Course Descriptions

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Chemistry Discipline Courses

Course ID Title Latest Offering
CHEM 100 Preparation for Chemistry (3) Summer 2009
CHEM 101 Survey of Chemistry (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 102 Survey of Chemistry Laboratory (1) Fall 2009
CHEM 107 Exploration of the Chemistry of Plants (3) Fall 2008
CHEM 108 Exploration of the Chemistry of Plants Laboratory (1) Fall 2008
CHEM 109 Fundamentals of Food Chemistry: Natural Constituents and Additives (3) Spring 2008
CHEM 110 Fundamentals of Food Chemistry: Natural Constituents and Additives Laboratory (1) Spring 2008
CHEM 115 General Chemistry I: Essential Concepts of Chemistry (5) Fall 2009
CHEM 120 The Nature of Cancer: Molecular Perspective on the Disease and Treatments (3) Spring 2007
CHEM 130 General Organic Chemistry (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 215 General Chemistry II: Quantitative Applications of Chemistry Concepts (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 216 General Chemistry II Laboratory: Quantitative Applications of Chemistry Concepts (2) Fall 2009
CHEM 251 Mathematics and Physics for Chemistry (3) Spring 2005
CHEM 300 General Physical Chemistry I (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 301 General Physical Chemistry II (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 320 Quantitative Chemical Analysis (4) Fall 2009
CHEM 333 Organic Chemistry I (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 334 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (2) Fall 2009
CHEM 335 Organic Chemistry II (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 336 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 338 Organic Chemistry II: Laboratory Honors (3) Effective Fall 2009
CHEM 340 Biochemistry I (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 341 Biochemistry II (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 343 Biochemistry I Laboratory (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 347 Clinical Biochemistry (2) Effective Fall 2006
CHEM 348 Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory (2) Effective Fall 2006
CHEM 349 General Biochemistry (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 351 Physical Chemistry I: Thermodynamics and Kinetics (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 351 Physical Chemistry I: Thermodynamics and Kinetics (3) Effective Spring 2010
CHEM 353 Physical Chemistry II: Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy (3) Effective Summer 2009
CHEM 370 Computer Applications in Chemistry and Biochemistry (3) Fall 2008
  CHEM 377 Practical GC & HPLC (4) Fall 2009
CHEM 380 Chemistry Behind Environmental Pollution (3) Spring 2009
CHEM 380 Chemistry Behind Environmental Pollution (3) Effective Spring 2010
CHEM 399 Careers in Chemistry and Biochemistry (1) Spring 2009
CHEM 420 Environmental Analysis (3) Effective Fall 2009
CHEM 422 Instrumental Analysis (4) Fall 2009
CHEM 425 Inorganic Chemistry (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 426 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (2) Effective Fall 2009
CHEM 433 Advanced Organic Chemistry (3) Spring 2009
CHEM 443 Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory (4) Effective Fall 2009
CHEM 443 Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory (4) Effective Spring 2010
CHEM 451 Experimental Physical Chemistry (2) Fall 2009
CHEM 470 Research (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 599 Chemistry, Its Evolution Through the Centuries (3) Effective Summer 2007
CHEM 640 Advanced Topics in Biochemistry (1-3) Effective Fall 2006
CHEM 640 Variable topics:
  CHEM 640 Biochemistry of Cellular Signaling Pathways (3) Fall 2009
  CHEM 640 General Concepts of Pharmacology and Toxicology (3) Effective Fall 2006
  CHEM 640 Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry (3) Effective Fall 2006
  CHEM 640 Marine Sediment Biogeochemistry (3) Effective Summer 2007
  CHEM 640 Membrane Biochemistry (3) Spring 2009
  CHEM 640 Molecular Chaperones (2) Effective Fall 2006
  CHEM 640 Molecular Driving Forces (3) Effective Fall 2006
  CHEM 640 Protein Structure and Folding (3) Effective Fall 2006
CHEM 641 Advanced Topics in Chemistry (1-3) Effective Summer 2003
CHEM 645 Research Trends in Chemistry and Biochemistry (3) Spring 2009
CHEM 680 Chemical Oceanography (3) Fall 2008
CHEM 685 Projects in the Teaching of Chemistry and Biochemistry (1) Fall 2004
CHEM 693 Cooperative Education Program (6-12) Effective Fall 1994
CHEM 693 Variable topics:
  CHEM 693 Cooperative Education Program (12) Fall 2009
  CHEM 693 Cooperative Education Program (6) Fall 2009
CHEM 694 Cooperative Education in Chemistry (1) Fall 2009
CHEM 699 Special Study in Chemistry (1-3) Effective Spring 2006
CHEM 699 Variable topics:
  CHEM 699 Special Study in Chemistry (1) Fall 2009
  CHEM 699 Special Study in Chemistry (2) Fall 2009
  CHEM 699 Special Study in Chemistry (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 800 Special Topics in Chemistry (1-3) Effective Fall 1994
CHEM 800 Variable topics:
  CHEM 800 Introduction to Nanoscience (3) Fall 2004
  CHEM 800 Methods in Proteomics (3) Fall 2007
  CHEM 800 Proteins and Enzymes: Structure, Function and Engineering (3) Fall 2009
  CHEM 800 Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis (3) Effective Summer 2009
  CHEM 800 X-Ray Techniques in Chemistry (3) Spring 2008
CHEM 820 NMR Applications and Techniques (3) Fall 2008
CHEM 821 Mass Spectrometry - Principles and Practice (3) Spring 2009
CHEM 832 Organic Synthesis (3) Fall 2007
CHEM 834 Organic Spectroscopic Methods (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 841 Enzymology (3) Fall 2008
CHEM 842 Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry (3) Fall 2007
CHEM 843 Membrane Biochemistry (3) Spring 2008
CHEM 844 Bioinorganic Chemistry (3) Spring 2007
CHEM 845 Glycoconjugate Biochemistry (3) Spring 2005
CHEM 846 Biology and Chemistry of Signaling Pathways (3) Fall 2004
CHEM 850 Valency and Spectroscopy (3) Spring 2007
CHEM 851 Biochemical Spectroscopy (3) Spring 2008
CHEM 852 Statistical Mechanics: Molecular Relaxation (3) Spring 2008
CHEM 880 Seminar (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 897 Research (1-9) Effective Spring 2001
CHEM 897 Variable topics:
  CHEM 897 Research (1) Fall 2009
  CHEM 897 Research (2) Fall 2009
  CHEM 897 Research (3) Fall 2009
CHEM 898 Master's Thesis (3) Fall 2009
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