Chemistry Dual Credit Graduate Certificate
Our flexible, fully online Chemistry Dual Credit Graduate Certificate can empower you to teach dual credit Chemistry courses in high school and college courses.
- Offered 100% Online.
- Flexible schedule in Fall, Spring and Summer
- 18 credit hours
- Easily expanded for thesis or non-thesis MS degrees
- Not eligible for Title IV financial aid if not a degree-seeking student
Take Your Chemistry Expertise Further
Take your chemistry knowledge further and open new opportunities in the classroom and beyond. The Chemistry Dual Credit Graduate Certificate at East Texas A&M gives you the advanced coursework and skills to deepen your understanding of chemistry while preparing you to teach dual credit courses. With 100% online coursework, you can build your expertise while balancing your career and other commitments.
What Are My Job Opportunities?
Expand your career possibilities with advanced chemistry knowledge that can be applied across education, science, research and industry. Whether you’re growing in your current field or preparing for what’s next, this certificate gives you a stronger foundation to move forward.
Careers Possibilities
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Program Details
Take your knowledge beyond the fundamentals and explore advanced concepts across multiple areas of chemistry. Our graduate certificate gives you the opportunity to strengthen your foundation while developing expertise that can support your goals in education, industry or continued graduate study.
What Might I Learn?
You will have the opportunity to gain experience in a number of key areas.
Explore Organic Chemistry
Examine the structures and mechanisms behind organic reactions and develop a deeper understanding of how chemical compounds interact.
Build Biochemistry Knowledge
Explore the chemistry of biological systems and strengthen your understanding of the molecular processes that connect chemistry and life sciences.
Understand Chemical Thermodynamics
Develop advanced knowledge of energy, heat and chemical systems while exploring the principles that shape chemical reactions and processes.
Strengthen Analytical Skills
Learn advanced approaches to chemical and biochemical characterization and analytical chemistry, giving you greater insight into how chemical information is collected and interpreted.
Taking Classes
Designed for your life by being Fully Online
Your career shouldn’t have to wait while you continue your education. The Chemistry Dual Credit Graduate Certificate is offered 100% online, giving you the flexibility to pursue advanced chemistry coursework while balancing your professional and personal commitments.
With focused graduate-level coursework, you can continue building your expertise without putting your career on hold.
Please check the schedule of classes for course offerings, which are subject to change.
Curriculum
Build your knowledge through six graduate-level chemistry courses totaling 18 credit hours. Your coursework explores advanced topics across organic chemistry, biochemistry, thermodynamics, characterization methods, inorganic chemistry and analytical chemistry. Certificate credits can be applied directly toward a future master’s in chemistry.
- CHEM 513 — Organic Mechanisms and Structure
- CHEM 514 — Biochemistry
- CHEM 521 — Chemical Thermodynamics
- CHEM 528 — Chemical and Biochemical Characterization Methods II
- CHEM 531 — Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM 541 — Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Finding My Community
We believe that education thrives in an environment where collaboration, support and mutual respect flourish. Our community of students and professors embodies these values, creating an enriching and dynamic atmosphere for learning and growth. Our students come from a variety of backgrounds and bring a wide range of experiences and perspectives to the table. Our professors are not only experts in their respective fields but also dedicated mentors who are committed to guiding and nurturing the next generation of scholars.
Allan Headley, Ph.D.
Faculty
Laurence Angel, Ph.D.
Faculty
Ben Jang, D.Sc.
Faculty
Student Organizations
Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society
The Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society bring together students interested in chemical sciences and enrich their academic experience. You do not have to be a chemistry major to join. The Student Affiliates sponsor guest speakers, social events, field trips, tutoring services, revenue-generating events, and other activities throughout the academic year.
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How Do I Get Started?
If you have not already done so, complete the Request Information form. You will be connected with your enrollment specialist, who can answer your questions. When you’re ready, go ahead and follow the steps below to apply.
