化学硕士课程与在读博士学位的学生一样，有相同的机会来体验化学和跨学科领域的研究。程序，但以不那么紧张的方式进行，并强调确保课程作业的合理性。学生必须完成30个学分的研究和课程工作，其中15个学分必须达到6000–9990。此外，这些学生必须提交研究论文。展示化学原理，理论及其在整个化学领域的应用知识。展示对当前动态的熟悉程度，并展示化学文献知识。完成化学研究。在专业科学家的水平上进行交流。
Chemistry plays a key role in solving economic, environmental and societal problems, which are intimately connected with the basic question how to guarantee the sustainability of our planet. By providing key tools, skills and knowledge, chemical research helps answer many of the important questions facing our society, including the origin of life, mortality, communication, energy, environmental sustainability, and national security. Not only is chemistry poised to address such issues of societal importance, chemists have the intellectual responsibility to do so by capitalizing on their unique and synthetic approach to science. Indeed, an often defining characteristic of research in the chemical sciences is that problems are solved by making something, importantly, from the most basic of raw materials - atoms and molecules. The Department of Chemistry at SMU has a long history of excellence in research and teaching. The faculty maintain active research programs, attend numerous national and international meetings in their fields, and publish in major journals.