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Degrees & Certificates

Research Certificate

The research certificate provides opportunities for students to engage in active learning opportunities integrating original research and the undergraduate curricula by:

  • Learning research methods and tools appropriate to Chemistry and the student's research interests within the discipline;

  • Learning the foundations of research in the history, philosophy, and theory of the discipline;

  • Learning advanced communications skills; and

  • Applying these learnings by designing and executing a research study or project and communicating the results to others.

Certificate Requirements

Course Number and Title

Credits

Research Writing

ENG W233: Intermediate Expository Writing

3
 

History, Philosophy, or Theory of the Discipline

 

PHIL 351: Philosophy of Science

3

 

Cognate Research Tools

MA 261: Multivariate Calculus

4

 

Research Methods and Supervised Individual Research

CHM 424: Analytical Chemistry II

4

CHM 499: Special Assignments

3

Total Credits

17