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| CHEM 1000 - Freshman Seminar in Chemical Sciences |
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Introduces the fields of chemistry and biochemistry, including an overview of career paths, strategies for success in the major, and current areas of active research. Also covers introduction to scientific literature, institutional resources, and enrichment opportunities such as undergraduate research.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 1010 - Introductory General Chemistry I |
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Corequisite: CHEM 1011. For students with no prior courses in chemistry; to be taken before CHEM 1110/1111. Fundamental concepts of chemistry: measurements, matter, chemical bonds, chemical reactions, nuclear chemistry, states of matter, solutions, and electrolytes. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory. Will not count toward a major or minor in Chemistry. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1010
TBC: Scientific Literacy (Discovery)
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Tutoring Courses, College of Basic & Applied, Gen Ed - Natural Science Block, GE Current: Natural Science, TBC-SciLit Discovery Course, Credit from 4-Year College, Natural Phys Sci with Lab |
| CHEM 1011 - Intro to General Chemistry I Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 1010. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1011
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Gen Ed - Natural Science Block, TBC-SciLit Discovery Course, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 1020 - Introductory General Chemistry II |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 1010/1011. Corequisite: CHEM 1021. Topics include hydrocarbons, organic functional groups, isomerism, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and proteins, enzymes, and metabolism. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory. Will not count toward a major or minor in Chemistry. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1020
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Tutoring Courses, College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 1021 - Intro to General Chemistry II Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 1020. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1021
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 1030 - Chemistry for Consumers |
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Corequisite: CHEM 1031. Language, development, structure, and role of chemistry as it relates to the knowledge and activities of the educated person. Examples will be taken from medicine and human health, environmental pollution, energy and its costs, etc. Understanding of the relationship between chemistry and society will be enhanced using special subtopics: lectures, demonstrations, and inquiry-based laboratory work drawing from the expertise of the individual instructor. For nonscience majors. Three hours lecture and one two-hour laboratory. (Does not count toward any major or minor.)
TBC: Scientific Literacy (Discovery)
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Tutoring Courses, College of Basic & Applied, Gen Ed - Natural Science Block, GE Current: Natural Science, TBC-SciLit Discovery Course, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 1031 - Chemistry for Consumers Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 1030.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Gen Ed - Natural Science Block, TBC-SciLit Discovery Course, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 1040 - Intro to General Chemistry |
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3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture University College Department Course Attributes: TN eCampus (formerly RODP), Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I |
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Prerequisites: High school chemistry and MATH 1710 with grade of C (2.0) or better or MATH ACT score of 19 or higher or CHEM 1010 with grade of C (2.0) or better. Corequisite: CHEM 1111. Fundamental concepts of atomic structure, molecular structure and bonding, chemical reactions, stoichiometric relationships, periodic properties of the elements, thermochemistry, and properties of gases. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1110.
TBC: Scientific Literacy (Discovery)
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Tutoring Courses, College of Basic & Applied, Gen Ed - Natural Science Block, GE Current: Natural Science, TBC-SciLit Discovery Course, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 1110. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1111
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Gen Ed - Natural Science Block, TBC-SciLit Discovery Course, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 1110/CHEM 1111. Corequisite: CHEM 1121. Chemical equilibrium, solid and liquid states of matter, chemistry of acids and bases, principles of chemical kinetics, precipitation reactions, elementary thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1120
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Tutoring Courses, College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 1120. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1121
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 2030 - Elements of Organic Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 1020/1021 or 1120/1121. Corequisite: CHEM 2031. Aspects of organic chemistry fundamental to an understanding of reactions in living organisms. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 2031 - Elements of Organic Chemistry Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 2030.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 2230 - Quantitative Analysis |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 1120/CHEM 1121 with minimum grade of C- (or equivalent course). Corequisite: CHEM 2231 recommended but not required. Gravimetric, volumetric, optical, and electrochemical analysis with examples from clinical chemistry, water pollution chemistry, occupational health and safety, and industrial chemistry. Three hours lecture.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 2231 - Quantitative Analysis Lab |
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Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CHEM 1120 or equivalent course. Corequisite: CHEM 2230 recommended, but not required. Laboratory course in classical wet chemical analysis; two three-hour laboratory periods per week.
