(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Theory, practice, and application of modern analytical instrumentation.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Application of statistics and chemistry to the analysis of evidence gathered in criminal investigations such as drugs, fibers, gunshot residue, explosives, and accelerants.
First of two related courses. Fundamentals of bonding and structure of inorganic substances. Integration of appropriate physical methods with theory and practice.
A continuation of
CHEM 441. Covers fundamental topics in solid-state, organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry.
(3 laboratory) Experimentation including structures, bonding, syntheses and properties of inorganic substances.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 441 with a minimum grade of D-
One semester survey of physical chemistry (thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and quantum mechanics). Not applicable to the professional and biochemistry emphasis areas in chemistry.
(
CHEM 321 with a minimum grade of C) and (
MATH 131 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
PHYS 221 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
CHEM 332 with a minimum grade of C) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 450L with a minimum grade of C)
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 450.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 450 with a minimum grade of C
Chemical kinetics, quantum theory of atoms and molecules, and statistical thermodynamics.
(
MATH 233 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
PHYS 241 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
CHEM 332 with a minimum grade of C) and (
CHEM 332L with a minimum grade of C) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 321 with a minimum grade of C) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 451L with a minimum grade of C)
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 451.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 451 with a minimum grade of C
The properties of matter, thermodynamics, thermochemistry and kinetic molecular theory.
(
MATH 233 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
PHYS 241 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
CHEM 332 with a minimum grade of C) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 321 with a minimum grade of C) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 452L with a minimum grade of C)
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 452.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 452 with a minimum grade of C
Chemistry of biologically important compounds (proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids), emphasizing structure and function, methods of isolation, identification and characterization, kinetics and mechanisms of enzyme catalysis.
(3 laboratory) Techniques involved in the isolation and characterization of amino acids, peptides and proteins. Isolation and kinetics of enzymes.
Bioenergetics, electron transport systems, metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, nucleotides and amino acids.
(3 laboratory) Techniques involved in the isolation and characterization of lipids and metabolism.
Introduction to chemical research and current chemical literature; initiate and pursue investigation of a specific topic in chemistry or chemical education. Oral and written reports are required.