Undergraduate Degrees, Majors and Concentrations
Chemistry
List of all courses and their descriptions
List of all courses, their descriptions and offerings in the schedule book
CHEM1210 - Chemistry I
Spring 2024
This course emphasizes the general principles, theories, and concepts of inorganic chemistry for students in engineering, environmental science, and related fields. Topics covered include: Units of Measurement, Matter and Energy, Atomic Theory, Stoichiometry, Chemical Reactions, The Periodic Table, and Chemical Bonding.
3 Credits
3 Credits
CHEM1215 - Chemistry I Lab
Spring 2024
This course covers the general principles, theories, and concepts of inorganic chemistry for students in engineering, science and related fields. Topics covered include: laboratory safety, measurements, density, chromatography, melting point determination, atomic spectra, conductivity, molecular shape, and chemical reactions. Co-Requisite: CHEM1210
1 Credits
1 Credits
1 Credits
CHEM1220 - Introduction To Chemistry
Spring 2024
Course description unavailable, please contact Academic Services.
3 Credits
3 Credits
CHEM1225 - Bio-Organic Chemistry Lab
Spring 2024
Course description unavailable, please contact Academic Services.
1 Credits
1 Credits
CHEM2100 - Intro To Forensic Science
Spring 2024
This course introduces the student to the forensic science profession. Forensic scientists work in a laboratory setting, where they apply the principles and techniques of scientific analysis to the study of crime scene or accident scene evidence. Course topics include techniques used for the identification and analysis of body fluids, hair, fibers, latent fingerprints, firearms, documents, and photographs. Laboratory experiments emphasize DNA analysis, chemical techniques, microscopy, and the use of spectroscopic instrumentation.
3 Credits
3 Credits
CHEM2150 - Intro To Forensic Science Lab
Spring 2024
Co-requisite: CHEM2100
1 Credits
1 Credits
1 Credits
CHEM2210 - Chemistry II
Spring 2024
This course emphasizes the general principles, theories, and concepts of inorganic chemistry for students in engineering, environmental science and related fields. Topics covered include: Thermochemistry, Solution Chemistry, rates of Reaction, Equilibrium, Acids and Bases, Complex Ions, Electrochemistry, and Chemistry of the Metals and Nonmetals.
3 Credits
3 Credits
CHEM2215 - Chemistry II Lab
Spring 2024
This course emphasizes the general principles, theories and concepts of inorganic chemistry for students in engineering, environmental science and related fields. Topics covered include: Safety, solution chemistry, thermochemistry, reaction rates, equilibrium, acids and bases, complex ions, electrochemistry, density determination, stoichiometry, titration, spectroscopy, and periodic trends. Co-requisite: CHEM2210
1 Credits
1 Credits
1 Credits
CHEM2320 - Organic Chemistry I
Spring 2024
This course is an advanced level chemistry course. It is designed to fulfill the organic chemistry requisites for biology and chemistry majors as well as for pre-medical, pre-dental, pharmacy, chiropractic, and chemical engineering schools. Students registering for this course must have a good background in general chemistry. Knowledge of chemical bonding, structure and physical properties, acid-base theory, kinetics and equilibrium are fundamental for the concept building approach of organic chemistry. Topics covered include: IUPAC nomenclature, conformations, hybridization and VSEPR theory, optical activity, resonance, reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry, and functional groups characteristics.
3 Credits
3 Credits
CHEM2325 - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
Spring 2024
This course emphasizes the general principles and concepts of organic chemistry for students in environmental science and related fields. Topics covered include: Distillation, Extraction, Recrystallization, Chromotography, Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration, Reactions of Alkenes, SN2 Reactions, Kinetics, and IR Spectroscopy. Co-requisite: CHEM2320
1 Credits
1 Credits
1 Credits
CHEM2420 - Organic Chemistry II
Spring 2024
This course is a continuation of Chemistry 2320/2325 with an emphasis on aromatic and carbonyl chemistry. Spectroscopy and chromatography are integrated into the lecture and laboratory. Analysis of compounds is by classical and instrumental methods.
3 Credits
3 Credits
CHEM2425 - Organic Chemistry II Lab
Spring 2024
This course must be taken concurrently with CHEM 2420. Spectroscopy and chromatography are integrated into the laboratory. Analysis of compounds is done by classical and instrumental methods. Co-requisite: CHEM2420
1 Credits
1 Credits
1 Credits
CHEM3220 - Biochemistry
Spring 2024
This course is the field of science that investigates the chemical and molecular reactions that sustain life. The goal of this course is to study these reactions in connection to their role in biological systems. The course will begin with a discussion of the structure and function of the biomolecules involved in those important reactions. Students will then study bioenergetic principles that rule the synthesis and degradation of biological macromolecules. Finally, the integration and regulation of metabolic pathways will be discussed.
3 Credits
3 Credits
CHEM3225 - Biochemistry Laboratory
Spring 2024
This course gives students a hand-on experience with the use of advanced technology and instrumentation to promote deeper understanding of life chemistry. Co-requisite: CHEM3220
1 Credits
1 Credits
1 Credits
CHEM3500 - Environmental Chemistry
Spring 2024
This course provides students with an introduction to the chemical basis of environmental issues and the environmental consequences of modern technology with as emphasis on water, air, and soil pollution and chemistry. Areas covered are atmospheric pollution, cycling of chemicals in the environment and their status within the ecosystem, pollution and toxicology of trace and heavy metal and pesticides, ozone depletion, forest management, the greenhouse effect and the effect of man-made input, and environmental analytical techniques.
3 Credits
3 Credits
CHEM3550 - Environmental Chemistry Lab
Spring 2024
This course covers the general principles, theories, and concepts of environmental chemistry in an experimental laboratory format. Selected experiments are designed to reinforce concepts covered in CHEM3500, with emphasis on standard methods of analysis of water, soil and air samples. Co-requisite: CHEM3500
1 Credits
1 Credits
1 Credits
CHEM4500 - Instrumental Analysis
Spring 2024
The general objective of this course is to survey the theory, practice, and operation of classical as well as modern analytical instrumentation and instrumental techniques, which are commonly used in laboratory quantization. Emphasis is placed on the uses and limitations inherent in the various methods available to todays scientist. The principles covered in the course include analytical instrument component theory, optical spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, electrochemical methods, and chemical separations.
3 Credits
3 Credits