2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 2880 - Undergraduate Research I |
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Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Student research allied with the instructor's research or designed specifically for the particular student. Minimum of three clock-hours work per week required for each credit hour. Up to four hours may count in the General Science major, but does not count for a major or minor in Chemistry. May be repeated for a total of four credits.
1.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Research Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College |
| CHEM 3000 - Careers in Chemistry and Biochemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 2030 or 3010. Communicating science, taking standardized tests, applying for graduate/professional school or a job, using library and online resources, and other professional skills. Capstone course. One-hour lecture. Offered each spring.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3005 - Organic Chemistry Survey |
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4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture University College Department Course Attributes: TN eCampus (formerly RODP), Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3010 - Organic Chemistry I |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 1120/1121 or equivalent with grade of C- or better. Corequisite: CHEM 3011. Types of carbon compounds, their nomenclature, reactions, and physical properties. Three hours lecture per week.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Tutoring Courses, College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3011 - Organic Chemistry I Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 3010. Laboratory course introducing techniques in organic chemistry, including spectroscopy. One three hour laboratory per week.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3020 - Organic Chemistry II |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 3010/CHEM 3011 with grade of C- or better. Corequisite: CHEM 3021. A continuation of CHEM 3010. Three hours lecture per week.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Tutoring Courses, College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3021 - Organic Chemistry II Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 3020. Laboratory course focusing more on reactions and synthesis in organic chemistry. One three-hour laboratory per week.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3080 - Liquid Chromatography Techniques |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 2230/2231 or consent of instructor. Techniques involving the use of liquid, column, paper, thin-layer, and ion-exchange chromatography for the purpose of purifying and/or separating compounds.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3090 - Techniques of Gas Chromatography |
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Principles, techniques, and applications of gas chromatography. Selection of column materials, packing of columns, and types of detectors. Separation of mixtures of hydrocarbons, drugs, and pesticides.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3530 - Principles of Biochemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 2030/CHEM 2031 or CHEM 3010/CHEM 3011. Corequisite: CHEM 3531. Structure, properties, and functions of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids and their reactions in living organisms. Three-hour lecture and one three-hour lab. Does not count toward Biochemistry major.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3531 - Principles of Biochemistry Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 3530. Lab to accompany CHEM 3530. One three-hour laboratory per week.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3570 - Nutritional Biochemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 2030/CHEM 2031 or CHEM 3010/CHEM 3011. Biochemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, vitamins, and minerals with an emphasis on metabolism and human nutrition. Three-hour lecture.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3850 - Environmental Field and Laboratory Methods |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 1120/CHEM 1121; sophomore or higher level. Provides students with the practical tools necessary to evaluate an environmental question, develop an investigative plan, carry out the sampling and analysis from environmental matrices, and evaluate and present the results. A hands-on laboratory and field-based course. Students will learn how to collect, preserve, and analyze samples commonly measured for environmental assessment.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Combined Lecture/Lab Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3880 - Undergraduate Research II |
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Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; CHEM 2230 recommended. Student research allied with the instructor's research or designed specifically for the particular student. Minimum of three clock-hours work per week required for each credit hour. Summary report or some other form of presentation required. A total of no more than four hours of research credits may be counted toward a major in chemistry. May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.
1.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Research Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3890 - Chemistry Instruction Internship |
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Prerequisites: Successful completion of target courses and permission of instructor. A course to refine thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills through exposure to on-the-spot technical questions and a laboratory teaching experience as an assistant in an introductory chemistry laboratory. Course credits will count toward a major in General Science and one hour will count toward a major in Chemistry. May be repeated for a total of three credits.
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Practicum Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 3980 - Cooperative Education |
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Provides students with opportunities for on-the-job training or other off-campus research experiences in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. A final presentation or manuscript is expected. Department chair should be consulted. Pass/Fail.
