
credits from
regular courses
·
A total of
45 credits
M.S.,
non-thesis option – coursework with research project –
Your
program committee must contain at least 3 faculty members.
You should discuss the appropriate composition with your major
professor. It
must include
·
Your major
professor,
·
A minor
professor (only
if a minor is declared)
·
An additional
faculty
member from chemistry.
Your
program of study should include
·
3 to 6 credits of
CH 501 (research) or CH 505 (reading and
conference).These research credits must be labeled "in lieu of
thesis". These are sometimes called "project credits" or
"research paper" credits.
·
Up to
6 credits for
blanket number courses such as CH 507 (seminar)
·
At least 33
credits from
regular courses
·
A total of
45 credits
Preliminary oral exams are
not
required for M.S. students, but all M.S. students must pass a final
oral exam.
This exam is given by the program committee and evaluates your ability
to
defend the work and conclusions in your thesis (for M.S. with thesis
degrees),
or to evaluate your knowledge in the major and minor areas of
specialization. Schedule and notify
committee
and major department of date, time and place of exam. Submit an Event
Scheduling Form to the Graduate School at least 1
week prior
to your final exam
If a
student begins a
Ph.D. program and later
changes to an
M.S. instead, up to 6 previously earned thesis credits (CH603) can be
converted
to research credits (CH501) “in lieu of thesis.” The form for
requesting this
conversion is available at the graduate school.
Within the
chemistry
department, students are associated with a particular division through
their
major professor. The division, the student's major professor, and/or
the
program committee may include additional degree requirements. For
example, a
division may require that the student fulfill all course requirements
for the
"thesis" option. If research is involved, the committee may require
the submission and defense of a report or other manuscript.
Recommended
courses by divisions
Analytical: CH 660, 661, 662, 663,
696.
Present one graded (P/N) research seminar
(CH507) (1 cr)
* Not taught F04-S05 –
CH 660, CH 662, 663
Inorganic:
CH
511, 512 and any 2 of the
following: 513, 614, 616.
Nuclear: CH 518 and any 2
of the
following: 519, 676, 677, 590.
Organic: CH 630, 631, 632,
535.
Present one divisional
seminar
(register for 2 credits).
Physical: CH 550, 651, 553
and at least
2 other graduate-level courses in physical chemistry or physics.
Ph.D.
PROGRAM
ver 05/11/05
The department
strongly recommends that new graduate students explore research
opportunities and then select a permanent major advisor by the middle
of their second quarter at OSU. Students starting in the Fall term
should therefore decide on a research program by early February.
Your program
committee
must contain at least 5 faculty members. You should discuss the
appropriate composition
with your major professor. It must include
·
Your major professor,
·
A graduate
council
representative selected from a list provided bt
the
graduate school
· At least one faculty
member from within
your major research area and one not in this area.
·
At
least two committee
members must be chemistry faculty.
A minor is not required,
but if you do declare one, consult
the graduate school for additional rules on choosing committee members.
The purpose
of your initial
program committee meeting is to approve your coursework (as listed on
the
program sheet) and research plans for the coming years. You are
responsible for
convening a program meeting and filing a study program with the
graduate school
between May 1 and May 15 or before the end of your 3rd term
at OSU.
Your
program of study must
include at least 108 graduate credits consisting of:
·
At
least 27 credits
from regular courses
·
Meeting
divisional
requirements for seminars – see SEMINARS below
·
At
least one quarter of
CH 607-5 (Teaching Seminar) if you will ever hold a graduate teaching
assistantship.
·
The remainder of credits may
be thesis
(CH603)
Written
preliminary
(“cumulative”) exams are given by the organic and analytical chemistry
divisions. Exams may cover course content as well as information
from
seminars, reading, and individual study. You must pass these written
exams
before scheduling your oral preliminary exam.
The
oral preliminary examination is normally taken during the
third year of
graduate study. Before scheduling this exam, you should have completed
most,
but not necessarily all, of your planned coursework. You must schedule
this
exam with the graduate school. Download and bring a copy of the "Program Meeting Checklist"
to
the meeting. The exam may include a presentation of your progress on
thesis
research, research proposals (generally on topics pre-approved by the
major
professor or the committee), and/or general questions about your area
of
chemistry. Your doctoral committee may decide on the exact exam
format.
