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SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY – M.S (PSE)

Georgia Tech School of Chemistry and Biochemistry

A total of 33 credit hours, 27 at the 6000 level or above and 6 at the 4000 level or above, are required as follows:

Required (12) credits from one of the following areas of concentration:

Inorganic Chemistry
Chem 6170 – Inorganic Chemistry I
Chem 6171 – Inorganic Chemistry II
Chem 6172 – Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry
One course from:
Chem 6181 – Chemical Crystallography
Chem 6182 – Chemistry of the Solid State
Chem 6183 – Organometallic Chemistry
Chem 8813 – Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry
Chem 6271 – Analytical Chemistry I
Chem 6272 – Analytical Chemistry II
Two courses from:
Chem 6281 – Mass Spectroscopy
Chem 6282 – Chemical Sensors
Chem 6283 – Electroanalytical Chemistry
Chem 6284 – Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Chem 6285 – Analytical Spectroscopy
Chem 8823 – Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry

Organic Chemistry
Chem 6371 – Identification of Organic compounds
Chem 6372 – Physical Organic Chemistry
Chem 6273 – Organic Synthesis
One course from:
Chem 6183 – Organometallic Chemistry
Chem 6381 – Advanced Organic Synthesis
Chem 6382 – Computational Methods in Organic Chemistry
Chem 6583 – Drug Design and Discovery
Chem 6750 – Polymer Synthesis
Chem 8833 – Special Topics in Organic Chemistry

Physical Chemistry
Chem 6471 – Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics or
Chem 6481 – Statistical Mechanics
Chem 6482 – Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics or
Chem 6755 – Theoretical Chemistry of Polymers
Two courses from:
Chem 6481 – Statistical Mechanics
Chem 6482 – Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics
Chem 6491 – Quantum Mechanics
Chem 6492 – Molecular Spectroscopy
Chem 6755 – Theoretical Chemistry of Polymers
Chem 8843 – Special Topics in Physical Chemistry

Biochemistry
Chem 6571 – Enzymology and Metabolism
Chem 6572 – Macromolecular Structure
Chem 6573 – Molecular Biochemistry
One course from:
Chem 6581 – Protein Crystallography
Chem 6582 – Biophysical Chemistry
Chem 6583 – Drug Design and Discovery
Chem 6584 – Contemporary Biochemistry
Chem 8853 – Special Topics in Biochemistry

Polymer Chemistry
Chem 6750 – Polymer Synthesis
Chem 6752 – Polymer Characterization
Chem 6751 – Physical Chemistry of Polymer Solutions or
Chem 6755 – Theoretical Chemistry of Polymers
One course from:
Chem 6751 – Physical Chemistry of Polymer Solutions
Chem 6755 – Theoretical Chemistry of Polymers
Chem 8873 – Special Topics in Polymer Chemistry
ChBE 6609 – Polymers in Microelectronics
ChBE 6768 – Polymer Structure, Physical Properties, and Characterization
PTFE 6200 – Industrial Chemical Processes
PTFE 6301 – Natural Polymers

For all areas of concentration:

ChBE 6630 – Pulp and Paper Manufacturing I
ChBE 6631 – Pulp and Paper Manufacturing II
At least one course from:
Chem 8850 – Pulping and bleaching Chemistry
Chem 8860 – Renewable Biopolymers

One PSE Elective course from:
ChBE 6231 – Environmental Engineering of Forest Products
ChBE 6634 – Wet-end Processing of Paper
ME 6281 – Mechanics of Paper Forming and Coating
ME 6140 – Physical Properties of Paper
Chem 8850 – Pulping and bleaching Chemistry
Chem 8860 – Renewable Biopolymers
9 credits of PSE Thesis

 
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