Minimum Graduate School Requirements
Review the Graduate School minimum academic progress and degree requirements, in addition to the program requirements listed below.
Named Option Requirements
Face to Face | Evening/Weekend | Online | Hybrid | Accelerated |
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Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
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Mode of Instruction Definitions
Accelerated: Accelerated programs are offered at a fast pace that condenses the time to completion. Students typically take enough credits aimed at completing the program in a year or two.
Evening/Weekend: Courses meet on the UW–Madison campus only in evenings and/or on weekends to accommodate typical business schedules. Students have the advantages of face-to-face courses with the flexibility to keep work and other life commitments.
Face-to-Face: Courses typically meet during weekdays on the UW-Madison Campus.
Hybrid: These programs combine face-to-face and online learning formats. Contact the program for more specific information.
Online: These programs are offered 100% online. Some programs may require an on-campus orientation or residency experience, but the courses will be facilitated in an online format.
Minimum Credit Requirement | 30 credits |
Minimum Residence Credit Requirement | 16 credits |
Minimum Graduate Coursework Requirement | 15 credits must be graduate-level coursework. Refer to the Graduate School: Minimum Graduate Coursework (50%) Requirement policy: https://policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-1244. |
Overall Graduate GPA Requirement | 3.00 GPA required. Refer to the Graduate School: Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirement policy: https://policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-1203. |
Other Grade Requirements | N/A |
Assessments and Examinations | No formal examination is required. |
Language Requirements | None. |
Required Courses |
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General Requirements | ||
*Specialized Elective Courses | 17 | |
CHEM 327 | Fundamentals of Analytical Science | 4 |
or CHEM 329 | Fundamentals of Analytical Science | |
Chem 524 | Chemical Instrumentation | 3 |
Chem 699 | Directed Studies | 6 |
Total Credits | 30 |
*Students choose from the remaining Specialized Elective Courses:
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Bioanalytical
Course | Credits | |
CHEM/GENETICS 626 | Genomic Science: Equips biologically-focused students with advanced analytical skills to integrate cutting-edge genomic science concepts into their research and professional practice. | 2 |
CHEM/BIOCHEM 704 | Chemical Biology: Chemistry and biology of proteins, nucleic acids and carbohydrates; application of organic chemistry to problems in cell biology, biotechnology, and biomedicine. | 3 |
CHEM/B M E/MED PHYS 750 | This course covers state-of-the-art biological and biophysical imaging, emphasizing instrumentation. It begins with geometrical optics and optical and fluorescence microscopy, then focuses on advanced techniques such as nonlinear optics (multi-photon excitation, second harmonic generation, and stimulated Raman) and emerging super-resolution methods. | 3 |
Electrochemistry
Course | Credits | |
CHEM 624 | Electrochemistry: Interfacial electron transfer and mass transport processes in electrochemistry, with applications to electroanalysis, electrodeposition and electrochemical separations. | 2-3 |
Environmental
Course | Credits | |
CHEM 629 | Atmospheric Chemical Mechanisms: Focuses on the chemical mechanisms and kinetics of reactive gasses and aerosol in Earth’s atmosphere. | 3 |
Instrumentation
Course | Credits | |
CHEM 721 | Instrumental Analysis: Chemical instrumentation and instrumental methods of analysis. | 3-4 |
CHEM 728 | Electronics for Chemical Instrumentation: earn and apply the principles of analog and digital electronics and computer interfaces for controlling and monitoring components of importance to chemical instrumentation. | 3 |
Mass Spectrometry
Course | Credits | |
CHEM 622 | Organic Analysis: Biological Mass Spectrometry: Fundamentals and Applications | 2 |
CHEM 738 | Introduction to Mass Spectrometry: Covers the theory and practice of mass spectrometry, including GCMS, ESI, MALDI, LCMS, imaging mass spectrometry, and ion mobility mass spectrometry. | 1 |
Optical and NMR Spectroscopy
Course | Credits | ||
CHEM 623 | Experimental Spectroscopy: Current spectroscopic methods employed in chemical analysis with applications in atomic and molecular absorption spectroscopy, infrared and Raman vibrational spectroscopy, fluorescence and light scattering | 2-3 | |
CHEM 636 |
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2 | |
CHEM 637 | Topics in Chemical Instrumentation: Advanced methods in NMR | 1-2 |
Other Electives
Course | Credits | ||
CHEM 725 | Separations in Chemical Analysis: Basic principles of chemical and biochemical separations by chromatography and electrophoresis. | 2-3 | |
CHEM/PHM SCI 766 | Molecular Recognition: Explores intermolecular forces, the hydrophobic effect, molecular complexes, and binding constants. Covers self-assembly, complex formation, host design, and supramolecular systems, including micelles, bilayers, vesicles, and biological membranes. | 2-3 | |
CHEM 777 | Physical Chemistry of Surfaces: Structure, thermodynamics, kinetics, and reactivity of molecules at the interfaces between gases, liquids and solids, with applications to catalysis, atmospheric chemistry, monolayers, and thin films. | 2-3 | |
CHEM 361 |
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3 |
Other Policy
Students in this program may not take courses outside the prescribed curriculum without faculty advisor and program director approval. Students in this program cannot enroll concurrently in other undergraduate or graduate degree programs.
Contact Information
Chemistry
College of Letters & Science
chem.wisc.edu
Chemistry Location on Campus
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Erin Grunewald, Graduate Coordinator
egrunewald@wisc.edu
608-262-0215
2110 Chemistry Building
1101 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706
Francisca Jofre (she/her), Graduate Director
jofre@wisc.edu
608-262-0363; toll-free 888-997-2436
2108 Chemistry Building
1101 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706
Tehshik Yoon, Director of Graduate Studies
tyoon@chem.wisc.edu
608-262-2268
5317A Chemistry Building
1101 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706
Graduate Program Handbook
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Graduate School
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