Ph.D. students can
sometimes obtain a
simultaneous non-thesis M.S. degree. The M.S. oral exam must be
scheduled
through the grad school and may be scheduled on the same day or very
near
your Ph.D. preliminary oral
exam. The coursework for the M.S. degree must be
completed prior to this meeting. Note that you must apply for
permission to do
a “concurrent” degree using the “change of degree/major” form from the
Grad School website.
After
submitting your
thesis, you must take a final oral examination and “thesis defense”.
Schedule this exam with the graduate school as a 2-hr meeting at least
one week
in advance. This exam is given by the doctoral committee and will
evaluate your
ability to defend the work and conclusions contained in your thesis.
You cannot
schedule both the preliminary oral exam and the final thesis defense
during the
same academic term.
Specific
minimum
requirements by division:
Analytical:
·
Core
analytical
courses - CH 660, 661, 662, 663, and 696
(currently 14 cr)
·
One
graded (P/N) research seminar (CH 507) (1 cr) During all
terms
in residence, students are expected to attend all seminars presented by
other
analytical students and other appropriate seminars presented by faculty
and
outside speakers
·
Elective
courses approved by student’s research director and committee
Bioanalytical and related courses
BB 590 Biochemistry (3 cr)
BB 591 Biochemistry (3 cr)
BB 592 Biochemistry (3 cr)
BB 654 Proteins (3 cr)
CH 524 Bioanalytical
chemistry (3 cr)
Environmental chemistry and
related courses
ATS 513 Atmospheric Chemistry (3 cr)
CH 691 Environmental Chemistry of Organic
Substances (3 cr)
CH 692 Environmental Transformations of
Organic
Compounds (3 cr)
CE 514 Groundwater Hydraulics (3 cr)
ENV 531 Fate and Transport of Chemicals in
Environmental Systems (4 cr)
ENV 532 Aquatic Chemistry (4 cr)
ENV 541 Microbial Processes In
Environmental Systems (4 cr)
OC 665 Aquatic chemistry (4 cr)
TOX 590 Environmental Forensic
Chemistry (3 cr)
Additional
Elective Courses and Other Information for Analytical Graduate Students
Inorganic:
- CH 511, 512, 513
(register for 4 credits for each of these), and 614, 616.
- Seminars: Present one divisional
seminar. Attend PAIN seminars presented by
other students or faculty during all terms in residence.
- For terms when you do
not give a seminar, register for 1 credit CH 607-Seminar, P/N grading. For terms
when you do give a seminar, register for 1 credit CH
607-Seminar/Presentation with
P/N grading
Nuclear
Chemistry:
- CH 518.
- Present at least one
seminar in either physics or chemistry.
- Discuss other
requirements with your major advisor.
Organic:
- CH 535, 630, 631, 632,
636, 637, 638
- At least 15 hours of
graduate coursework in supporting areas.
· Present
two graded
seminars. A
detailed written report is also required for each seminar. There are no
restrictions on topics except that it cannot be directly related
to the
student's research project.
·
For quarters when you do
not
give a seminar, do not register for this seminar. For the
quarter(s)
when you give seminars, register for CH 607-Seminar/Presentation for 2 credits
with A-F
grading.
Physical:
- CH 553, 550, 651, 652.
- Special topics courses
should be taken when offered.
- Present at least one
divisional seminar
- For terms when you do
not give a seminar, register for 1 credit CH 607-Seminar, P/N grading For terms when you do give a
seminar, register for 1 credit CH 607-Seminar/Presentation with A-F
grading.
- Mathematics and physics
are important adjuncts to physical chemistry and therefore
the students will be expected to be adequately prepared in one or
both of these areas as his/her needs dictate. Representation on his/her
Doctoral Committee of one or both of the departments is desirable.
CREDIT
HOURS
ver 05/11/05
In order to
be eligible for
a TA or RA, you must register for at least 12 credit hours during fall,
winter,
or spring terms, or at least 9 credits during summer session. The
Chemistry
Department asks you to enroll in 16 credit hours each quarter. In part,
this
will help avoid the loss of support in case you need to withdraw
from a
course. Since 3 regular courses is usually only 9-10 credits, the other
credits
should include seminar (CH 607) and thesis (CH 603). CH 501 is
only for
use by non-thesis M.S. students who have already chosen a major
advisor.
ANNUAL
REPORTS
ver
05/11/05
Once each
year, between May
1 and May 15, each graduate student in the department will submit a
report, no
more than 2 pages in length, signed by the student's major professor,
stating
progress toward the degree. In addition, at this time, each
Ph.D. student will meet
with his or
her program committee to discuss progress and distribute the report to
committee members. A copy of the report is also to be submitted to the
Graduate
Academic Committee. In the report, each student should describe the
research
progress over the past year and the probability of achieving the
advanced
degree of interest in an appropriate time. M.S. students are not
required to
meet with the program committee.
