Graduate Program - Courses

205-201 Physical Inorganic Chemistry - (3 credits) Examination of molecular structure and the application of valence and other theories in the interpretation of inorganic chemical reactions.

205-202 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry - (3 credits) Systematic treatment of inorganic chemistry in terms of molecular structure, periodic properties and current theories of bonding.

205-203 Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry - (3 credits) Examination of recent advances in inorganic chemistry and its methods of investigation as reflected by published original studies.

205-205 Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry - (3 credits) Preparation, purification and laboratory study of inorganic substances.

205-228 Special Topics in Spectroscopy - (3 credits) NMR and EPR studies as aids in structure determination. The study of relaxation processes, reaction rates and hydrogen bonding.

205-229 Electroanalytical Chemistry - (3 credits) Analyzes the principles and experimental aspects of analytical techniques and the theory and applications of their modern aspects.

205-231 Advanced Analytical Chemistry - (3 credits) Examination of the principles and experimental aspects of analytical chemistry on an advanced level.

205-233 Seminar in Analytical Chemistry - (3 credits) Lectures, readings and discussions in analytical chemistry.

205-235 Techniques in Analytical Chemistry - (2 credits) Theory and application of modern methods of instrumental analysis. Two lectures and one three hour lab each week.

205-238 Chemical Instrumentation - (2 credits) Special topics in modern chemical instrumentation.

205-239 Laboratory to accompany 205-238.

205-240 Techniques of Organic Chemistry - (3 credits) Experimental methods of organic chemical research with emphasis on separation techniques and structure determination.

205-243 Advanced Organic Chemistry - (3 credits) Lecture course examining, at an advanced level, the chemistry of certain classes of compounds of carbon.

205-244 Physical Organic Chemistry - (3 credits) Constitution and properties of organic molecules from the modern structural theory of organic chemistry.

205-247 Seminar in Organic Chemistry - (3 credits) Conferences and discussions on current advanced topics particularly reaction mechanisms, stereospecific synthesis and structure determination of natural products.

205-248 Polymer Synthesis - (3 credits) Examination of the principles involved in the preparation of synthetic polymers. Subjects include both mechanistic and practical aspects of polymerization.

205-249 Polymer Synthesis Laboratory - (1 credit) Experimental techniques for the synthesis high molecular weight materials.

205-251 General Biochemistry - (3 credits) Chemistry metabolism and chemical and energetic transformations of chemical constituents of living matter.

205-252 General Biochemistry - (3 credits) Continuation of 205-251.

205-257 Seminar in Biochemistry - (3 credits) Consideration of recent developments in biochemistry, special topics and individual reports.

205-258 Biophysical Chemistry - (3 credits) Theory and practice of biophysical chemical techniques and physical chemistry with biochemical applications.

205-259 Techniques of Biological Chemistry - (3 credits) Theory and practice of biochemical techniques, including pH spectrophotometry, protein isolation, amino acid identification and enzyme kinetics.

205-260 Surfactant Synthesis - (3 credits)

205-266 Physical Properties of Polymers - (3 credits) Examination of the physical characteristics of polymer including the glassy and rubbery state, crystalline polymers, polymer thermodynamics and chain conformation.

205-267 Seminar in Polymer Chemistry - (3 credits) Lectures, reading and discussions concerning recent developments on polymer chemistry.

205-268 Polymer Characterization - (3 credits) Theory and application of the analysis of polymeric materials. Topics include molecular weight analysis, identification and thermal analysis.

205-269 Polymer Characterization Laboratory - (1 credit) Experimental techniques of polymer analysis.

205-271 Classical Chemical Thermodynamics - (3 credits) Study of the laws of thermodynamics.

205-272 Statistical Chemical Thermodynamics - (3 credits) Statistical mechanical study of the laws of thermodynamics and thermodynamic functions, taking into account the general results of quantum theory.

205-273 Advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory - (2 credits) Experimental techniques in physical chemistry research.

205-275 Quantum Chemistry - (3 credits) Principles of quantum mechanics, including those of simple systems, approximate methods and atomic structures.

205-276 Topics in Quantum Chemistry - (3 credits) Continuation of 205-275. Quantum theory of atoms and molecules and their interaction with radiation. Content may vary depending on the interests of the class.

205-277 Seminar in Physical Chemistry - (3 credits) Recent developments in physical chemistry.

205-278 Advanced Physical Chemistry - (3 credits) Comprehensive treatment of some classical and modern physical chemistry topics.

205-279 Advanced Physical Chemistry - (3 credits) Continuation of 205-278.

205-283 Mathematical Methods for Chemistry - (3 credits) Examination of differential equations, vector analysis, determinants and matrices and complex variables.

205-284 Introduction to Molecular Modeling - (3 credits) A lecture/laboratory course where concepts and applications of molecular molecular modeling are covered. These include ab initio , and semi-empirical molecular orbital theory, density functional theory and molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics.

205-291 The Kinetics of Chemical Reactions - (3 credits) Theory and methods of rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions, including kinetic theory, homogeneous catalysts and chain reaction.

205-293 Readings and Conference - (l - 6 credits) Involves laboratory studies that compare procedural approaches useful in solving particular research problems.

205-295 Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry - (3 credits) General introduction to atmospheric sciences with an emphasis on the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere. Examination of the current state of knowledge regarding the photochemistry, kinetics, chemical cycling, and evolution of the Earth's atmosphere.

205-297 Planetary Atmospheres I - (3 credits) Advanced treatment of current theories of the evolution and stability of planetary and interstellar atmospheres with emphasis on the Earth's atmosphere.

205-298 Planetary Atmospheres II - (3 credits) Continuation of 205-297. Treatment of evolution and chemistry of extraterrestrial and interstellar atmospheres.

205-300 Chemistry Colloquium - (1 credit) Discussion of articles from current chemical literature or reports on current research.

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