Chemistry, MS (Boston)
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Optional Co-Op Experience
From the catalog
If pursuing a co-op, regardless of concentration or option, the following must be completed:
- All of:
- All of:
- One of:
- EESC 6400 — Pre-co-op Work Experience
- EESC 6500 — Pathways to Professional Success
Concentrations (choose 1)
Analytical Chemistry
- CHEM 5611 — Analytical Separations
- CHEM 5612 — Principles of Mass Spectrometry
- CHEM 5628 — Principles of Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds
From the catalog
Complete 21 semester hours as follows.
Complete at least one of the following:
Complete remaining coursework from the following range:
CHEM 5550 to CHEM 7750
- Choose 21 semester hours from:
Chemical Biology
- CHEM 5621 — Principles of Chemical Biology
- CHEM 5676 — Bioorganic Chemistry
From the catalog
Complete 24 semester hours as follows.
Complete one of the following:
Complete at least two of the following:
Complete remaining coursework from the following range:
CHEM 5550 to CHEM 7750
- Choose 24 semester hours from:
- CHEM 5611 — Analytical Separations
- CHEM 5612 — Principles of Mass Spectrometry
- CHEM 5628 — Principles of Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds
- CHEM 5660 — Analytical Biochemistry
- CHEM 5620 — Protein Chemistry
- CHEM 5630 — Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- CHEM 5638 — Molecular Modeling
- CHEM 5640 — Biopolymeric Materials
- CHEM 5648 — Chemical Principles and Application of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
- CHEM 5670 — Global Biogeochemistry
- Any CHEM course numbered 5550–7750
Chemical Toxicology and Environmental Chemistry
- CHEM 5611 — Analytical Separations
- CHEM 5621 — Principles of Chemical Biology
- CHEM 5628 — Principles of Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds
- CHEM 5642 — Photochemistry Fundamentals and Applications
From the catalog
Complete 18 semester hours as follows.
Complete at least one of the following:
Complete one of the following:
Complete remaining coursework from the range CHEM 5550 to CHEM 7750 or up to 6 semester hours from the following restricted electives:
- Choose 18 semester hours from:
- CHEM 5640 — Biopolymeric Materials
- CHEM 5643 — Plastics Sustainability and Circular Economy: A Chemical Perspective
- CHEM 5670 — Global Biogeochemistry
- CHEM 5692 — Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
- CHEM 5648 — Chemical Principles and Application of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
- CHEM 5660 — Analytical Biochemistry
- CIVE 5250 — Organic Pollutants in the Environment
- CIVE 5255 — Tools and Techniques of Environmental Health
- CIVE 5275 — Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure
- CIVE 5366 — Air Quality Engineering and Science
- CIVE 7250 — Environmental Chemistry
- CIVE 7251 — Environmental Biological Processes
- CIVE 7255 — Environmental Physical/Chemical Processes
- CIVE 7279 — Advanced Air Quality
- ENVR 5350 — Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions
- PHSC 5560 — Nanotoxicity
- PHTH 5202 — Introduction to Epidemiology
- PHTH 5210 — Biostatistics in Public Health
- PHTH 5214 — Environmental Health
- PHTH 6208 — Foundations of Community Health Assessment
- PPUA 5240 — Health Policy and Politics
- PPUA 5268 — International Environmental Policy
Coursework Option
From the catalog
Complete 30 semester hours from the following range:
CHEM 5550 to CHEM 7750
- Choose 30 semester hours from:
- Any CHEM course numbered 5550–7750
Thesis Option
From the catalog
Complete 18 semester hours from the following:
CHEM 5550 or any course within the range of CHEM 5610 to CHEM 7320
Seminar must be completed twice. At least one seminar must be taken for a letter grade.
Complete the following (repeatable) course twice:
- Choose 2 semester hours from:
- CHEM 5501 — Chemical Safety in the Research Laboratory
- One of:
- CHEM 7990 — Thesis
GPA requirements
- 30 total semester hours required Additional hours required for students who opt to participate in co-op Minimum 3.000 GPA required
Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under chemistry-ms-boston, and the official page is the authority.