Graduate 2020-2021

Chemical Education Ph.D.

This program prepares versatile, well-informed chemistry teachers by providing advanced training for chemistry teachers or chemists who wish to pursue educational opportunities beyond the master's degree. Students completing this program are qualified to work in the chemical education field at a variety of levels; such as, science coordinators or supervisors in the secondary school, chemistry instructors at two- and four-year colleges or chemistry educators at a university. At the professional level, program graduates are qualified to do fundamental research in chemical education and to direct chemistry research at the undergraduate level.

Admission. The student should have completed requirements of an ACS-certified baccalaureate degree in chemistry.

Master’s en route to the Ph.D. Students who have been admitted to the Ph.D. program in Chemical Education may complete a master’s degree in Chemistry en route to completion of the doctoral degree. Requests for a simultaneous master’s degree in a discipline other than Chemistry will not be accepted. Students in collaboration with the students’ advisors, will develop a plan of study that includes clearly distinct master’s and doctoral requirements. Students must graduate from the master’s degree program in a minimum of one semester prior to conferring of the doctoral degree.

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Chemical Education Ph.D.