SACS Reaffirmation
| Objective | Academic Rigor | |
| Provide a range of rigorous graduate course offerings. Associated Goals: Excellence |
| Indicator | Course Variety Students are required to take courses in at least four different sub-disciplines of chemistry. |
| Criteria | Course Variety Over a two-year cycle, courses in at least four different sub-disciplines of chemistry should be offered. |
| Finding | Course List In the fall and spring semesters from the fall of 2006 through the Spring of 2008 (4 semesters), courses in the sub-disciplines of organic, physical, analytical, inorganic and biochemistry were offered. |
| Indicator | GPA Graduate students must maintain a grade point average of 3.00. |
| Criteria | Semester Grade Point Average Students must maintain a cumulative gpa of 3.00. |
| Finding | F07 & Sp08 Grades All grades earned by chemistry graduate students were A or B for the specified period. Cumulative gpa''''s range from 3.60 to 4.00. |
| Indicator | No C's Graduate students who earn 3 C's are automatically removed from the program. Graduate students who earn 2 C's are reviewed. |
| Criteria | Semester Grades Students are expected to earn grades of A or B. |
| Finding | C Check All chemistry graduate students earned grades of A or B during the 2007 to 2008 academic year. |
| Action | Continue Continue careful scheduling of courses. |
| Action | Continue Continue to monitor graduate student performance. |
| Objective | Continuation | |
| We hope that nearly 100% of our graduating graduate students will either have a job upon graduation or will go on for advanced graduate studies. Associated Goals: Excellence |
| Indicator | Success Greater than 95% of our M.S. graduates will either have a job upon graduation or will continue on for advanced graduate studies. |
| Criteria | Placement rate The ratio of graduating M.S. students that have jobs upon graduation or have been admitted for further graduate studies to the number of graduating M.S. students. |
| Finding | MS student outcomes One student is expected to graduate with the MS degree at the end of the summer. He has been accepted into the PhD program at the University of North Texas. Rate = 100%. |
| Action | Monitor Continue to monitor progress of graduating graduate students. |
| Objective | Research Excellence | |
| Encourage research excellence through peer-reviewed publications and research presentations. Associated Goals: Excellence |
| Indicator | Peer-reviewed Publications Most graduate students' thesis work should lead to one or more peer-reviewed publication. |
| Criteria | Number of Peer-reviewed Publications with Graduate Student Co-authors The faculty will produce peer-reviewed publications that include graduate co-authors. |
| Finding | Publications The faculty of the Department of Chemistry published 5 papers in 2007 that included a total of 5 different graduate co-authors. |
| Indicator | Research Presentations Most graduate students are expected to present their research results at a regional/national/international meeting. |
| Criteria | Number of Graduate Research Presentations Most graduate students will present their research results at regional, national, or international meetings. |
| Finding | Presentations Eight presentations with graduate student co-authors were made in 2007. |
| Action | Continue Research Continue to monitor graduate student publications and presentations. |