Offered by Department of Chemistry
College of Natural and Social Sciences
CHEM Courses
- CHEM 820P - Inorganic Chemistry I for High School Teachers - 1-4 hours
- Prereq: permission of department
Designed specifically for high school teachers. The following topics will be
covered in-depth; atomic theory, periodic trends, and chemical bonding. Laboratory exercises will emphasize materials
that can be used with high school students.
- CHEM 821P - Inorganic Chemistry II for High School Teachers - 1-4 hours
- Prereq: CHEM 820P
The following topics will be covered in-depth: descriptive inorganic chemistry, acid-base concepts, and coordination
compounds.
- CHEM 830P - Inorganic Chemistry - 4 hours
- Prereq: CHEM 480*
A study of the underlying principles behind the structural and spectroscopic properties of inorganic compounds. Lecture
topics include symmetry, molecular orbital theory, solid-state structures, transition metal chemistry, and
organometallics. The laboratory will focus on preparation and characterization methods for inorganic compounds. Three
lectures, one lab per week. Spring only.
- CHEM 841P - Biochemistry for High School Teachers - 4 hours
- Prereq: CHEM 161*, CHEM 250* OR equivalent
Chemistry of fats, protein, carbohydrates, hormones, vitamins, and other biologically important compounds. Forty-eight
hours of lecture and forty-eight hours of lab total.
- CHEM 845P - Industrial Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
- Prereq: CHEM 250* or equivalent
This course discusses the organic chemistry of those chemicals which industry routinely makes and uses. Among topics to
be considered are fossil fuels, plastics, medicinals and pesticides. A conscious effort will be made to consider
industrial chemicals in terms of their proper handling and disposal.
- CHEM 851P - Advanced Biochemistry - 3 hours
- Prereq: CHEM 351*, CHEM 480*
This course covers the basic principle of intermediary metabolism and the application of biochemical principles to
living systems. Three lectures per week. Spring Semester of odd years.
- CHEM 865P - Instrumental Analysis for High School Teachers - 3-4 hours
- Prereq: permission of department
The following topics will be covered in-depth: titration, absorption and emission spectroscopy, chromatography.
Laboratory exercises emphasize materials to be used with high school students.
- CHEM 870P - Advanced Organic Chemistry - 3 hours
- Prereq: CHEM 361*,
CHEM 361L* AND
CHEM 480* or CHEM 880P
Advanced theoretical aspects of organic chemistry. Areas of emphasis will be bonding, spectroscopy, synthesis, and
mechanisms. Three lectures per week. Fall Semester of odd years.
- CHEM 875P - Instrumental Analysis - 4 hours
- Prereq: CHEM 480*
The study of modern methods of analysis using chemical instrumentation. Four lectures, one lab per week. Fall only.
- CHEM 880P - Physical Chemistry - 4 hours
- Prereq: CHEM 161*,
CHEM 161L*,
MATH 202*,
PHYS 205*,
PHYS 205L
Study of elementary thermodynamics, phase transitions and solutions. Three lectures and one laboratory per week. Fall
only.
- CHEM 881P - Physical Chemistry - 4 hours
- Prereq: CHEM 880*, MATH 260*
A continuation of CHEM 880, including the topics of elementary quantum mechanics, spectroscopy and kinetics. Three
lectures and one laboratory per week. Spring only.
- CHEM 882P - Physical Chemistry for High School Teachers - 3-4 hours
- Prereq: permission of department
Will cover in-depth each of the following topics: thermodynamics, equilibrium, chemical kinetics, and
electrochemistry.
- CHEM 889P - Problems in Chemistry - 1-3 hours
- Prereq: courses necessary for the problems to be undertaken, permission of instructor
Independent investigations of chemistry problems. Three hours of laboratory work each week for each hour credit.
- CHEM 890 - Directed Research - 1-3 hours
- Independent original research of a selected topic in chemistry under the direction of a chemistry graduate faculty
member.
- CHEM 896 - Thesis - 6 hours
- CHEM 899P - Special Topics - 1-3 hours
- This course will cover topics not addressed in other courses offered by the department. Most topics will consist of a
highly specialized area of study or revolve around issues or recent trends and innovations related to high school
chemistry teaching.
* This course is the immediate prerequisite. Other preparation is
required prior to this immediate prerequisite.
