2024-2025 Academic Catalog

THIS COURSE DEALS WITH SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTAL LAWS, THEORIES, DEFINITIONS, AND ORGANIZING SCHEMES RELATING TO MATTER AND ENERGY AND THE CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE IN THEM. IT IS A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL REACTIVITY. PREVIOUS EXPOSURE TO CHEMISTRY IS NOT ASSUMED. THREE HOURS LECTURE AND TWO HOURS LAB WEEKLY. Required Previous: Must remediate science deficiency by completing PHSCI-0123 or passing placement test.

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-1114.

A CONTINUATION OF 1114. SOLUTION CHEMISTRY, ACIDS AND BASES, ELECTROCHEMISTRY, OXIDATION-REDUCTION AND MOLECULAR AND IONIC EQUILIBRIA. THE LABORATORY WILL INCLUDE AN INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS. THREE HOURS LECTURE AND 3 HOURS LAB WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-1114

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-1214.

THREE HOURS OF LECTURE AND TWO HOURS OF LAB PER WEEK. A CONTINUATION OF 1114 FOR STUDENTS WHOSE MAJORS DO NOT REQUIRE OTHER CHEMISTRY COURSES. WILL COMPLETE A THOROUGH, BUT ROUNDED, FOUNDATION IN INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY THROUGH FOCUS ON SELECTED TOPICS IN INORGANIC, ORGANIC, AND BIOCHEMISTRY. Required Previous: CHEM-1114

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-1314.

AN INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY FOR ALLIED HEALTH MAJORS WITH THREE HOURS OF LECTURE AND TWO HOURS OF LAB PER WEEK. THIS COURSE COVERS SELECTED TOPICS IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. TOPICS COVERED IN LECTURE AND LAB INCLUDE MEASUREMENTS, ATOMIC STRUCTURE, BONDING, KINETICS, ACIDS/BASES, GASES, NOMENCLATURE, STATES OF MATTER, SOLUTIONS, STOICHIOMETRY AND REACTIONS, OXIDATION-REDUCTION, HYDROCARBONS, FUNCTIONAL GROUPS, CARBOHYDRATES, Required Previous: Must remediate science deficiency by completing PHSCI-0123 or passing placement test.

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-1324.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

THEORY INCLUDES STRUCTURE, NOMENCLATURE, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, AND REACTION MECHANISMS PERTINENT TO THE CHEMISTRY OF HYDROCARBONS OF BOTH THE ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC SERIES. LAB WORK PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO SYNTHESES AND REACTIONS OF HYDROCARBONS INCLUDING COMMON PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES. PROPER RECORD KEEPING OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK ALSO IS STRESSED. FOUR HOURS LECTURE AND 3 HOURS LAB WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-1214

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-3114.

OVERVIEW OF THE CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF FOOD COMPONENTS WITH LAB EMPHASIZING CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN FOODS DURING PROCESSING AND STORAGE. Required Previous: CHEM-3114.

A COURSE IN THE GRAVIMETRIC AND VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS WITH EMPHASIS ON CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM, CALCULATIONS, SEPARATION TECHNIQUES, AND ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX SUBSTANCES. THREE LECTURE AND THREE LAB HOURS WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-1214

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-3214.

CONTINUATION OF 3214. Required Previous: CHEM-3214

A STUDY OF EMISSION AND ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, SEPARATION TECHNIQUES, AND ELECTRICAL ANALYTICAL METHODS. LABORATORY DETERMINATIONS WILL BE PERFORMED USING ATOMIC ABSORPTION, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY, MASS SPECTROMETRY, IR, UV, AND VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, FLAME EMISSION, AND OTHER MODERN METHODS OF ANALYSIS. TWO HOURS LECTURE AND 4 HOURS LABORATORY WEEKLY. FORMAL LABORATORY REPORTS WILL BE REQUIRED. Required Previous: CHEM-3214

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-3484.

