Chemistry (Chem)
1. Introduction to Science and Ideas (3)
Not open to students with credit in college chemistry; for nonscience
majors. Prerequisite; one year of high school algebra. Qualitative introduction
to principles and theories of chemistry and related physical sciences. Reading
assignments dealing with history and philosophy of science, the interaction
of science and society, and the nature of the scientific enterprise. (3
lecture-demonstration hours)
1A-B. General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis (5-5)
Chem 1A not open to students with credit in Chem 3A or 1B. Students with
credit in Chem 3A receive only 1 unit of credit. Prerequisite for 1A: high
school chemistry or physics, two years of high school algebra or Math 4R;
for Chem 1B: Chem 1A or Chem 4 with a grade of C or better. Fundamental
principles of chemistry; properties of common elements and their compounds;
application of principles of chemical equilibrium to separation and identification
of ions. (3 lecture, 6 lab hours)*
2A-B. Introductory General Chemistry (3-3)
No credit for Chem 2A after 1A. No credit for Chem 2B alter 2C or 1B. Prerequisite:
two years high school algebra or Math 4R, plane geometry. Composition at
matter and physical and chemical changes; fundamental laws and principles;
atomic and molecular structure, qualitative and quantitative techniques;
introduction to organic chemistry and biochemistry. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)*
2C. Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry (4)
No credit for Chem 2C to students with credit in Chem 2B or 18. Primarily
for students in the health-oriented professions; not a substitute for Chem
8. Prerequisite: Chem 2A. Introduction to the basic concepts of organic
and biological chemistry. Structure and behavior of organic and biochemical
compounds, metabolism, and regulation. (3 lecture, 3 lab hours)
4A. General Chemistry (4)
Not open to students with credit in Chem 1A or 2A-B. For chemistry majors
and premedical students. Prerequisite: high school chemistry, advanced algebra,
or Math 4. Stoichiometry, solutions, ionic equilibrium, gases, atomic structure
and bonding, liquids and solids. (3 lecture, 3 lab hours)
4B. Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 4A, IA. Introduction to bonding, reactions and structure
of inorganic and coordination compounds. Preparation and characterization
of simple inorganic compounds. (2 lecture, 3 lab hours)
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.
28. Introductory Organic Chemistry (3)
For chemistry majors; recommended for premedical students and other science
majors. Not open for credit to students with credit in Chem 8. (Chem 28
and 128 together constitute a year sequence). Prerequisite: Chem 1A-B or
Chem 2A-B. introduction to structure and reactivity of organic compounds
with emphasis on chemistry of hydrocarbons.
29. Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)
Chem 29 and 129 together constitute a year sequence. Prerequisite or concurrently:
Chem 2B. Laboratory study of the methods, techniques and instrumentation
of organic chemistry. The study of the properties, reactions and syntheses
of representative classes of organic compounds. (6 lab hours)*
99. Glass Blowing (1)
Enrollment limited with preference to junior and senior chemistry majors.
Elements of glass blowing; construction and repair of glass apparatus. (3
lab hours)*
101. Introductory Physical Chemistry (3)
Not open to chemistry majors. Prerequisite: Math 70 or 75 or permission
of instructor. Chem 1B or 2B, 8 or 105. Physics 2A-B recommended. Basic
treatment of gas laws, thermodynamics, phase equilibria, properties of solutions,
kinetics, spectroscopy, macromolecules and nuclear chemistry. Especially
recommended for students in the agricultural, earth, life and physical sciences,
engineering and other related areas.
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)*
104. Quantitative Analysis (2)
Prerequisite: Chem 1B or 4B or 2B. Application of chemical and mathematical
principles to the quantitative analysis of inorganic and organic substances.
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 (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 111. May not be taken concurrently with 111. Principles
and methods of analytical measurements of inorganic and organic substances
by instrumental and non-instrumental techniques. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours)
107. Introduction to Radiochemistry (3)
Prerequisite: Phys 2B, Chem 8 or 105. Introduction to applications of radioisotopes,
nuclear methods of analysis and radiation safety for students in the physical
or biological sciences.
