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Harvard University: Arts & Sciences: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Category Art and Social Sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, Harvard University, Postgraduate, USA
Tags Arts, Biology, Chemical, Chemistry, Harvard University, Sciences

Master of Arts (AM)

The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology does not grant terminal AM degrees. Students are typically awarded the AM degree after one or two years in the doctoral program. The requirements for this degree are:

Residence. Minimum of one year of full-time study.

Program of Study. The student must pass with honor grades eight advanced half-courses diversified among the fields of chemistry. Typically, four of these half-courses are classroom work, and the remaining four are research courses. As many as four half-courses of the required eight may be taken outside the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, provided the Advisory Committee approves them. Students planning to take such courses should petition the Advisory Committee in advance of taking the courses in order to have them count for the AM degree.

Language. A thorough command of oral and written English is required. Remedial work in English may be required of students whose proficiency is deemed inadequate.

Thesis: None required.