STRUCTURE, NOMENCLATURE, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, AND REACTION MECHANISMS PERTINENT TO THE CHEMISTRY OF HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVES (ALKYLHALIDES, ALCOHOLS, ALDEHYDES, KETONES, CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, AMINES, ETC.) ARE COVERED. LAB WORK INCLUDES SYNTHESES, PURIFICATION, IDENTIFICATION (STRESS ON I.R. SPECTROSCOPY), AND LAB RECORD KEEPING. THREE HOURS LECTURE AND 3 HOURS LAB WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-3114

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-4114.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHEMISTRY OF LIVING SYSTEMS. THE STRUCTURE, NOMENCLATURE, AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MAJOR GROUPS OF BIOMOLECULES (CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, PROTEINS, NUCLEIC ACIDS) ARE COVERED. THE BIOCHEMICAL NATURE OF ENZYMES, COENZYMES, HORMONES, AND SELECTED METABOLIC PATHWAYS ALSO ARE PRESENTED. Required Previous: CHEM-3114

THREE HOURS OF LAB PER WEEK. TECHNIQUES (CHROMATOGRAPHY, ELECTROPHORESIS, SPECTROSCOPY, ETC.) FOR THE PREPARATION, IDENTIFICATION, AND QUANTIFICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE BIOMOLECULES ARE COVERED. ATTENTION ALSO IS GIVEN TO THE PROPERTIES OF ENZYMES AND TO THE KINETICS OF ENZYME CATALYZED REACTIONS. Required Previous or Concurrent: CHEM-4213

PROBLEMS AND METHODS IN THE TEACHING OF CHEMISTRY.

A STUDY OF PERIODIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE ELEMENTS, THE CHEMISTRY OF THE REPRESENTATIVE AND TRANSITION ELEMENTS, AND ASPECTS OF THEORETICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY INCLUDING CHEMICAL BONDING, MOLECULAR SYMMETRY, COORDINATION CHEMISTRY, ACID-BASE CONCEPTS, AND ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-1214

THREE HOURS OF LABORATORY PER WEEK. TECHNIQUES (SOLID-STATE SYNTHESIS, X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY, INCLUDING DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY, ETC.) FOR THE SYNTHESIS, IDENTIFICATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF REPRESENTATIVE INORGANIC COMPOUNDS ARE COVERED. Required Previous or Concurrent: CHEM-4413

A FUNDAMENTAL COURSE IN THE PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, INCLUDING THE GAS LAWS, THERMODYNAMICS, THERMOCHEMISTRY, SOLUTION CHEMISTRY, PHASE EQUILIBRIA, CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM, KINETICS, AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY. THREE HOURS LECTURE AND 4 HOURS LABORATORY WEEKLY. Required Previous: MATH-2825

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-4514.

A CONTINUATION OF 4213, THE METABOLIC PATHWAYS OF THE MAJOR GROUPS OF BIOMOLECULES INCLUDING THE SYNTHESIS OF LIPIDS (FATTY ACIDS AND HORMONES AND VITAMINS), PROTEINS (AND AMINO ACIDS), AND NUCLEIC ACIDS WILL BE DISCUSSED. PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND AN EMPHASIS ON HOW THESE PROCESSES ARE CONTROLLED AND INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT THE CELL WILL ALSO BE PRESENTED. Required Previous: CHEM-4114

CURRENT TECHNIQUES IN THE PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ENZYME TO DEMONSTRATE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES THAT ARE UTILIZED IN MODERN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY RESEARCH LABORATORIES. PRACTICAL SKILLS TAUGHT INCLUDE MICRO PIPETTING, BASIC SOLUTION PREPARATION, CONDUCTING PH MEASUREMENTS, ISOLATING CRUDE ENZYME EXTRACTS, AND PERFORMING STANDARD ACTIVITY ASSAYS. PROBLEM-SOLVING METHODOLOGY IN BIOCHEMISTRY, DISCUSSION OF RECENT ADVANCES IN AREAS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER WILL ALSO BE Required Previous: CHEM-4114

A CONTINUATION OF 4514 EMPHASIZING QUANTUM THEORY, ATOMIC STRUCTURE, SYMMETRY, MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, STATISTICAL MECHANICS, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY. THREE HOURS LECTURE AND 4 HOURS LABORATORY WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-4514

