The current webpage states that the M.S. programme requires at least seven courses totalling 21 credit hours, together with the seminar and thesis, but its elective section presently contains only generic course placeholders. (Physics Department) The attached curriculum provides the following complete list of approved elective courses, all carrying 3 credit hours.
Elective Postgraduate Courses
Course offerings may vary according to staff availability, student demand, and current research activities.
Research Methods and Computational Chemistry
CHEM 509 — Scientific and Technical Research Methods
CHEM 536 — Computer Applications in Chemical Research
GRAD 501 — Graduate Research Skills for Science and Engineering
Polymer Science and Advanced Materials
CHEM 511 — Principles of Polymer Science
CHEM 512 — Analysis and Characterization of Polymers
CHEM 514 — Copolymers and Polymer Blends
CHEM 521 — Synthesis of Polymers
CHEM 532 — Polymers in Solution
CHEM 533 — Polymer Gels
CHEM 534 — Natural Polymers
CHEM 538 — Biomedical Polymer Design
CHEM 581 — Polymer Processing
Physical Chemistry, Kinetics and Electrochemistry
Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopic Methods
CHEM 547 — Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry
CHEM 587 — Selected Topics in Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 591 — Organic Reaction Mechanism I
CHEM 592 — Organic Reaction Mechanism II
Photochemistry and Excited-State Chemistry
CHEM 551 — Introduction to Organic Photochemistry
CHEM 589 — Excited States in Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 590 — Excited States in Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 593 — New Developments in Mechanistic and Synthetic Photochemistry and Free-Radical Cyclization: Technological Aspects
CHEM 594 — Supramolecular Photochemistry
Industrial and Environmental Chemistry
Programme-Specific Elective Requirements
Depending on the student’s thesis specialisation, the following courses may be designated as compulsory electives:
CHEM 511 — Principles of Polymer Science for students conducting thesis research in polymer science.
CHEM 541 — Special Topics in Electrochemistry for students in the thesis specialisation specified by the Department.
The applicability of these requirements should be confirmed by the thesis supervisor and the Departmental Graduate Committee before registration.
