Chemistry (Chem)
AR. Elementary Chemistry (2)
For students without high school chemistry or those requiring a slower paced
introduction to basic chemistry concepts. Emphasis on beginning concepts
of chemistry and problem-solving skills. Dimensional analysis, atoms, atomic
structure, bonding, formula writing, equation writing, moles, stoichiometry,
chemical calculations, etc. CR/NC grading only; not applicable toward baccalaureate
degree requirements.
1. Chemistry: Its Impact on Society (3)
Not open to students with credit in college chemistry; for nonscience majors.
Prerequisite: high school algebra. The significance of chemical principles
in contemporary society; benefits and hazards relative to areas such as
energy, health, diet, environment, and agriculture. General Education BREADTH,
Division 1. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)*
1A. General Chemistry (5)
Chem 1A not open to students with credit in Chem 1B. Students with credit
in Chem 3A receive only 1 unit of credit. Prerequisites: high school chemistry
or physics, two years of high school algebra or Math 4R. Fundamental principles
of chemistry, including the wave mechanical model of the atom, chemical
bonding and structure, valence bond, VSEPR and molecular orbital theory;
stoichiometry, thermochemistry, oxidation-reductions, and states of matter.
General Education BREADTH, Divi sion 1. (3 lecture, 6 lab hours)* (CAN CHEM
2)
1B. General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis (5)
Prerequisite: Chem 1A or Chem 4 with a grade of C or better. Acid-base theory;
chemical kinetics; equilibrium (acid-base, hydrolysis, and solubility);
thermodynamics, electrochemistry; selected topics in nuclear chemistry,
coordination chemistry, and/or chemistry of selected groups. General Education
BREADTH, Division 1. (3 lecture, 6 lab hours)* (CAN CHEM 4)
3A. Introductory General Chemistry (4)
No credit for Chem 3A after 1A. Prerequisite: Math 4R. For nonscience majors.
Composition of matter and physical and chemical changes; fundamental laws
and principles; atomic and molecular structure; acid-base theory, redox
and equilibria; qualitative and quantitative theory and techniques. General
Education BREADTH, Division 1. (3 lecture, 3 lab hours)*
3B. Introductory Organic and Biochemistry (3)
Not open to students with credit in 2A. No credit for Chem 3B to students
with credit in 1B. Primarily for students in health-oriented professions;
not a substitute for Chem 8. Prerequisite: Chem 3A, Math 4R. Introduction
to the basic concepts of organic and biochemistry. Structure and behavior
of organic and biological compounds, metabolism, and regulation. General
Education BREADTH, Division 1. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
4. Introduction to Chemical Theory (2)
One unit of credit after Chem 1A. Not recommended for the health-oriented
professions. Prerequisite: Chem 3A or Chem 1A. Chem 3A and Chem 4 are equivalent
to Chem 1A. Intermediate development of the concepts of chemistry; fundamental
laws and principles of atomic and molecular structure, stoichiometry, ionic
equilibria, and energy relationships.
8. Elementary Organic Chemistry (3)
Not open to chemistry majors. Recommended for students requiring a one-
semester course in the field. Prerequisite: Chem 1A or 3A. Lectures, discussions,
and demonstrations of fundamental principles; structure and chemical behavior
of organic compounds.
102. Analytical Chemistry (5)
For chemistry majors; recommended for other science majors. Prerequisites:
Chem 1B (with a grade of C or better), 128A, and Math 76. Students with
credit in a similar lower-division quantitative analysis course will receive
only one additional unit of credit. Introduction to principles and methods
of analytical chemistry. (3 lecture, 6 lab hours)*
105. Quantitative Analysis Laboratory (4)
Not open to chemistry majors. Prerequisites: Chem 4 (Chem 1B recommended),
Chem 8 (or concurrently). Laboratory study of principles and methods of
quantitative analysis. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours)*
106. Analytical Measurements Laboratory (4)
Prerequisites: Chem 102 (with a grade of C or better), Chem 110A and Phys
4C, or permission of instructor. Principles and methods of analytical measurements
of organic and inorganic substances by instrumental and non-instrumental
techniques. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours) (Fall semester)*
108. Introductory Physical Chemistry (4)
Prerequisites: Math 76 (Math 77 strongly recommended), Chem 8 or 128A and
Phys 2A, 2B (Phys 4A, 4AL, 4B, 4BL, and 4C strongly recommended). Basic
treatment of gas laws, thermodynamics, phase equilibria, properties of solutions,
kinetics, and spectroscopy. Meets the physical chemistry requirement for
the B.A in Chemistry.