1.
The purpose of the
policy is to assure that all students are moving in a timely fashion
toward a
degree. If there are problems, with
the student
or perhaps the major professor, a yearly report should make this known,
and the
resolution to correct the problem can begin immediately.
2. There
are currently
three meetings that each Ph.D. candidate has with
his/her program committee: the
initial meeting to determine the candidate's program, the oral exam,
and the
final thesis exam. This policy will add only two more meetings, not
five more.
For M.S. students, only a report to the graduate academic
committee is
required each year.
3. For
first-year students
the appropriate response to this policy is to convene your program
committee
prior to May 15. Your report will then cover performance in coursework,
selection of a major professor, and filing of the program with the
Graduate School.
4. For 2nd
year students
and beyond, the report should be filed with both the graduate academic
committee and your program committee. If you have already met
during the
year with your program committee, you do not need to do so again unless
you are
not making satisfactory progress toward the degree. Ph.D. students who have
not met with
the doctoral committee during the past year should convene a progress
meeting
by May 15. Attendance of the graduate-school representative at the
progress meeting
is not required.
SEMINARS
ver 05/11/05
Students
should attend all
seminars in their own division and are also encouraged to attend
departmental
seminars.
Physical / Analytical /
Inorganic /
Nuclear divisions:
For terms
when you do not give
a seminar, register for 1 credit CH 607-Seminar, P/N grading. For terms
when you do
give a seminar, register for 1 credit CH 607-Seminar/Presentation with either
P/N grading (analytical or
inorganic
divisions) or A-F grading (physical/nuclear division).
Organic
division:
For terms
when you do not
give a seminar, do not register for this seminar. For the quarter(s)
when you
do give seminars, register for CH 633x-Seminar/Presentation for 2 credits with A-F
grading.
Teaching
Seminars:
New TAs
should attend the
two-day course given during orientation week and register for 1 credit
of CH
607-5 (Teaching Seminar).
Additional
seminar
registration is summarized below:
|
Course Title
|
Course
#
|
Sec
#
|
Credits
|
Grade
|
Division
|
|
SEMINAR
|
607
|
001
|
01
|
P/N
|
Physical, Analytical,
Inorganic, Nuclear
|
|
SEMINAR/PRESENTATION
|
607
|
006
|
01
|
P/N
|
Analytical/inorganic
|
|
SEMINAR/PRESENTATION
|
607
|
008
|
01
|
A-F
|
Physical/Nuclear
|
|
SEMINAR/PRESENTATION
|
633x
|
001
|
02
|
A-F
|
Organic
|
ACADEMIC
AND RESEARCH
PERFORMANCE
ver 05/11/05
Grades
below C are not
accepted by the graduate school for graduate credit. A grade-point
average (GPA) of 3.00 is required,
if your cumulative GPA drops below 3.00, you
may be
denied registration as a graduate student. This GPA is calculated by using
all A-F
graded courses after admission to the graduate degree.
The
chemistry department
views grades below B- as unsatisfactory performance. These grades may
result in
a variety of actions, including retaking the classes, restriction to
the M.S.
degree, or termination from the graduate program.
The
department requires
that graduate students continue to make satisfactory progress
throughout their
program, which includes forming their study program, completing their
required
exams, and continued research progress.
TO
CHANGE STUDY PROGRAMS, DEGREES, OR
ADVISORS
ver 05/11/05
If you need
to change your
study program, file a "Petition for Change form"
with the graduate school. The
document can be found online at the Graduate School web page.
Major
changes to your study
and research programs, such as a change from the M.S. to Ph.D. program, or vice
versa, or a
change in your major advisor, require departmental approval. Begin
by
discussing this with your advisor or the department chair.
First-year
students are
typically assigned a temporary faculty advisor before selecting a
research
program. Changing to a permanent major advisor before you form a
program
committee does not require any formal action.
TENURE
OF SUPPORT
ver 05/11/05
Typically,
students should
require 2-3 years for the M.S. degree and 4-5 years for the
Ph.D. degree. TA and RA
support
requires satisfactory progress toward your degree. The department will
not
normally allow financial support for more than 6 years in the
Ph.D. program (or for more
than 4
years before passing the oral preliminary exam). For an M.S. degree,
the time limit
for support is normally 4 years.
