UNC的化学硕士（重点教育）在本科阶段学到的知识和技能的扩展和基础上，并通过科学教育部分，发展了在化学课堂上变得越来越有效的必要技能。该学位的成功完成将增加教育领域的发展机会，并为教师提供内容和教学法方面的高级培训。该学位还可以使毕业生具备在大专或社区大学任教的资格。
Welcome to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Maine. We are proud to be the only university in the State of Maine to offer Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in chemistry. Our faculty and graduate students are actively engaged in research that spans a broad range of chemistry. The smaller size of research groups in our department allows for a high degree of student-faculty interaction. Many groups have interdisciplinary research projects that provide opportunities for collaboration with engineers, materials scientists, biological scientists or disciplinary based education researchers.<br><br>The majority of our graduate students are enrolled in the Ph.D. program and all students are typically supported as teaching assistants in their first year. Research assistantships are also available, usually starting in the second year. All students in good standing are guaranteed financial support through the completion of their degrees.<br>Environmental Chemistry<br><br>Chemists working in the field of environmental chemistry study the sources, effects, and reactions of chemical species in the air, water or soils. Environmental chemistry relies heavily on the use of quantitative methods for following the fate of chemicals in the environment. Environmental chemists draw on a range of concepts from chemistry and various environmental sciences to assist in their study of what is happening to a chemical species in the environment. Important general concepts from chemistry include understanding chemical reactions and equations, solutions, units, sampling, and analytical techniques.