109. Elementary Organic Chemistry Laboratory (3)
Not open to chemistry majors. Prerequisite: Chem 8 or 128B or concurrently.
Laboratory study of the carbon compounds with coordinating lectures. (1
lecture, 6 lab hours)*
110A-B. Physical Chemistry (3-3)
Prerequisites: Math 77; Chem 1B, 8 or 128A; Chem 110A requires Phys 4B;
Chem 110B requires Phys 4C or permission of instructor. Mathematical treatment
of the laws of thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, elementary statistical
and quantum mechanics, properties of solutions, kinetic theory of gases,
crystal structure, molecular structure, and nuclear chemistry.
111. Physical Chemistry Laboratory (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 110B or concurrently, Chem 102. May not be taken concurrently
with 106. Techniques of physical measurements, error analysis and statistics;
ultra- violet, infrared, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; dipole
moments, viscosity, calorimetry, kinetics, phase diagrams, thermodynamic
measurements, and report writing. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours) (Spring semester)*
123. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (3)
Prerequisites: Chem 1B, 102 and 110A (or concurrently). Treatment of ionic
and covalent bonding, atomic structure, molecular structure, and reaction
mechanisms. Introduction to visible and infrared spectroscopy of transition
metal complexes, special topics.
124. Synthesis and Characterization (2)
Prerequisite: Chem 123 or concurrently. Techniques of preparation to include
high temperature reactions, vacuum line and glove box preps, nonaqueous
syntheses, solid state reactions. Emphasis on structural characterizations
using instrumental methods. (6 lab hours)
125. Laboratory Instrumentation (3)
Not open to chemistry majors. Prerequisites: Chem 8 or 128A and Chem 105.
Basic electricity /electronics, light and optical systems as they apply
to the design, use and limitations of instrumentation typical to the analytical
and bioscience laboratory. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours)*
127. Organic Problems (1)
Prerequisites: Chem 8 or 128A; 128B concurrently. Designed to review organic
chemistry, in particular for those students who have taken only a brief
course in organic chemistry. CR/NC grading only; not applicable to the requirements
of a major in chemistry.
128A-B. Organic Chemistry (3-3)
For chemistry majors; recommended for premedical students and other science
majors. Chem 128A not open for credit to students with credit in Chem 8.
Prerequisites: Chem 1B or Chem 4 with a grade of C or better; for Chem 128B:
Chem 128A with a grade of C or better. Introduction to structure and reactivity
of principal classes of organic compounds with emphasis on theory and mechanism.
129A-B. Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2-2)
Prerequisites or corequisites: Chem 128A (for 129A); 128B and 129A (for
129B). Laboratory study of the methods, techniques, syntheses, and instrumentation
or representative classes of organic compounds; introduction to research
techniques by way of independent projects; introduction to qualitative organic
analysis. (6 lab hours)*
130. Organic Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: Chem 102, 128B, 129B. Characterization of organic compounds
through study of chemical and physical properties; application of spectroscopy,
chromatography and functional group analysis to elucidation of structure.
(1 lecture, 6 lab hours)*
139. Chemistry and the Consumer (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 3B, 8, or 128A. The impact of chemistry on society and
individual lives. Topics selected from: foods as chemicals, food additives,
drugs and medication, petrochemistry and the source of chemicals, pesticides
and agricultural chemicals, chemical ethics, and current topics of interest.
140T. Topics in Chemistry
(1-4; max total 6 if no area repeated)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Seminar covering special topics
in one of the areas of chemistry: analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic,
physical. Some topics may have a laboratory.
142. Introduction to Biotechnology (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 150 or permission of instructor. Emphasizes the principles
and industrial utilization of recombinant DNA, monoclonal antibodies, enzyme
and cell immobilization, fermentation technology, and downstream processing.
150. General Biochemistry (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 8. (Chem 150 and 153 together constitute a year sequence.)
Chemistry and metabolism of basic cellular constituents including carbohydrates,
lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
151. General Biochemistry Laboratory (2)
Prerequisites: Chem 8, 105, 109, 150 (or concurrently). Chemical and physical
properties of naturally occurring compounds; introduction to techniques
of chromatography, polarimetry, electrophoresis, photometry, and enzymology.