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 or 105. May not
be taken concurrently with 106. Techniques of physical measurements, error
analysis and statistics; ultraviolet, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopy; dipole moments, viscosity, calorimetry, Kinetics, phase diagrams,
thermodynamic measurements, and report writing. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours)
115. Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry (3)
Prerequisites: Chem 110A-B. Classical mechanics and vectors; postulates
of quantum mechanics, square well, harmonic oscillators, rotor and hydrogen
atom problems; approximation techniques; chemical bonding and spectroscopy.
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. Chemistry and Physics of Instrumentation (4)
Prerequisite: Chem 8 or 28 and Chem 105. Structured to train bioscientists
in the theory of electricity, basic electronics, light and optical systems
and to apply this theory to the design and use of instrumentation typical
to the bioscience laboratory. (2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
126. Instrumental Design (3)
An in-depth study of electronics, optics, physical design, and limitations
of instrumentation in analytical chemistry. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours)
128. Intermediate Organic Chemistry (3)
Prerequisite; Chem 8 or 2B. (Students who have had Chem 8 are strongly
encouraged to enroll in Chem 127 concurrently with Chem 128.) Extension
of the material of Chem 28 to other principle classes of organic compounds
with emphasis on theory and mechanism.
129. Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)
Prerequisite: Chem 29 or 109, 128 (or concurrent). Continuation of Chem
29 with emphasis on more difficult laboratory techniques and syntheses;
introduction to research techniques by way of independent projects; introduction
to qualitative organic analysis. (6 lab hours)* . *For safety reasons. "soft"
contact lenses can not be worn in chemistry labs.
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)*
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.
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.
154. Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory (3)
Prerequisite: Phys 125 or Chem 125 (or concurrently), Chem 151, 153 (or
concurrently). Clinical laboratory methods of analysis of tissues and body
fluids and their diagnostic value; emphasis on instrumental methods. (l
lecture, 6 lab hours)*
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.
156. Biochemical Laboratory Techniques (3)
Prerequisites: Chem 150 or 155 (or concurrently). This course is designed
to introduce the student to a range of techniques and methodologies appropriate
to the study of phenomena at the biochemical, cellular, and organismic levels.
(1 lecture, 6 lab hours)*
160. History of Chemistry (2)
Prerequisite: chemistry minor or equivalent and Chem 1A-B or 101. Seminar
in the evolution and development of chemistry, both in theory and practice,
From ancient times to the present. Critical study of fundamental contributions
of outstanding chemists.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
Prerequisite: Chem 160 or permission of instructor. See Academic Placement
-- Independent Study.
(See Course Numbering System.)
211. Chemical Thermodynamics (3)
Prerequisites: Chem 110A, 110B, 111. Principles of thermodynamics; application
to chemical problems; introduction to statistical methods, calculation of
thermody namic functions from spectroscopic data.
215. Quantum Chemistry (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Seminar on recent advances in quantum mechanics;
chemical bonding, and atomic and molecular spectroscopy.
220. Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry (3)
Prerequisites: Chem 110A, 110B. Seminar on theoretical inorganic chemistry
emphasizing structure and bonding of inorganic and coordination compounds,
valence bond, molecular orbital and ligand field theories; correlation of
structure and reactivity.
225. Separation Methods in Chemistry (1-3)
Prerequisites: Chem 106 and 129B. Seminar on the theory, application, and
literature of various separation methods for organic and inorganic analysis.
May include laboratory.
226. Advanced Analytical Chemistry (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 111A-B. Theory, application, recent developments and
literature of organic and inorganic analysis.
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.
255. Advanced Biochemistry (3)
For graduate students in chemistry and biology. Not open to students with
credit in Chem 155. Prerequisite: Chem 102 or 105, 128. Seminars on the
chemical factors underlying life processes, including the chemistry, function,
and metabolism of major cellular constituents; enzymatic catalysis; energy
metabolism and the control of metabolic processes.
258. Topics in Biochemistry (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 150 or 155 or 255; or permission of instructor. Seminar
in selected biochemical topics with reference to the current literature.
280. Seminar in Chemistry (1; max total 3)
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
298. Research (2-6; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Independent investigations of an
advanced character for the graduate student with adequate preparation. (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.