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-4614.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON DEFINITE PROBLEM OR SPECIAL SUBJECT, BASED ON APPROVED OUTLINE OR PLAN, CONFERENCES, ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS. Required Previous: Twelve hours of Chemistry

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON DEFINITE PROBLEM OR SPECIAL SUBJECT, BASED ON APPROVED OUTLINE OR PLAN, CONFERENCES, ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS. Required Previous: Twelve hours of Chemistry

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON DEFINITE PROBLEM OR SPECIAL SUBJECT, BASED ON APPROVED OUTLINE OR PLAN, CONFERENCES, ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS. Required Previous: Twleve hours of Chemsitry

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON DEFINITE PROBLEM OR SPECIAL SUBJECT, BASED ON APPROVED OUTLINE OR PLAN, CONFERENCES, ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS. Required Previous: Twelve hours of Chemistry

A CONTINUATION OF 1114. SOLUTION CHEMISTRY, ACIDS AND BASES, ELECTROCHEMISTRY, OXIDATION-REDUCTION AND MOLECULAR AND IONIC EQUILIBRIA. THE LABORATORY WILL INCLUDE AN INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS. THREE HOURS LECTURE AND 3 HOURS LAB WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-1114

THEORY INCLUDES STRUCTURE, NOMENCLATURE, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, AND REACTION MECHANISMS PERTINENT TO THE CHEMISTRY OF HYDROCARBONS OF BOTH THE ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC SERIES. LAB WORK PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO SYNTHESES AND REACTIONS OF HYDROCARBONS INCLUDING COMMON PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES. PROPER RECORD KEEPING OF EXPERIMENTAL WORK ALSO IS STRESSED. FOUR HOURS LECTURE AND 3 HOURS LAB WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-1214

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-H3114.

A COURSE IN THE GRAVIMETRIC AND VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS WITH EMPHASIS ON CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM, CALCULATIONS, SEPARATION TECHNIQUES AND ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX SUBSTANCES. THREE LECTURE AND THREE LAB HOURS WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-1214

STRUCTURE, NOMENCLATURE, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, AND REACTION MECHANISMS PERTINENT TO THE CHEMISTRY OF HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVES (ALKYLHALIDES, ALCHOHOLS, ALDEHYDES, KETONES, CARBOXYLIC ACIDS, AMINES, ETC.) ARE COVERED. LAB WORK INCLUDES SYNTHESES, PURIFICATION, IDENTIFICATION (STRESS ON I.R. SPECTROSCOPY), AND LAB RECORD KEEPING. THREE HOURS LECTURE AND 3 HOURS LAB WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-3114

LAB COURSE FOR CHEM-H4114.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHEMISTRY OF LIVING SYSTEMS. THE STRUCTURE, NOMENCLATURE, AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MAJOR GROUPS OF BIOMOLECULES (CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS, PROTEINS, NUCLEIC ACIDS) ARE COVERED. THE BIOCHEMICAL NATURE OF ENZYMES, COENZYMES, HORMONES, AND SELECTED METABOLIC PATHWAYS ALSO ARE PRESENTED. Required Previous: CHEM-3114

A STUDY OF PERIODIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE ELEMENTS, THE CHEMISTRY OF THE REPRESENTATIVE AND TRANSITION ELEMENTS, AND ASPECTS OF THEORETICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY INCLUDING CHEMICAL BONDING, MOLECULAR SYMMETRY, COORDINATION CHEMISTRY, ACID-BASE CONCEPTS, AND ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS. THREE HOURS OF LECTURE WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-1214

A FUNDAMENTAL COURSE IN THE PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, INCLUDING THE GAS LAWS, THERMODYNAMICS, THERMOCHEMISTRY, SOLUTION CHEMISTRY, PHASE EQUILIBRIA, CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM, KINETICS, AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY. THREE HOURS LECTURE AND 4 HOURS LABORATORY WEEKLY. Required Previous: CHEM-1214

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.