Graduate Certificate in Chemistry

The Chemistry Graduate Certificate program will assist educators in teaching at a higher academic level and will increase their opportunity for salary advancement. The certificate allows industry professionals to advance in their careers.

• 100% online, six starts per year
• Accelerated eight-week terms; complete in two semesters
• Designed for industry professionals and educators
• 18 total program credits
• Elective courses range from analytical electrochemistry to organic synthesis

Strengths of the program

• Courses are taught by experienced faculty members
• Students will develop an in-depth knowledge of chemistry that effectively prepares them to pursue their ideal career

Completion of the Certificate in Chemistry will consist of 4 core courses and a choice of 2 elective courses. Each course is 3 credits and delivered in 8 weeks. Courses can be completed in any order.

Sample curriculum

• Core 1: Bonding and Materials
• Core 2: Topics in Thermodynamics or Kinetics*
• Core 3: Advanced Spectroscopy
• Core 4: Chemical Information and Communication

Sample electives

• Advanced Instrumentation and Analysis
• Advanced Organic Synthesis
• Advanced Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Advanced Separations
• Analytical Electrochemistry
• Bioanalytical Chemistry
• Chemical Education
• Chemistry of Elements
• Environmental Chemistry
• Introduction to Computational Chemistry
• Medical Biochemistry
• Organometallic Reaction and Structures

*Note: if a student takes both Topics in Kinetics and Topics in Thermodynamics, one will count as an elective.

Application requirements and checklist

Applications accepted on a rolling basis, 6-starts per year.