1.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Practicum Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Cooperative Education, Experiential Learning, Must have Permission to Drop, College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4000 - Medicinal Chemistry |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 3010/3011 and 3020/3021 or CHEM 2030/2031 with permission of instructor. Drug design and development including structural changes involved in making drug analogs. Drug interaction with macromolecular targets including receptors, enzymes, and DNA. Various classes of drugs and their mechanisms for the treatment of specific therapeutic areas.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4100 - Organic Spectroscopy |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 3020/CHEM 3021. Theory of and practice in the interpretation of mass, infrared, Raman, ultraviolet-visible, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. Lecture with accompanying lab exercises.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4105 - Advanced Organic Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 3020 with a grade of C (2.0) or better. A more in-depth survey of organic chemistry with an emphasis on modern reagents for oxidation and reduction, transition-metal catalysis, protecting group chemistry, and asymmetric synthesis. Application to synthesis will be central.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4110 - Topics in Organic Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Lectures, readings, and discussions of topics of current interest in chemistry. Lecture only. May be repeated for credit with a different topic (maximum of 6 hours).
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4125 - Forensic Chemistry |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 2230/CHEM 2231 and either CHEM 2030/CHEM 2031, and CHEM 3010 CHEM 3011 all with a grade of C- (1.67) or better. It is assumed that students have a solid grasp of college-level math including algebra. Corequisite: CHEM 4126. Chemistry of forensic substances such as paint, combustion and arson, color and colorants, glass, controlled drug substances, and fibers. Three hours lecture and one three-hour lab per week.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4126 - Forensic Chemistry Lab |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 2030/CHEM 2031, CHEM 2230/CHEM 2231, and CHEM 3020 CHEM 3021 all with a grade of C- (1.67) or better. It is assumed that students have a solid grasp of college-level math including algebra. Corequisite: CHEM 4125. Experiments about the chemistry of forensic substances such as paint, combustion and arson, color and colorants, glass, controlled drug substances, and fibers.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4150 - Bioorganic Chemistry |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 3010/ CHEM 3011 and CHEM 3020/ CHEM 3021 or CHEM 2030/ CHEM 2031 with permission of the instructor. Focuses on the structure and function of bioorganic molecules (i.e., peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and peptidomimetics), similarities between enzymatic reactions and bench-top organic reactions, and the techniques and instrumentation used to study bioorganic molecules.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4190 - Mass Spectrometry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 2230/2231, 4550/4551, or consent of instructor. Mass spectrographic analysis emphasizing the use of the instrument in obtaining mass spectral data. Technique of obtaining spectra using gas chromatographic effluents as well as normal sampling procedures. Routine maintenance and an introduction to the interpretation of simple spectra.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4230 - Instrumental Analysis |
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(Same as FSCH 4230.) Prerequisite: CHEM 2230/2231, or 4550/4551 with instructor permission. Corequisite: CHEM 4231. Potentiometric titration, polarographic, coulometric, gas chromatographic, ultraviolet, visible and infrared absorption, and atomic absorption techniques of analysis. Requirements and limitations of each technique for obtaining quantitative measurements; applications to various chemical systems from both theoretical and experimental standpoints. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4231 - Instrumental Analysis Lab |
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(Same as FSCH 4231.) Corequisite: CHEM 4230.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4300 - General Biochemistry |
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3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture University College Department Course Attributes: TN eCampus (formerly RODP), Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4310 - Modeling Organic and Biological Molecules |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 3010/CHEM 3011 and CHEM 3020/CHEM 3021 or permission of instructor. Basic concepts of molecular modeling and utilization of corresponding visualization and computation software tools with applications to organic and biological molecules.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4330 - Physical Chemistry Fundamentals I |
