The Professional Science Master’s (PSM) is an innovative graduate degree option designed to allow students to pursue advanced training in science while simultaneously developing workplace skills highly valued by employers. PSM degrees prepare students for science and technology careers in business, government and nonprofit organizations. PSM degrees are MS degrees in an emerging or interdisciplinary area of science, mathematics or technology and contain a set of professional skills courses selected from such areas as business, communication, policy, law and leadership. In contrast to a traditional master’s degree, a thesis is not required but a 3 or 6 semester credit hour internship is included within the degree requirements. The program leads to a non-thesis degree requiring 36 semester hours of formal course work, at least one-half of which (18 hours) must be in chemistry. Students must meet the normal proficiency requirements set forth by the departments. Supplemental non-chemistry courses must include at least 12 hours and must be approved by the student’s Graduate Advisory Committee. In addition to the formal courses, either 3 or 6 hours of the total 36 hours must comprise on-the-job research training in an industrial position (or equivalent on-the-job training).

The Department of Chemistry offers one PSM degree option:

• Master of Science with a major in chemistry and concentration in industrial chemistry.

Additional information about this degree can be found at www.sciencemasters.com.