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CHEMISTRY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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(3-3) designates credit hours, followed by weekly contact hours. (GS) designates a course meeting a general studies requirement
CHM 1142 (GS) General Chemistry I (3 - 3) F, Sp, Su Emphasis is placed on the periodic table and
stoichiometry, including chemical properties, physical states, and
structure. Prerequisite: Pass
CHM L142 (GS) General Chemistry I Laboratory (1 - 3) F, Sp, Su Experiments dealing with the periodic table, atomic structure, the gas laws, and stoichiometry. Corequisite: CHM 1142.
CHM 1143 General Chemistry II (3 - 3) F, Sp, Su Gases, acid-base theory, solutions, chemical equilibria, thermodynamics, and kinetics. Prerequisites: CHM 1142 and L142. Corequisite: CHM L143.
CHM L143 General Chemistry II Laboratory (1 - 3) F, Sp, Su Experiments in acid-base theory, solutions, chemical equilibria, thermodynamics, kinetics, and electrochemistry. Corequisite: CHM 1143.
CHM 2242 Analytical Chemistry (3 - 3) F, even years The theoretical principles of quantitative wet-chemical methods for determining composition and concentration with rigorous treatment of solution equilibria. Includes an introduction to statistics. Prerequisites: CHM 1143 and L143. Corequisite: CHM L242.
CHM L242 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (1 - 3) F, even years The practice of modern quantitative wet-chemical techniques in analytical chemistry. Corequisite: CHM 2242.
CHM 3342 Organic Chemistry I (3 - 3) F, Sp, Su An introduction to the chemistry of carbon compounds which develops the theoretical principles underlying organic materials. Prerequisites: CHM 1143 and L143. Corequisite: CHM L342.
CHM L342 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (1 - 3) F, Sp, Su Experimental techniques and skills for preparing, manipulating, and reacting organic molecules. Corequisite: CHM 3342.
CHM 3343 Organic Chemistry II (3 - 3) F, Sp, Su A continued of CHM 3342 with emphasis on modern organic synthesis. Prerequisites: CHM 3342 and L342. Corequisite: CHM L343.
CHM L343 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory (1 - 3) F, Sp, Su Experimental techniques and skills for preparing, manipulating, and reacting organic molecules. Corequisite: CHM 3343.
CHM 3350 Principles of Physical Chemistry (3 - 3) F, odd years, on demand An introduction to the principles of chemical thermodynamics, reaction kinetics and chemical equilibrium. Prerequisites: CHM 3343; PHY 2253 and PHY L253, or PHY 2263 and PHY L263. Corequisite: CHM L350.
CHM L350 Principles of Physical Chemistry Laboratory (1 - 3) F, odd years, on demand Practical applications of thermochemistry, colligative properties, and reaction kinetics. Corequisite: CHM 3350.
CHM 3352 Biochemistry (3 - 3) F Describes the molecular basis of life. Describes the structure and function of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids; describes metabolism, including glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation. Prerequisite: CHM 3343. Corequisite: CHM L352.
CHM L352 Biochemistry Laboratory (1 - 3) F Laboratory experiments illustrating biochemical techniques and equipment used in isolation and characterization of macromolecules. Corequisite: CHM 3352.
CHM 3358 Biochemistry II (3 - 3) Sp, even years Catabolism and anabolism of carbohydrates, fatty acids, and amino acids with emphasis on regulation and the major metabolic pathways, including glycolysis, citric acid cycle, electron transport, gluconeogenesis, and pentose phosphate. Prerequisite: CHM 3352.
CHM 3381 Physical Chemistry I (3 - 3) F, odd years Theory and applications of thermodynamics, reaction
kinetics, and transport properties with an emphasis on the description of
ideal/non-ideal gases and solutions. Prerequisite: CHM
3343; PHY 2253 and L253 or PHY 2263 and L263;
CHM L381 Physical Chemistry I Laboratory (1 - 3) F, odd years Introduction to methods and techniques used in the physical chemistry laboratory, including experiments in calorimetry, phase equilibria, reaction kinetics, and transport properties. Corequisite: CHM 3381.
CHM 3382 Physical Chemistry II (3 - 3) Sp, even years An introduction to quantum chemistry, including spectroscopy, atomic and molecular structure, molecular orbital theory, and photochemistry. Prerequisite: CHM 3381.
CHM L382 Physical Chemistry II Laboratory (1 - 3) Sp, even years A continuation of CHM L381 with an introduction to methods and techniques in computational chemistry and spectroscopy. Co- or pre-requisite: CHM 3382.
CHM 4400/5500 Special Topics in Chemistry (3 - 3) A study of topics of special interest, such as advanced physical chemistry, advanced analytical chemistry, advanced organic, group theory, surface chemistry, and colloid chemistry. Prerequisites: CHM 2242 and CHM 3343.
CHM 4403 Advanced Organic Chemistry (3 - 3) A more in-depth study of many of the topics studied in
Organic Chemistry I and II. Topics include reaction mechanisms, synthetic
methods, structure determination using spectroscopic techniques, and
stereochemistry. Offered only at
CHM 4444/5544 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (3 - 3) Sp, odd years Spectroscopy of inorganic molecules, detailed molecular orbital applications, descriptive chemistry of the transition elements, including organometallic and bioinorganic compounds. Prerequisites: CHM 2242 and 3381.
CHM L444 Advanced Inorganic Laboratory (1 - 3) Sp, odd years Preparation and characterization of inorganic compounds. Experience will be provided in techniques such as using a tube furnace and handling air-sensitive compounds with a glove gab and Schlenk line. Co- or pre-requisite: CHM 4444.
CHM 4445/5545 Instrumental Analysis (3 - 3) Sp, even academic years The operating principles of modern analytical instrumentation for determining composition and concentration. Prerequisites: CHM 2242, CHM 3343; PHY 2253 and L253 or PHY 2263 and L263. Corequisite: CHM L445.
CHM L445 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory (1 - 3) Sp, even academic years Experience using modern analytical instruments for qualitative and quantitative determinations. Corequisite: CHM 4445.
CHM 4491/2 Guided Independent Research (1 - 3 credit hours per course per semester). Additional information is listed under “Independent Research and Study” in the section on Academic Regulations.
CHM 4493/4 Guided Independent Study (1 - 3 credit hours per course per semester). Additional information is listed under “Independent Research and Study” in the section on Academic Regulations.
CHM 4499 Senior Seminar (1 - 3) F Principles of preparing and presenting an oral presentation on a selected chemical topic in the current literature. |