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Prerequisites: MATH 1910 and PHYS 2020/PHYS 2021. Corequisite: CHEM 4331. Basic study of physical chemistry including modern theories of atomic and molecular structure, chemical thermodynamics, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, and related theoretical topics. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4331 - Physical Chemistry Fundamentals I Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 4330.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4340 - Physical Chemistry Fundamentals II |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 4330/4331. A continuation of CHEM 4330/4331. Corequisite: CHEM 4341. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4341 - Physical Chemistry Fundamentals II Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 4340.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4350 - Physical Chemistry I |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 2230/2231; MATH 1920; PHYS 2020/2021 or 2120/2121. Corequisite: CHEM 4351. Quantitative principles of chemistry involving extensive use of calculus. Thermodynamics, phase changes, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry, reaction kinetics, quantum chemistry, molecule structure, and statistical mechanics. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4351 - Physical Chemistry I Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 4350.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4360 - In-depth Physical Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 4350/CHEM 4351. Corequisite: CHEM 4361. A molecular approach to traditional physical chemistry. Concepts and theorems of classical thermodynamics revisited on the basis of quantum and statistical mechanics applied to simple molecular models. Necessary mathematical apparatus discussed in sufficient detail, but only at applied level. Laboratory session provides hands-on experience with quantum-chemistry computational software to predict thermochemical and spectroscopic properties of molecules. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratories. Offered every spring.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4361 - Physical Chemistry II Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 4360.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4380 - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Experimental Methods |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 3020/3021 or 2030/2031. NMR measurements, operation of the spectrometer, and evaluation of the quality of spectra produced.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4400 - Inorganic Chemistry I |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 1120 or equivalent; CHEM 3010 recommended. The basic concepts and theories of inorganic chemistry and how these are used to predict and understand the physical and chemical properties of compounds of the elements other than carbon. Chemistry of ions of the elements as it takes place in water, in solid-state salts, and in complexes, along with the chemistry of a selection of representative inorganic and organometallic molecules.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4410 - Inorganic Chemistry II |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 3010 and CHEM 4400; corequisite: CHEM 4360/CHEM 4361 recommended. Atomic theory for chemical periodicity; symmetry and group theory; molecular orbital theory; coordination, organometallics.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4430 - Advanced Synthetic Laboratory Techniques |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 3020/CHEM 3021. Corequisite: CHEM 4431. Techniques for synthesis and purification of organic and organometallic compounds. Practice compound characterization (NMR, IR, MS, XRD). Develop skills in database searches, data analysis, and scientific writing. Six hours laboratory and one-hour lecture per week.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4431 - Advanced Synthetic Laboratory Techniques Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 4430.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4500 - Biochemistry I |
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Prerequisite/corequisite: CHEM 3020/3021; not open to those who have had CHEM 3530/3531. Chemical properties of biological molecules such as amino acids, proteins, enzymes, and carbohydrates. Chemical basis of enzyme catalysis and reactions of carbohydrate metabolism. Three hours lecture per week.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4510 - Biochemistry II |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 4500. Structure and metabolism of lipids, amino acids, nucleotides, and nucleic acids at the molecular level. Emphasis on chemistry of metabolic reactions. Three hours lecture per week.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4520 - Topics in Biochemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 3530 or 4500 or permission of instructor. Lectures, readings, and discussions of topics of current interest in biochemistry. Three hours lecture per week.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4530 - Biochemical Techniques |
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Prerequisite/corequisite: CHEM 4500 or consent of instructor. Theoretical principles and laboratory experience underlying common biochemical analytical techniques including spectrophotometry, column chromatography, electrophoresis, enzyme kinetics, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, structural analysis of carbohydrates and lipids, and manipulation of DNA. One hour lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.
