All full and part-time students will enroll each semester in CHEM 690, Research Seminar in Chemistry, except during the semester that the student is presenting their literature seminar or thesis/dissertation seminar, when they should register for CHEM 692, Chemistry Seminar Presentation.

Each degree-seeking student will be required to present a minimum of two seminars. The first will be a literature seminar, presented no later than the end of the fourth semester of residence. The second seminar will be a research seminar presented prior to the student's thesis/dissertation defense. Students in the chemical physics program will present one seminar in each department with the final seminar being presented in the department of the dissertation research project. The assignment of a literature seminar topic, the format of the abstract and a grade will be determined according to the rules of the seminar committee. A student whose presentation is unsatisfactory (a grade of "C" or less) will be required to give an additional seminar. Questions concerning material presented in seminars may appear on appropriate examinations. All full-time s are required to attend departmental seminars. 

In addition, each student is encouraged to attend appropriate seminars which are given in other departments on campus. The student is strongly urged to attend American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi and other professional meetings, and to travel to other institutions to hear outstanding speakers in scientific fields whenever the opportunity is presented.