Chemistry (Chem)
1A-B. General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis (5-5)
Chem 1A not open to students with credit in Chem 2A-B. Prerequisite: high
school chemistry or physics, advanced algebra or Math 29. 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)
Prerequisite: high school algebra, 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)
6. Quantitative Analysis (4)
Prerequisite: Chem 1B or 4C. Introductory principles and methods of quantitative
analysis. (2 lecture, 6 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 2A-B or 4A-B. Lectures,
discussions, and demonstrations of fundamental principles; structure and
chemical behavior of organic compounds.
See General Studies for 10B. Introduction to Physical Science (3)
55. Elementary Functional Chemistry (3)
Prerequisite: high school chemistry or Phys Sci 10B. Not open to chemistry
majors. Elementary organic and physiological chemistry. (2 lecture, 2 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: logarithms, elementary algebra;
organic chemistry, quantitative analysis, Kinetic theory of gasses, liquids,
solutions, buffers, conductance, electromotive force cells, reaction kinetics,
colloidal systems, radioactivity, nuclear fission. (3 lecture-demonstration
hours)
105. Quantitative Analysis Laboratory (3)
Not open to chemistry majors. Prerequisite: Chem 1B or 4C or 2A-B. Rapid
coverage of principles and methods of volumetric and gravimetric analysis.
(2 lecture, 6 lab hours)
106. Analytical Chemistry (4)
Prerequisite: Chem 110A, 111A; concurrently Chem 110B, 111B. Principles
and methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis of inorganic and organic
substances, including an introduction to instrumental analysis. (2 lecture,
6 lab hours)
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: Chem 1B, 8 or 128A; Phys 4A and B or C; or 2A-B, Math 77.
Fundamental laws and theories.
111A.B. Physical Chemical Measurements (1-2)
Accompanies Chem 110A-B. (3 or 6 lab hours)
118. Colloid and Surface Chemistry (3)
Prerequisites: Chem 106, 110B or 128B; Math 4. Recommended: physical chemistry.
Theories and applications of the chemistry of bubbles, drops, grains, filaments
and films.
120. Inorganic Chemistry (3)
Prerequisite: Chem. 6 or 105. Introduction to inorganic chemistry; general
principles; correlation between observed chemical and physical properties
of elements and their compounds, fundamental properties; descriptive inorganic
chemistry. (3 lecture-demonstration hours)
126. Instrumental Methods of Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 106, 128A-B, 129A-B. Recommended: physical chemistry.
Theoretical principles of analytical chemistry; physical and instrumental
methods of analysis of inorganic and organic substances. (I lecture, 6 lab
hours)
128A-B. Intermediate Organic Chemistry (3-3)
Recommended for science majors and preprofessional students. Prerequisite:
for 128A, Chem 1A-B or 2A-B; for 128B, Chem 128A or 8 and permission of
instructor. A thorough study of the aliphatic and aromatic compounds of
carbon and their reactions.
129A-B. Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2-2)
Recommended for science majors. Prerequisite or concurrently: Chem 8 or
128A. (A) General techniques used in working with aliphatic and aromatic
compounds. (B) Preparation of organic compounds. (6 lab hours)
130. QualitativeOrganic Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: Chem 106, 128A-B, 129A-B. Characterization of organic compounds
through study of chemical and physical properties. (1 lecture, 6 lab hours)
151. General Biochemistry (5)
Prerequisites: inorganic, organic, and quantitative analysis. Survey of
biochemistry; carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, enzymes, and hormones; processes
of digestion, absorption, and metabolism; routine methods of analysis of
tissues and body fluids. (3 lecture, 6 lab hours)
152. Advanced Biochemistry (3)
Prerequisite: Chem. 151. Constituents of cells and tissues, metabolism;
clinical methods of analysis and their diagnostic value. (1 lecture, 6 lab
hours)
161. German Chemical Literature (2)
Prerequisite: Germ 1A-B and one course each in inorganic, analytical, and
organic chemistry. Use of German chemical journals and standard reference
works in chemical research.
190. Independent Study (1-5)
190L. Laboratory Projects (1-5)
Phys Sci 200. Integrated Physical Science (3)
For secondary credential candidates with a major or minor in physical
science and general science. Prerequisites: Chem 1A-B, or 1A and B. Lectures
and demonstrations by staff members, field trips and reports for the purpose
of integrating information in physics, chemistry, astronomy and meteorology.
211. Chemical Thermodynamics (2-4)
Prerequisite: Chem 110A-B, 111A-b. Principles of thermodynamics; application
to chemical problems; introduction to statistical methods, calculation of
thermodynamic functions from spectroscopic data.
226. Advanced Analytical Chemistry (2-4)
Prerequisite: Chem 110A-B, 111A-B. Theory, application, recent developments
and literature of organic and inorganic analysis.
230. Advanced Organic Chemistry (2-4)
Prerequisite: Chem 128, 129. Seminar on recent advances in organic chemistry
emphasising structural theory and mechanism ofreactions with references
to current literature.
280. Seminar in Chemistry (1)
290. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Procedures-Independent Study.
299. Thesis (2-4)