2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4540 - Foundations of Enzymology |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 3530/CHEM 3531 or CHEM 4500 with a grade of C- or better. Structure, function, and properties of protein- and ribonucleic acid-based enzymes. Chemical basis for catalysis and the methods used to study enzymes. Examples drawn from the literature to illustrate application of course material to disease.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4550 - Bioanalytical Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 2030 /CHEM 2031 or CHEM 3020/ CHEM 3021; corequisite:CHEM 4551 . Survey of basic quantitative, qualitative, and purification methods with specific emphasis on molecules of interest to biochemistry. Three hours lecture and one three-hour lab per week.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Combined Lecture/Lab Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4551 - Bioanalytical Chemistry Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 4550. Laboratory to accompany CHEM 4550. One three-hour laboratory per week.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4560 - Nucleic Acids Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 4500. Focuses on the structure and chemistry of nucleic acids as well as the application of genetic techniques in biotechnology. Addresses the basic concepts of nucleic acids and the transfer of genetic information in a living system at the molecular level. Types of mutations, effects of mutagens, and mutation repair mechanisms also covered along with the application of techniques related to nucleic acids in biotechnology.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4565 - Food Biochemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 4500, CHEM 4510, NFS 4270, or an equivalent course in biochemistry. Covers the chemistry of major food groups as well as the nutritional values of natural and functional foods in disease prevention and management of metabolic disorders. Structural, biochemical, and metabolic aspects of amino acids, carbohydrates, and lipids discussed in the context of food-related metabolic disorders.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4570 - Biochemical Literature |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 4500 with a grade of C- or better. Survey of biochemical literature with an emphasis on database searches and communication of scientific results.
2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4580 - Medical Technology Clinical Practicum |
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Intensive classroom and laboratory studies covering principles and techniques in the areas of clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunohematology, bloodbanking, and related areas. Pass/Fail.
6.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Practicum Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4600 - Introduction to Environmental Chemistry |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 1120/CHEM 1121 and 8 hours of BIOL and/or CHEM beyond the freshman level; junior or senior standing. Introduces major environmental issues including climate change, water quality, air pollution, landfills, hazardous wastes, fossil fuels, and alternative energy. The quality of environment and the changes in the environment due to contamination explored. Three hours lecture.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4610 - Environmental Chemistry |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 1120/CHEM 1121, CHEM 2030/CHEM 2031 or CHEM 3010/CHEM 3011, 8 hours of upper-division biology or chemistry, and junior or senior standing. Fundamental chemical principles applied to the fate and behavior of environmental contaminants in soil-water environments. Important toxins explored and their movement and occurrence in ecosystems explained based on chemical and physical parameters. Topics will include pesticides, dioxin, mercury, and bioaccumulation. Three hours lecture.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4700 - Polymers, an Introduction |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 3020/3021; physical chemistry strongly recommended. Chemistry of polymers; their structure, properties, and applications. Three hours lecture.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4730 - Advanced Physical Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 4360/4361 or permission of instructor. Corequisite: CHEM 4731. Modern chemical concepts as applied to the areas of thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and chemical kinetics. Three hours lecture and one three-hour calculation laboratory.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4731 - Advanced Physical Chemistry Lab |
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Corequisite: CHEM 4730
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4740 - Research Methods |
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(Same as ABAS/BIOL/GEOL/PHYS/MATH 4740.) Prerequisite: YOED 3520. Provides secondary science and mathematics teacher candidates with the tools that scientists use to solve scientific problems. Students will use these tools in a laboratory setting, communicate findings, and understand how scientists develop new knowledge.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Combined Lecture/Lab Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4780 - Polymer and Materials Chemistry Laboratory |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 3020/CHEM 3021; CHEM 4330/CHEM 4331 strongly recommended. Laboratory introduction to synthesis, kinetics, characterization, engineering, and applications of polymers and other modern materials.
