Prerequisite, CHEM 261 or 261H; prerequisites or corequisites, CHEM 262 or 262H, 262L or 263L. Introduction to polymer chemistry; synthesis and reactions of polymers; thermodynamics and kinetics of polymerization; physical characterization of polymers; industrial uses of polymers. Fall. Organic and Physical Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisites, CHEM 251, 262 or 262H. Synthesis and reactions of polymers. Fall. Organic and Inorganic Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisites, CHEM 420, 481. Kinetics of polymerization, molecular weight, distribution and molecular weight measurements, solution properties, solid-state properties of macromolecules. Spring. Physical Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 422. Rheology and mechanical properties of polymers; plastics, fiber, and elastomer technology. Spring. Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisites, CHEM 262 or 262H; CHEM 262L or 263L; BIOL 101. The study of cellular processes including catalysts, metabolism, bioenergetics, and biochemical genetics. The structure and function of biological macromolecules involved in these processes will be emphasized. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisites, CHEM 430; BIOL 202. Structure of DNA and methods in biotechnology; DNA replication and repair; RNA structure, synthesis, localization and transcriptional reputation; protein structure/function, biosynthesis, modification, localization, and degradation. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 430. Biological membranes, membrane protein structure, transport phenomena; metabolic pathways, reaction themes, regulatory networks; metabolic transformations with carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, and nucleotides; regulatory networks, signal transduction. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisites, CHEM 430, MATH 383, and permission of instructor. Diffusion, sedimentation, electrophoresis, flow. Basic principles, theoretical methods, experimental techniques, role in biological function, current topics. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisites, CHEM 430, MATH 383, and permission of instructor. Kinetics of biochemical interactions. Basic principles, theoretical methods, experimental techniques, current topics. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 430; pre- or corequisite, CHEM 431 and permission of instructor. Protein biosynthesis mechanism in prokaryotes and eukaryotes; emphasis on structures of the macromolecular machinery; translational regulation mechanisms including autogenous regulation, metabolic and developmental signals; viral control of host protein synthesis.
Prerequisites, CHEM 430 and permission of instructor. Methods for and role of bioinformatics in proteomic analysis; proteomics in the analysis of development, differentiation, and disease states; the interactome - definitions, analysis methods of protein-protein interactions in complex systems.
437 [137] DNA Processes (2). Prerequisites, CHEM 431, CHEM 480 or 481, and permission of instructor. Elucidation of the mechanisms of these processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes from experiments. Experimental results ranging from in vivo studies to structural studies to kinetics.
Prerequisites, CHEM 431 and permission of instructor. Impact of protein and macromolecular structure on the development and treatment of human disease, with emphasis on recent results. Examination of relevant diseases, current treatments, and opportunities for improved therapies. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisites, CHEM 431 and permission of instructor. RNA processing, structure, and therapeutics; in-depth exploration of examples from the contemporary literature. Topics include RNA world hypothesis, RNA structure and catalysis, and nucleic acid-based sensors and drug design. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisites, CHEM 241 or 241H, 241L or 245L, 262 or 262H, and 480 or 481. Spectroscopy, electroanalytical chemistry, chromatography, thermal methods of analysis and signal processing. Spring. Analytical Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Corequisite, CHEM 441. Experiments in spectroscopy, electroanalytical chemistry, chromatography, thermal methods of analysis and signal processing. One four-hour laboratory a week and a one-hour lecture each week. Spring. Analytical Chemistry faculty and staff. (Fee required.)
Prerequisite, CHEM 480 or 482. Introduction to chemical instrumentation including digital and analog electronics, computers, interfacing, and chemometric techniques. Two one-hour lectures a week. Fall. Analytical Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 480 or 482; corequisite, CHEM 442. Experiments in digital and analog instrumentation, computers, interfacing and chemometrics, with applications to chemical instrumentation. One four-hour laboratory a week. Fall. Analytical Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisites, CHEM 441 and 480 or 481. Theory and applications of equilibrium and nonequilibrium separation techniques. Extraction, countercurrent distribution, gas chromatography, column and plane chromatographic techniques, electrophoresis, ultra-centrifugation, and other separation methods. Fall or spring. Analytical Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 480 or 481. Basic principles of electrochemical reactions, electroanalytical voltammetry as applied to analysis and the chemistry of heterogeneous electron transfers, analog electronics, and electrochemical instrumentation. Fall or spring. Analytical Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 480 or 482. Fundamentals of interactions of electromagnetic radiation with matter, vibrational, electronic, nuclear magnetic, mass spectrometries, scattering-based spectroscopy, instrumentation and signal processing. Fall or spring. Analytical Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 480 or 482. Principles and applications of X-ray absorption and emission, photoelectron, Raman, gamma-ray, Msssbauer and internal reflection spectroscopy, nuclear quadrupole and electron spin resonance, fluorescence, optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism, secondary emission methods. Fall or spring. Analytical Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisite, CHEM 480 or 481. Fundamental theory of gaseous ion chemistry, instrumentation, combination with separation techniques, spectral interpretation for organic compounds, applications to biological and environmental chemistry. Fall or spring. Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisite, CHEM 251. Electronic states of transition metal ions, symmetry labels, ligand field theory and angular overlap model for coordination complexes, kinetics and mechanisms of transition metal reactions, organometallic chemistry, biomimetic chemistry. Fall. Inorganic Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisites, CHEM 251, 262 or 262H. Chemical applications of symmetry and group theory, crystal field theory, molecular orbital theory. The first third of the course, corresponding to one credit hour, covers point symmetry, group theoretical foundations, and character tables. Fall. Inorganic Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 451. A detailed discussion of ligand field theory and the techniques that rely on the theoretical development of ligand field theory, including electronic spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, and magnetism. Spring. Inorganic Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisite, CHEM 451. Introduction to the physical techniques used for the characterization and study of inorganic compounds. Topics typically include vibrational spectroscopy, nuclear diffraction, Msssbauer spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and inorganic electrochemistry. Spring. Inorganic Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisite, CHEM 262 or 262H. Modern topics in organic chemistry, reaction mechanisms and organic synthesis. Spring. Organic chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 450. Kinetics and thermodynamics; free energy relationships; isotope effects; acidity and basicity; kinetics and mechanisms of substitution reactions; one- and two-electron transfer processes; principles and applications of photochemistry; organometallic reaction mechanisms. Fall. Inorganic and Organic Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 262 or 262H; prerequisites or corequisites, CHEM 450, 481. A survey of fundamental organic reactions including substitutions, additions, eliminations, and rearrangements; static and dynamic stereochemistry; conformational analysis; molecular orbital concepts and orbital symmetry. Fall. Organic Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 466. Spectroscopic methods of analysis with emphasis on elucidation of the structure of organic molecules: 1H and 13C NMR, infrared, ultraviolet, ORD-CD, mass and photo-electron spectroscopy. CHEM 446 and 467 may not both be taken for academic credit. Spring. Organic Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 466. Modern synthetic methods and their application to the synthesis of complicated molecules. Spring. Organic Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisite, CHEM 482; or prerequisite, PHYS 128 and prerequisite or corequisite, PHYS 341. Crystal geometry; diffusion in solids; mechanical properties of solids; electrical conduction in solids; thermal properties of materials; phase equilibria. Fall. Irene.
Prerequisites, knowledge of differential and integral calculus. Chemical applications of higher mathematics. Fall. Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisite, CHEM 482, or PHYS 105 or 117, and permission of the instructor. A survey of materials processing and characterization used in fabricating microelectronics devices. Crystal growth, thin film deposition and etching and microlithography, characterization techniques, electric and dielectric properties of materials. Spring. Chemistry and Physics faculty.
Prerequisite, CHEM 470. The structural and energetic nature of surface states and sites; experimental surface measurements; reactions on surfaces including bonding to surfaces and adsorption; interfaces. Spring. Irene.
Prerequisites, CHEM 261 or 261H; PHYS 105, MATH 232. Does not carry credit toward graduate work in Chemistry or credit toward any track of the BS degree in chemistry. Application of thermodynamics to biochemical processes; enzyme kinetics; properties of biolpolymers in solution. Fall. Physical Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisites, CHEM 102 or 102H; PHYS 116, 117; and pre- or corequisite, MATH 383. Thermodynamics, kinetic theory, chemical kinetics. Fall. Physical Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 481; pre- or corequisite, CHEM 482. Experiments in physical chemistry. One three-hour laboratory and a single one-hour lecture a week. Fall. Physical Chemistry faculty and staff. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisite, CHEM 481. Introduction to quantum mechanics, atomic and molecular structure, spectroscopy, statistical mechanics. Spring. Physical Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisites, CHEM 481, 481L; prerequisite or corequisite, CHEM 182. Experiments in physical chemistry. One four-hour laboratory a week. Spring. Physical Chemistry faculty and staff.
Prerequisite, CHEM 182. Thermodynamics, followed by an introduction to the classical and quantum statistical mechanics and their application to simple systems. The section on thermodynamics can be taken separately for one hour credit. Fall. Physical Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisites, CHEM 181, 182. Experimental and theoretical aspects of atomic and molecular reaction dynamics. Fall or spring. Physical Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisites, CHEM 481, 482. Introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics. Approximation methods; angular momentum; simple atoms and molecules. Fall. Physical Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisite, CHEM 486. Interaction of radiation with matter; selection rules; rotational, vibrational, and electronic spectra of molecules; laser-based spectroscopy and nonlinear optical effects. Fall or spring. Physical Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisite, CHEM 486. Applications of quantum mechanics to chemistry. Molecular structure; time-dependent perturbation theory; interaction of radiation with matter. Spring. Physical Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisite, CHEM 484. Applications of statistical mechanics to chemistry. Ensemble formalism; condensed phases; nonequilibrium processes. Spring. Physical Chemistry faculty.
Prerequisite or corequisite, CHEM 420 or 421. Thermal analysis; solution viscosity; gel permeation chromatography; end group analysis; synthesis; characterization of an unknown polymer. One four-hour laboratory and a one-hour lecture each week. Spring. Chemistry faculty and staff.
Prerequisite, CHEM 430. An introduction to important chemical techniques and research procedures of use in the fields of protein and nucleic acid chemistry. Two four-hour laboratories a week, and a one-hour lecture each week. Biological Chemistry faculty. (SAMPLE SYLLABUS)
Prerequisites, CHEM 241L or 245L, 251, 262L or 263L. A laboratory devoted to synthesis and characterization of inorganic complexes and materials. A four-hour synthesis laboratory, a characterization laboratory outside of the regular laboratory period, and a one-hour recitation each week. Fall. Chemistry faculty and staff.
Prerequisites, CHEM 241L, 245L, 262L, 263L. An advanced synthesis laboratory focused on topics in organic chemistry. A four-hour synthesis laboratory, a characterization laboratory outside of the regular laboratory period, and a one-hour recitation each week. Fall Chemistry faculty and staff.
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