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Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take CHEM 202 and permission of department. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: 2 Description: Students are introduced to independent practical work under the direction of a professional chemist which may include research or other related laboratory service. Students are required to keep a daily journal and complete a final report. A maximum […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Senior standing with declared chemistry major or permission of department. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: The course serves as a bridge to the next stage in the student’s career path that includes a review of basic chemical knowledge, an examination of career goals, discussions about graduate and professional schools, and the […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take CHEM 202 or permission of department. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Emphasis on polymer synthesis, characterization and structure/property relationships; addition and step-growth polymerizations; glass transition temperature; copolymers; the amorphous and crystalline states; mechanical properties.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take CHEM 301 and CHEM 404. (Required, Previous). | Take CHEM 302. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Advanced principles of the structure, function, and analysis of biological molecules; chemical reactions of biomolecules including kinetics, mechanisms, and thermodynamics; regulation of chemical reactions and response to external signals by cells. Also includes advanced […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Permission of department. Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: 3 Description: Open only to juniors or seniors with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher in their major courses. A maximum of three semester hours may be earned. Academic Committee approval required for each seminar and practicum. All individual research projects are reviewed by […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take CHEM 301 or permission of department. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Structure of the atom, ionic and covalent bonding models; group theory; the solid state; advanced acid-base concepts; chemistry in nonaqueous solvents; structure and reactivity of coordination compounds; organometallic chemistry; bioinorganic chemistry.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take CHEM 301. (Required, Previous). | Take CHEM 402 or permission of department. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 2; Max: Description: This laboratory-only course provides hands-on instruction in the synthesis, purification, and characterization of micro and macromolecular inorganic and organic chemical systems. Emphasis will also be placed on applications in the modern world. Materials […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take CHEM 203. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Introduction to the chemistry of natural systems with an emphasis on atmospheric and aquatic chemistry. Sampling and measurement techniques used to characterize the environment, particularly using electrochemical, spectroscopic, and chromatographic methods.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take CHEM 203 and CHEM 301. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Electroanalytical and electrogravimetric methods; potentiometric and coulometric methods; conductometric titrations; polarography and amperometric titrations; methods based on infrared, ultraviolet, and visible spectroscopy; flame photometry; atomic absorption spectrometry; gas chromatographic methods; methods based on nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; fluorescence analysis; mass […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take CHEM 112 and CHEM 112L or permission from deparment. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: 3 Description: Students are introduced to a variety of techniques of chemical research, including synthesis, spectroscopy, chemical literature searching, and molecular modeling. The focus of the course is on using the tools of chemical research in practical […]

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take CHEM 301 and MATH 203 or permission of department. (Required, Previous). | Take CHEM 303 (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Quantum mechanics, computational chemistry, spectroscopy, statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, and kinetics. The lab contact reinforces lecture material, including NMR and IR spectra, in addition to inorganic synthesis and characterization.