Admissions Requirements
To be considered for admission, you must first meet the following criteria.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
- To be eligible for the Chemistry Dual Credit graduate certificate program, you must be admitted to the Graduate School. Coursework must be completed at East Texas A&M with a minimum 3.0 GPA in all courses used for this certificate. No substitutions.
- You must submit a Completion of Certificate Request while taking your final graduate certificate courses.
Submit a graduate application here or create an ApplyTexas account or login if you already have one.
- Create an ApplyTexas account or login if you already have one
- Complete your profile section first once you log into your account
- Select “School Search” and select East Texas A&M
- Choose the semester you wish to begin
- Select “Chemistry Dual Credit, Graduate Certificate” as your “Program.”
- Pay the $50 application fee.
Wait to receive an application confirmation email before proceeding to the next step.
- Within two business days of your application, the Graduate School will send a confirmation email to the personal email account you used for ApplyTexas.
Provisional Status
After you submit your application, you may be granted provisional status, which means you can enroll in one semester of courses. You will not be eligible for financial aid until you submit all of your documents and are accepted into the program.
Submit the following documents to your graduate coordinator after you receive an application confirmation email.
Your Graduate Coordinator
Domestic Transcripts
Contact your previous institution(s) and request that they send your official transcripts to your Graduate Student Services Coordinator. We accept transcripts officially via email (directly from the institution), through Parchment, and any other official transcript providing agency. If your university does not offer an electronic transcript service, you may request them to be sent via regular mail to:
East Texas A&M University
Attn: Graduate School
2600 S. Neal St.
Commerce, Texas 75428
If your degree is from East Texas A&M University, you do not have to order a transcript. We will access your transcript.
If we already have your transcript, we will reuse it for a new application as long as it is still on file.
International transcripts
WES ICAP evaluations will be required for certain countries; those are listed below:
- Transcripts/Degrees from universities in Nigeria
- Transcripts/Degrees from universities in China that do not come from CSSD (formerly CHESICC)
- Any country where the official transcript is not in English
For all other countries, an evaluation is not initially required. Original official transcripts are required for admission consideration.
Please know that upon receipt of your official transcript, the Graduate School reserves the right to require an external evaluation at that time.
Contact your previous institution(s) and request that they send your official transcripts to:
East Texas A&M University
Attn: Graduate School
2600 S. Neal St.
Commerce, Texas 75428
We will need official/original documents.
If those documents are the only copies you have, the Graduate School can mail them back to you upon request. Contact your graduate coordinator for more information.
Look for application updates in myLeo > Apps > Check Application Status
- Once an admission decision has been made, you will receive an email to your student email account at myLeo > Apps > Leomail.
- Apply for scholarships and graduate assistantships once you are admitted.
- Apply for financial aid by submitting a FAFSA and sending it to school code 003565.
- Contact your financial aid advisor with any questions.
Once registration opens and you are eligible to enroll, your graduate enrollment specialist is here to help you complete registration.
- View your certificate plan in DegreeWorks.
- View the schedule of classes.
- To register for classes, go to myLeo > Student Resources > Registration Menu.
If you are admitted to the Graduate Certificate program, but not concurrently admitted into the M.S. in Technology Management degree program, you will need to contact the program coordinator, Jason Lee Davis, or your graduate enrollment specialist, Lora Gibson, for permits to enroll in the required courses. The certificate courses that are also core courses in the TMGT master's program have TMGT 595 as a pre-/co-requisite course requirement and a permit must be manually entered for you for each course to override this requirement and enable your registration. If you are already accepted into the M.S. in Technology Management degree program and have already registered for or taken TMGT 595, you do not need to request specific permits to register for these courses.
Contact your program coordinator for any questions regarding your certificate plan, or contact your graduate enrollment specialist if you have any questions regarding registration.
Your Graduate Enrollment Specialist
I Still Have Questions
We are here to help! Send us an email. We can answer your questions and assist you in the application process.
Contact Us
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- 903.886.5392
- 903.468.6020
- Chem&[email protected]
- P.O. Box 3011
- Commerce, TX 75429-3011