(6 lab hours)*
153. Physiological Chemistry and Metabolism (2)
Prerequisite: Chem 150 or 155. Continuation of Chem 150 or 155. Intensive
discussion of the degradation and biosynthesis of major cellular constituents;
energy metabolism; control of metabolic processes and pathological implications
in mammalian systems.
155. Fundamentals of Biochemistry (3)
Primarily for chemistry majors; recommended for premedical students and
graduate students in the sciences. Prerequisites: Chem 102 or 105, 109 or
129A, 128B. (Chem 155 and 153 together constitute a year sequence.) Structure,
function, and metabolism of chemical entities in living systems. (Fall semester)
156. Biochemical Laboratory Techniques (3)
Prerequisites: senior standing or permission of instructor; Chem 150 or
155 (or concurrently). Provides the student with a range of techniques and
methodology appropriate to the study or phenomena at the biochemical, cellular,
and organismic levels. Satisfies the senior major requirement for the B.A.
in Chemistry. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours) (Spring semester)*
160. Research Techniques (3)
Prerequisite: senior standing or permission of instructor. Concepts in the
design of experiments. Development of practical research skills through
the planning and undertaking of a short laboratory project. Satisfies the
senior major requirement for the B.S. in Chemistry. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours)*
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
Prerequisite: Chem 160 or permission of instructor. See Academic Placement
-- Independent Study. Approved for SP grading.
(See Course Numbering System.)
230. Advanced Organic Chemistry (3)
Prerequisites: Chem 128B, 129B. Seminar on recent advances in organic chemistry
including reaction mechanisms and synthetic applications with references
to current literature.
235. Physical Organic Chemistry (3)
Prerequisites: Chem 110A, 110B, 128B. Seminar in application of modern theoretical
concepts to the chemical and physical properties of organic compounds.
240T. Topics in Advanced Chemistry (1-3)
Seminar covering special topics in one of the areas of chemistry: analytical,
biochemistry, inorganic, organic, physical. Some topics may have a laboratory.
241A-B. Molecular Biology I-II (3-3)
(Same as Biol 241A-B.) Prerequisites: BioSc 140A-B, Chem 150 or 155, and
permission of instructor. Biol/Chem 241A is prerequisite for Biol/Chem 241B.
Seminar covering current topics in molecular biology. Topics include: protein
and nucleic acid structure, DNA replication, transcription, translation,
bacterial and animal viruses, prokaryotic and eukaryotic regulation, mechanisms
of exchange of genetic material, and recombinant DNA technology.
242. Techniques in Protein Purification and Analysis (3)
(Same as Biol 242.) Corequisite: Biol/Chem 241A. Deals with the technologies
relevant to protein isolation, purification, analysis, immobilization, and
modification in micro and macro quantities. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours)
243. Nucleic Acid Technology Lab (3)
(Same as Biol 243.) Prerequisites: Biol/Chem 241A and 242. Corequisite:
Biol/Chem 241B. A lecture/laboratory course focusing on the technologies
used in nucleic acid chemistry; specifically, synthesis, translation, mutagenesis,
and genetic engineering. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours)
244. Cell Culture and Hybridoma (3)
(Same as Biol 244.) Prerequisites: Micro 185; PhyAn 160. The theory and
practice of in vitro propagation of eukaryotic cells, including growth characteristics,
metabolic requirements and genetic analysis. Cloning, fusion and generation
of monoclonal antibody (hybridoma) are presented relative to cultured cell
biology and application to biotechnology. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours)
248. Seminar in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (1-2, max 4)
(Same as Biol 248.) Prerequisite: admission into the Biotechnology Certificate
Program. Reviews and reports on current literature in various aspects of
biotechnology and molecular biology.
250T. Topics in Advanced Biochemistry (1-4)
Prerequisite: Chem 150 or 155. Seminar covering special advanced topics
in biochemistry such as the structure and function of enzymes, metabolic
regulation, nucleic acid, biochemistry, and analytical biochemistry.
260. Advanced Research Techniques (3)
Prerequisites: classified standing, permission of instructor. Advanced concepts
in the design of experiments. Development of practical research skills through
the planning and undertaking of a short laboratory project. (1 lecture,
6 lab hours)
280. Seminar in Chemistry (1; max total 3)
Approved for SP grading.
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study. Approved for SP grading.
295. Research (2)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Independent investigations of an
advanced character for the graduate student with adequate preparation. Approved
for SP grading. (May include conferences, laboratory, library.)
299. Thesis (4)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion,
and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree. Approved
for SP grading.