Chemistry Course Descriptions

1315. Inorganic Chemistry
Prerequisite:  High school chemistry and concurrent enrollment in Chemistry 1115.
A one-semester lecture course emphasizing the laws and theories of composition, 
structure, properties, and transformation of matter.  Emphasis is placed on the 
stoichiometric relationships of inorganic substances.  Three lecture hours per week.

1115. Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Prerequisite:  Concurrent enrollment in Chemistry 1315
A one-semester laboratory course covering the empirical approaches to problem- 
solving, emphasizing the collection, evaluation, and interpretation of experimental
measurements in determinations of chemical relationships, with emphasis on inorganic
chemistry.  One lecture/demonstration/recitation period and one three hour 
laboratory period per week.

2316.  Organic Chemistry I
Prerequisite:  1315, 1115, and concurrent enrollment in Chemistry 2116, or consent 
of the instructor. 
The study of carbon compounds, their structure, nomenclature, stereochemistry, with
emphasis on the introduction and interconversion of functional groups.  Three 
lecture hours per week.

2116. Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
Prerequisite:  Concurrent enrollment in Chemistry 2316
Introduction to organic structural analysis, with emphasis on instrumental methods
including infrared, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance,
mass spectroscopy, and chromatography (gas and thin layer), along with preliminary 
determination of physical and chemical properties.  One lecture period and three
lecture hours per week.

2317. Organic Chemistry II
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 2316, 2116, and concurrent enrollment in Chemistry 2217
Continuation of the study of organic compounds stressing synthetic methods for 
interconversion of functional groups, reaction mechanisms, and structure-
relationships.  Three lecture hours per week.

2217. Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 2316, 2116
Introduction to organic microscale techniques, with emphasis on single and multi-
step synthesis, isolation of natural products. determination of structure-
relationships and chemistry of stereoisomers.  One lecture and three laboratory 
hours per week.

3172. Chemical Literature
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 2301 or consent of instructor
An introduction to the various sources of resource material available in the 
chemical field.  Practical exercises in searching the chemical literature for
information, using both hard-copy and computer systems.  One lecture per week.

3305. Physical Chemistry I
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 3212, Physics 1402, Mathematics 2325, and concurrent
enrollment in Chemistry 3105
Introduction to the thermodynamic and kinetic approaches to chemical systems,
emphasizing a critical understanding of the principles and limitations of these
approaches.  Three lecture hours per week.

3105. Physical Chemistry I Laboratory
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 3212, Physics 1402, Mathematics 2325, and concurrent
enrollment in Chemistry 3305
Assigned laboratory exercised illustrating applications of thermodynamic, kinetic,
molecular, optical, and electrochemical principles.  Four hours of recitation/
laboratory per week.

3306. Physical Chemistry II
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 3305, 3105, and concurrent enrollment in Chemistry 3106
Introduction to quantum mechanics of chemical systems, emphasizing a critical
understanding of the principle and limitations of this theory.  Additional topics
include:  symmetry, group theory, and molecular spectroscopy.  Three lecture hours
per week.

3106. Physical Chemistry II Laboratory
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 3305, 3105, and concurrent enrollment in Chemistry 3306
Individually selected laboratory exercises illustrating applications of 
thermodynamic, kinetic, optical, molecular, and electrochemical principles.  Four
hours of recitation/laboratory per week.

3318. Analytical Chemistry
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 2316, 2116, and concurrent enrollment in Chemistry 3218
Introduction to theories and applications of classical and modern quantitative 
and qualitative methods, with emphasis on the functional basis of spectroscopy,
electrochemistry, chromatography, and mass spectrometry and factors affecting 
choice of techniques and sampling protocols.  Three lectures per week.

3218. Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
Prerequisite:  Concurrent enrollment in Chemistry 3318
A one semester laboratory course emphasizing application of instrumental methodology
including absorption and emission spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance,
electrodeposition and polarography, mass spectrometry, and gas chromatography. 
Emphasis will be given to environmental problem solving.  One lecture/demonstration/
recitation and three laboratory hours per week.

3360. Supervised Industrial Chemistry Internship
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 3318, 3218, and consent of Department Chair
A one semester internship during which a student devotes a minimum of 12-hours per 
week of employment in the industrial chemical laboratory environment.  Activities
will be monitored by a mentor at the industrial site and by a faculty member.  May
be repeated once for credit.

4101. Seminar in Chemistry
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 2302
Discussions of contemporary issues in chemistry led by students and by distinguished
visitors.  One hour per week.

4111. Teaching of Laboratory Chemistry
Prerequisite:  Chemistry as a first or second teaching field and consent of the 
instructor
Overview of ideal and practical aspects involved in the selection, preparation,
supervision, and evaluation of laboratory experiments.  One discussion-conference
per week.

4112. Teaching of Laboratory Chemistry
Prerequisite:  Chemistry as a first or second teaching field and consent of the 
instructor
Overview of ideal and practical aspects involved in the selection, preparation,
supervision, and evaluation of laboratory experiments.  One discussion-conference
per week.

4250. Research in Chemistry
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 3306 and consent of instructor
Identification and definition of research problems, design of technical approach,
orientation to use of resources (including the library), laboratory experimentation
and composition of research report in thesis format.  Eight hours of work in 
laboratory, library, and other activities per week.  May be repeated for total of
four credit hours.

4311. Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Prerequisite: Chemistry 3306 or consent of instructor
In-depth consideration of selected topics in analytical chemistry.  Three lecture
hours per week.

4312. Advanced Instrumental Analysis
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 3306 or consent of instructor
Theory and applications of modern instrumental analysis, with emphasis on 
principles of analytic technique, operating parameters of instruments, and 
sophisticated data manipulative practices.  Two lecture hours and four laboratory 
hours per week.

4326. Biochemistry I
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 2317, 2217
Introduction to amino acids, protein structure and function, enzymes, oxygen 
transport systems, carbohydrate chemistry and function, membranes, survey of 
energy generating and storage systems, and bioinorganic chemistry.  Three
lecture hours per week.

4126. Biochemistry I Laboratory
Prerequisite:  Concurrent enrollment in Chemistry 4326
An introduction to the use of chromatographic, electrophoretic, spectroscopic and
centrifugation techniques used in a modern biochemical research laboratory.  The
emphasis will be on the isolation and identification of amino acids, proteins,
carbohydrates, lipids and activity of enzymes, cell fractionation and 
photosynthesis.

4327. Biochemistry II
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 4326
A continuation of Chemistry 4326, dealing with metabolic pathways, biosynthesis 
of precursors of macromolecules, biophysical aspects of enzyme kinetics and 
mechanisms, structure and function of polynucleotides, and physical applications
to biochemistry.  Three lecture hours per week.

4331. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 3306 or consent of instructor
Theory of bonding, acid-base concepts, theory and descriptive chemistry of 
coordination and organo-metallic compounds.  Three lecture hours per week.

4341. Advanced Organic Chemistry
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 3306 or consent of instructor
In-depth consideration of selected topics in organic chemistry.  Three lecture
hours per week.

4450. Research in Chemistry
Prerequisite:  Chemistry 3306 and consent of instructor
Identification and definition of research problems, design of technical approach,
orientation to use of resources (including the library), laboratory experimentation
and composition of research report in thesis format.  Sixteen hours of work in 
laboratory, library, and other activities per week.