2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4880 - Research |
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Prerequisites: 24 hours of ACS-approved chemistry courses. Student research allied with the instructor's research or designed specifically for the particular student. Minimum of twelve (12) hours a week. Student must write a formal report which is approved by the instructor to receive credit for this course.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Research Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 4990 - Chemometrics and Statistics for Analytical Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 2230/CHEM 2231 or CHEM 4330/CHEM 4331 or CHEM 4550/CHEM 4551 with C- or better. Elective course in chemometrics, statistics, and numerical methods of analysis for analytical chemistry. Propogation of error, linear regression, ANOVA, non-linear regression, and non-parametric techniques.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 5100 - Organic Spectroscopy |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 3020 or equivalent. Theory of and practice in the interpretation of mass, infrared, Raman, ultraviolet-visible, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. Offered every other spring.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 5700 - Polymers, an Introduction |
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Structure, properties, and applications of polymers. Offered every other spring.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6100 - Intermediate Organic Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 3020/3021 or 2030/2031 or equivalent. Concepts and modern theories of organic chemistry: stereochemistry of reactions, mechanistic interpretation of organic reactions, and multistep synthesis. Offered every fall.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6110 - Topics in Organic Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 6100. A selection of modern topics. Offered every other spring.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6150 - Bioorganic Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 3020 or equivalent. Focuses on the structure and function of bioorganic molecules (i.e., peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and peptidomimetics), similarities between enzymatic reactions and bench-top organic reactions, and the techniques and instrumentation used to study bioorganic molecules.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6200 - Topics in Analytical Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 4230/4231 or 6230/6231. Selected topics of major interest in chemical analysis. Offered every other fall.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6210 - Chemical Informatics and Statistics |
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Analysis of data from analytical instrumentation commonly used in industrial settings. Examples drawn from the literature to illustrate application of course material to real world problems and communication to other scientists as well as managers lacking a strong technical background.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6230 - Intermediate Analytical Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 2230/2231 or equivalent. Selected instrumental methods of analysis including but not limited to gas and liquid chromatography methods; ultraviolet, visible, and infrared spectroscopic methods; and flame emission and atomic absorption spectrometry. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory period. Offered every spring.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6231 - Intermediate Analytical Chemistry Lab |
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Offered every spring.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department |
| CHEM 6300 - Intermediate Physical Chemistry |
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Key concepts from classical thermodynamics, quantum theory, and chemically relevant spectroscopies. Statistical thermodynamics introduced. Offered every spring.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied, Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
| CHEM 6310 - Modeling Organic and Biological Molecules |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 3010/CHEM 3011 and CHEM 3020/CHEM 3021 or permission of instructor. Basic concepts of molecular modeling and utilization of corresponding visualization and computation software tools with applications to organic and biological molecules. Students should bring their own problems related to research interests to model.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6400 - Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry |
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Concepts of inorganic chemistry needed for effective teaching of general chemistry and for safe and effective use of inorganic chemicals and materials in industrial and academic laboratories; atomic theory, principles of inorganic reactivity in acid-base; precipitation, complexation, and oxidation-reduction reactions; crystal and ligand field theory; symmetry; molecular orbital theory; organometallic chemistry. Offered every fall.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6410 - Transition Metal and Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 5400 or consent of instructor. The chemistry of transition metal complexes, organometallic compounds, and of related compounds, their practical applications, and modern theoretical treatments of this chemistry. Offered on sufficient demand.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6420 - Topics in Inorganic Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 6400. Selected topics of current interest in inorganic chemistry such as organo-metallic chemistry, inorganic materials science, and kinetics and mechanisms of inorganic reactions. Offered every other spring.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6500 - Biochemistry I |
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Chemical properties of biological molecules such as proteins, lipids, nucleotides, and carbohydrates. Chemical basis of enzyme catalysis. Structure of biological membranes. Offered every fall.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6510 - Biochemistry II |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 6500. The structure of lipids, amino acids, nucleotides, and nucleic acids and their metabolism at a molecular level. Emphasis on understanding the chemical basis of biological phenomena. Three hours lecture per week. Offered every spring.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6520 - Topics in Biochemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 6500 or 6510 or consent of instructor. Selected topics of particular interest in biochemistry. Offered every spring. Can be repeated provided that the course topic is different.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6530 - Biochemical Techniques |
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Prerequisite/corequisite: CHEM 6500 or 6510 or consent of instructor. Laboratory in biochemical techniques with emphasis on protein purification, enzyme kinetics, carbohydrate and lipid analysis, and manipulation of DNA. Offered every spring.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
