Students admitted to the BS/MS program are not formally admitted to the graduate program until the completion of the fourth year.  Courses taken during the fourth year are assigned the undergraduate tuition rate.  The Chemistry Department currently hires undergraduate students as teaching assistants in the general chemistry laboratories.  Students accepted into the BS/MS program will be given priority for these positions in both semesters of their fourth year of study.

During the Spring semester of the fourth year, students may apply for a Graduate assistantship for the fifth year.  The assistantship will include a tuition waiver for the fourth summer and the fifth year.   To be eligible for a Graduate assistantship, the student must earn at least a "B" grade in the three graduate courses taken during the fourth year, and meet all other admission requirements.