Continuous
Enrollment Requirement/
Minimum Registration
Unless on
approved Leave of Absence, all graduate students must register
continuously for
a minimum of 3 graduate credits, excluding summer session, until their
degree
is granted. See the complete Continuous Enrollment Policy here.
To apply for an approved Leave of Absence, use the Intent to Resume
Graduate
Status form (Word/Adobe).
LABORATORY
SAFETY ver 05/11/05
Contacts
and comprehensive
safety policy information is available on the department website at http://www.chem.orst.edu/admissions/Safety_Information/.
Essential laboratory safety rules are posted throughout Gilbert and
Gilbert
Addition. A laboratory safety workshop is offered during
orientation week
for incoming graduate students. Other laboratory safety workshops may
be
offered during the year by special arrangement. Dr. Chris
Pastorek is responsible
for safety
issues in the department and problems may be reported to her or to the
building
manager.
PUBLICATION
ISSUES
ver 05/11/05
Different
faculty members may
have different policies on publishing results, for example, on where
and when
to submit results, or on the number and order of the authors listed. In
some
cases, these decisions depend on external factors such as the source of
project
funding. The best time to clarify such questions is at the beginning of
your
research project. Discuss any concerns about publishing results
directly with
your major advisor.
ACADEMIC
HONESTY AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES
ver 05/11/05
OSU has
specific policies
on academic honesty and grievance procedures, which can be found online.
The
chemistry department follows these policies.
STUDENT SHOP AND COURSE
ver 05/11/05
In order to
use the student
machine shop in Gilbert 034, you must participate in a training course
to learn
about the equipment and its safe operation.
In past years, this class was taught at Linn-Benton Community College.
It can also be organized with Steve Etringer
(7-3638) or Steve Adams (7-2600) in Engineering, using an OSU location.
Contact
the Department Chair or your advisor if you are interested in using the
machine
shop.
GRADUATE STUDENT UNION & COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING
ver 05/11/05
Some
graduate assistants
are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the University
and the
Coalition of Graduate Employees (CGE).
You will be notified in writing by this department of your
bargaining
unit status when you are assigned duties.
You will also receive a position description detailing
your duties each
term. For more information about CGE, go to http://www.peak.org/~cge/
.
APPENDIX 1. SAMPLE STUDY
PROGRAMS ver 05/11/05
Typical 1st Year – Organic and
Bioorganic Chemistry
Fall
Term
CH
630
Elective Course (Usually BB 590 or CH 511)
CH
607-005 TA
Seminar
|
Winter
Term
CH535
CH
631
Elective Course (Usually BB 591 or CH 512)
|
Spring
Term
CH
632
Elective Course(s)
Significant
laboratory research is expected beginning in this quarter
|
Typical 1st Year – Analytical and
Environmental Chemistry
Fall Term
CH 660
CH 663 lab
Elective Course (Usually ST 511, BB 590 - or
ENVE 531)
CH 607-005 TA
Seminar
CH 607-001 Seminar
|
Winter Term
CH 661
CH 524
Elective Course (Usually ST 511, ATS 513, BB
591 or ENVE 541)
CH 607-001 Seminar
|
Spring Term
CH 662
CH 696
Elective Course (Usually CH 692, CH
524 or other)
CH 607-001 Seminar
|
Typical 1st Year – Physical Chemistry
Fall
Term
CH
550
CH 553
CH511
CH
607-005 TA
Seminar
CH
607-001 Seminar
|
Winter
Term
CH
651
CH
545 or CH 548
CH 512
CH 607-001 Seminar
|
Spring
Term
CH
652
CH
567
Elective Course
CH
607-001 Seminar
|
Typical 1st Year –
Inorganic/Material
Sciences
Fall
Term
CH
511 (4 cr)
ECE 511
CHE 545
CH
607-005 TA
Seminar
CH
607-001
Seminar
|
Winter
Term
CH
512 (4 cr)
CH
545
Elective Course
CH
607-001
Seminar
|
Spring
Term
CH
513 or 616 (4 cr)
Elective Course
CH
607-001
Seminar
|
Typical 1st Year – Nuclear Chemistry
Fall
Term
CH
518
CH 519
CH 550
CH
607-001
Seminar
CH607-005
TA Seminar
|
Winter
Term
CH
553
CH
590
Elective
Course
CH 607-001 Seminar
|
Spring
Term
PH
595
PH
515
Elective
Course
CH
607-001
Seminar
|
