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*, CHEM 480L
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 161L*, CHEM 250*, CHEM 250L 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*, CHEM 250L 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 351L, CHEM 480*, CHEM 480L
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 either
CHEM 480*, CHEM 480L 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*, CHEM 480L
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.
