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* and 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 845P - Industrial Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
- Prereq: CHEM 250* and 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* and CHEM 351L and CHEM 480* and 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 855 - Biochemistry for High School Teachers - 3 hours
- Prereq: either CHEM 250* and CHEM 250L OR CHEM 360* and CHEM 360L* OR equivalent
Chemistry of fats, protein, carbohydrates, hormones, vitamins, and other biologically important compounds.
- CHEM 864 - Analytical Chemistry for High School Teachers - 3 hours
- Prereq: CHEM 161* and CHEM 161L OR permission of department
Designed specifically for high school teachers. The following topics will be covered in-depth; laboratory equipment and
techniques, accuracy and precision, QA and QC, solubility, acid-base equilibrium, titrations, electrochemical methods, and
spectroscopy.
- 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* and CHEM 361L AND either CHEM 480* and 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* and 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* and CHEM 161L and MATH 202* and PHYS 205* and 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 880P* and MATH 260*
A continuation of CHEM 880P, 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 and 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.
