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Description
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The Doctor of Chemistry
(DChem) Program was designed to prepare students for careers
as doctoral level problem solvers in the chemical industry.
It includes a broad foundation in chemistry coursework, a
mandatory year of full-time employment in an industrial (or
governmental) research and development laboratory—the
Industrial Practicum, and experience with shorter term
research problems through the three, separately defended,
research practica. Three semesters of research in the
Apprenticeship Practicum lead towards an M.S. in Chemistry
and doctoral candidacy, three semesters in the Industrial
Practicum provide growth as an "industrial problem solver,"
and five semesters of on-campus research in the Fundamental
Practicum provide professional competency in carrying out
journal-oriented research. Each Practicum requires a written
report and oral defense of the work.
The DChem degree program is
structured to last no more than five years. This
industrially-oriented program was constructed by Ph.Ds
trained for basic science, but who chose to examine the
roles successful doctoral chemists have in industry and to
prepare a curriculum directed toward excellent preparation
for those roles. The University of Texas at Dallas is a
research university, and this preparation of students for
industry takes place at the same time that the faculty carry
out their nationally funded, publications-oriented, research
programs. DChem graduates emerge "ready for industry" and
find career positions in industry. Very few DChem graduates
take temporary postdoctoral positions.
http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/chemistry/dchmchrt.htm
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