2.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6540 - Foundations of Enzymology |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 6500. Structure, function, and properties of protein- and ribonucleic acid-based enzymes. Chemical basis for catalysis and the methods used to study enzymes. Examples drawn from the literature to illustrate application of course material to disease.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6610 - Environmental Chemistry |
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Fundamental chemical principles applied to the fate and behavior of contaminants in soil-water environments. Explores important toxins and explains their movement and occurrence in ecosystems based on chemical and physical parameters. Topics will include pesticides, dioxin, mercury, and bioaccumulation.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6640 - Thesis Research |
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Selection of a research problem, review of pertinent literature, collection and analysis of data, and composition of thesis. Once enrolled, student should register for at least one credit hour of master's research each semester until completion. S/U grading. Offered every term.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
1.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Masters Thesis Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6720 - Topics in Physical Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 6300 or permission of department. Advanced theories of, latest literature in, and unsolved problems of a particular research area in physical chemistry selected by the professor. Offered every other fall.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6780 - Polymers and Materials Chemistry Laboratory |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 6100 or previous undergraduate organic chemistry knowledge; corequisite: CHEM 5700. Laboratory experiments introduce synthesis techniques, kinetics, characterization, engineering, and application of polymers and other modern materials. Six hours of laboratory.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
2.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Laboratory Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6800 - Thesis Defense |
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Prerequisite: Permission of department. Required of graduate students specializing in chemistry. Scientific articles reviewed and reports on individual research projects presented. Offered every term.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Seminar Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 6870 - Chemistry Research |
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Original laboratory problem that will furnish material for a thesis. Offered every fall.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Research Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 7110 - Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 6110. Applications and advanced concepts in physical organic chemistry, including those used in teaching organic chemistry. Topics include classical and modern approaches in physical organic chemistry including MO theory, conformational analysis, stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms, structure and solvent effects, pericyclic reactions, and theories of acidity/basicity. Offered every other spring.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 7400 - Computational Chemistry I |
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Prerequisite: Foundation courses of the Computational Science Ph.D. program (COMS 6100, COMS 6500, CSCI 6020) or consent of instructor. Fundamental concepts and practical aspects of various electronic-structure models used in modern computational chemistry. Molecular orbital theory, ab initio and density functional methods, wave-function analyses, and geometry optimization techniques. Offered every fall. Three lectures and one three-hour computer lab.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Combined Lecture/Lab Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 7410 - Computational Chemistry II |
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Prerequisites: CHEM 7400 and consent of instructor. Practical applications of quantum chemistry models. Calculation of molecular properties with high accuracy, computational techniques for large systems, structure prediction and structure-activity relationships. Offered every spring. Three lectures and one three-hour lab.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Combined Lecture/Lab Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 7700 - Topics in Theoretical Chemistry |
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Bonding, stereochemistry, empirical and semi-empirical parameters, state functions, spectroscopic interpretation, and reaction mechanisms. Offered on sufficient demand.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 7710 - Topics in Applied Chemistry |
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Some important and current practical applications. Offered every other spring.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 7720 - Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry |
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Prerequisite: CHEM 6300. Theoretical basis and application of the principal methods used for experimental molecular structure determination. Computational methods of structure prediction and interpretation of data. Searching and retrieving structural information from structural databases. Offered every other fall.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 7800 - Chemistry Internship |
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Prerequisite: Permission of department. Admission based on recommendations and performance in teaching. Offered every term.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Practicum Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM 7900 - Teaching and Learning in Chemistry |
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Areas and ideas associated with chemical education. Readings from the current literatureor seminal texts on misconceptions in chemistry, theories of learning, and theories of teaching. Offered summer only.
NOTE: Graduate standing is the prerequisite for graduate courses in chemistry. The 5000-level courses also have the same prerequisites as listed for the corresponding 4000-level courses in the undergraduate catalog.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Graduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: College of Basic & Applied |
| CHEM ELLD - LD: |
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1.000 TO 99.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department |
| CHEM ELUD - UD: |
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1.000 TO 99.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Chemistry Department Course Attributes: Credit from 4-Year College, Upper-Division Work |
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