Courses

Courses Descriptions

101. INTRODUCTORY GENERAL CHEMISTRY I (4 credit hours)
This course provides an introduction to general chemistry with an emphasis on health relevance and applications. A three-hour laboratory is included each week to help with hands-on exposure to the concepts covered in the lecture portion of the courses. Prerequisite: Eligible for MATH 012.

105. GENERAL CHEMISTRY I (3 credit hours)
Designed for students desiring further studies in natural sciences, medicine, and engineering. Contents include pertinent mathematics, periodicity of elements, stoichiometry, gas laws, energy changes, solutions, equilibria, acid- base theories, and descriptive chemistry. (High school chemistry is desirable and high school or college algebra is necessary for an understanding of the material covered in this course). Prerequisite: Eligible for MATH 100

106. GENERAL CHEMISTRY II (3 credit hours)
A continuation of Chemistry 105. Contents include chemical equilibria, atomic and electronic structure of atoms, chemical bonding, oxidation-reduction reactions, and descriptive chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 105.

107. GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I (2 credit hours)
An introduction to the principles of experimentation and laboratory techniques as applied to the experimental science of chemistry.  Three hours per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 105 or current enrollment in CHEM 105.

108. GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II (2 credit hours)
A continuation of CHEM 107. Three hours per week. Prerequisites: CHEM 105, 106, and 107 (enrollment in CHEM 106 may be concurrent.

130. CONSUMER CHEMISTRY (3 credit hours)
A study of the basic rules on elements and their compounds is enough for an appreciation of the beauty of consumer chemistry. The course will involve a close look into the food we eat, the fuel we burn, and the products we use as health and beauty aids. Includes laboratory work.

201. ELEMENTARY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY (4 credit hours)
A continuation of CHEM 101 which covers organic chemistry and biochemistry with an emphasis on health relevance and applications. The laboratory experience of two hours each week will help illustrate the principles and techniques used in organic chemistry and biochemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 101.

205. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I (3 credit hours)
The study of aliphatic compounds with special emphasis on the mechanism of their reactions. Modern nomenclature and use of spectroscopic methods in organic chemistry are discussed throughout the course. Designed for science majors. Prerequisite: CHEM 106.

206. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II (3 credit hours)
A continuation of Chemistry 205. The chemistry of aromatic compounds and many modern methods of chemical synthesis are covered. The major classes of biological chemical compounds are discussed. Prerequisite: CHEM 205

207. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I (2 credit hours)
An introduction to the fundamental laboratory techniques used in organic chemistry. Three hours per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 108 and CHEM 201 or 205 (enrollment in CHEM 201 or 205 may be concurrent).

208.  ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II (2 credit hours)
A continuation of CHEM 207 with an emphasis on learning the basic methods used in preparing organic compounds and an introduction to qualitative organic chemistry. Three hours per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 205, 206, and 207 (enrollment in CHEM 206 may be concurrent).

211.  INTRODUCTORY ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (4 credit hours)
Volumetric, gravimetric, spectrophotometric, and electrochemical methods of analysis.  Two hours lecture and four hours lab. Prerequisites: CHEM 106 and 108; MATH 101 and/or current enrollment in MATH 102.

301. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I (3 credit hours)
Fundamental principles and laws of chemistry, including thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and chemical kinetics. Prerequisites: CHEM 106, MATH 206, and PHYS 201 OR 231.

302. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II (3 credit hours)
Statistical mechanics, electrochemistry, quantum mechanics, molecular structure, and spectroscopy. Prerequisites: CHEM 301, MATH 207 and PHYS 202 or 232.

303. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I (2 credit hours)
Three class hours per week. Pre- or co-requisite: CHEM 301.

304. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II (2 credit hours)
Three class hours per week. Pre- or co-requisite: CHEM 302

310. CHEMICAL LITERATURE SURVEY (1 credit hour)
Designed to teach the student how to use the chemical literature. Individual instruction. (Cross listed with CHEM 290.) Prerequisite: CHEM 206.

331. BIOCHEMISTRY (3 credit hours)
The goal of this course is to teach the principles of chemical reactions in biological systems. Topics include: protein chemistry, enzymology, genetic diseases, bioenergetics/respiration, metabolism, and nucleic acid chemistry. Wherever possible applications of biochemistry to health and environment will be emphasized. It is recommended that CHEM 333 be taken concurrently. Prerequisites: CHEM 201 or 206.

333. BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY (2 credit hours)
The purpose of this course is to teach the principles and techniques used in modern biochemistry. Protein isolation and characterization, enzyme kinetics, carbohydrate chemistry, and nucleic acid chemistry will be covered. Experimental methods include electrophoresis, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and spectrometry. Three class hours per week. Pre or corequisite: CHEM 331.

411. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3 credit hours)
A systematic study of the principles of structure and reactivity of the chemical elements and their compounds. Prerequisite: CHEM 302 or concurrent enrollment in CHEM 302.

413. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY (2 credit hours)
The synthesis and characterizations of inorganic compounds. Six hours per week. Take concurrently with CHEM 411.

416. INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS (2 credit hours)
Theoretical aspects of instrumental methods of chemical and structural analysis. Pre- or co-requisite: CHEM 302.

418. INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS LABORATORY (3 credit hours)
Characterization and analysis of materials using infrared, atomic absorption, UV-visible and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; gas and high performance liquid chromatography; electroanalytical chemistry. Six class hours per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 416 or concurrent enrollment in CHEM 416.

425. ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3 credit hours)
A study of the chemistry of aromatic compounds, carbanions and heterocyclic compounds. New synthetic techniques and industrial processes for the large scale production of selected organic chemicals are discussed. Prerequisite: CHEM 206 and 302 or concurrent enrollment in CHEM 302.

429.  SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS (3 credit hours)
The use of UV, IR, NMR, and mass spectroscopy for investigating molecular structures.  Prerequisite: CHEM 206.

450.  SENIOR SEMINAR (1 credit hour)
Oral presentation of topics of current chemical interest, including the presentation of students’ research results. Prerequisite: Completion of CHEM 301 and permission of the instructor. This course should be taken twice: once in the third year and once in the senior year.

460, 461, 462. SPECIAL PROJECTS IN CHEMISTRY (1-3 credit hours)
Designed for the chemistry student who desires to do research on a special chemical project in his/her junior or senior year. Prerequisite: Permission of the department chair.