Clinical Chemistry, M.S.

Core courses for the M.S. degree in Clinical Chemistry are:

• CHEM 531 - Mechanistic Organic Chemistry
• CHEM 550 - Biochemical Structure and Function
• CHEM 551 - Biocatalysis and Metabolism
• CHEM 554 - Biochemistry of Disease
• CHEM 555 - Chemical Toxicology
• CHEM 556 - Clinical Quality Control

• While registered for CHEM 556 , the student will participate in a clinical affiliation. This course will ordinarily be taken as the last course in the student’s program.

• CHEM 565 - Instrumental Electronics
• CHEM 570 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry
• CHEM 571 - Analytical Methods *

• *May be waived for those individuals who have previously taken an equivalent instrumental analysis laboratory course.

Elective credits

Students take nine elective credits. Electives may be taken from any of the following categories:

Thesis: Students in the Thesis track will take one credit of CHEM 509  (Introduction to Research) and  two to eight credits of thesis work (CHEM 599 ). The number of thesis credits will be determined in consultation with the student’s mentor, depending on the scope of the thesis project. Normally, eight thesis credits are devoted to the project.

Students in the Administration track should take HAD 500 , Health Care Organization and Administration, plus two additional three-credit courses in Health Administration (HAD) or Human Resources Administration (HRA), chosen after consultation with their mentor and the Director of the HRA or HAD program.

Other Chemistry courses: Students may select other graduate courses offered by the Chemistry department, in consultation with their mentor, to complete their electives.