Two students monitor a biochemical reaction using UV-visible
spectroscopy. Ocean Optics spectrometers like this one are used
throughout the chemistry laboratory curriculum.
Courses
- 100. Chemistry and Society. This course for non-science majors explores fundamentals of chemistry, scientific method of inquiry, and past, present, and future impact of chemistry on society.
- 108. Fundamentals of Chemistry. Introduction to inorganic, organic, and biochemistry. Required for Nursing majors.
- 113-114. General Chemistry. Atomic theory and structure, behavior of matter, principles and laws, and the scientific method of working and reasoning. Required for many science majors.
- 205. Environmental Chemistry. An overview of the primary chemical processes that affect our environment. Required for BS in Environmental Science.
- 211-212. Organic Chemistry. Exploration of elementary concepts of organic chemistry and their application to study of structure, reactivity and synthesis of organic compounds.
- 220.2. Methods in Chemical Research. Introduction to computer use in chemical experimentation and research, including spreadsheets and statistical programs to solve problems in chemical equilibrium and chemometrics.
- 222. Quantitative Analysis. Theory and application of classical quantitative analysis techniques, including gravimetric, titrimetric, potentiometric, visible spectrophotometric, and liquid-liquid extraction methods as applied to organic and inorganic material.
- 311. Instrumental Analysis. Introduction to principles and major applications of modern instrumental techniques, including electrochemical, spectrometric and chromatographic methods, as applied to materials assay, quantitative spectrometric analysis of organic compounds, and investigation of properties of materials and reactions.
- 313. Physical Organic Chemistry. Physical methods for studying organic structures and reactions.
- 314. Bioorganic Chemistry. Biochemistry of enzymes, coenzymes, and metabolic pathways from an organic chemist's point of view.
- 315. Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Introduction to retrosynthetic approach for designing syntheses of organic molecules and systematic investigation of synthetic use of organic reactions encountered in Chemistry 211-212.
- 327. Biochemistry I. Focus on the structural features of the four major classes of biomolecules and the basic functions of these molecules in cells.
- 328. Biochemistry II. Builds upon the biochemical foundations covered in Chemistry 327.
- 331-332. Physical Chemistry. States of matter, chemical thermodynamics, theory of solutions, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, elementary quantum theory.
- 333. Advanced Physical Chemistry. Application of quantum mechanics to atomic and molecular structure, group theory, and atomic, molecular, and laser spectroscopy.
- 341. Inorganic Chemistry. Periodic-table relationships, bonding theories, coordination compounds, acid/base theories, organometallic compounds.
- 370.2. Senior Seminar in Chemistry. Advanced topics in chemistry, designed to provide senior-level students with the opportunity to deal with projects that bring together concepts from different areas of chemistry.
- 375.2. Senior Seminar in Biochemistry. Advanced topics in biochemistry, designed to provide senior-level students with an opportunity to explore projects that illustrate how concepts from biology and chemistry relate to the study of biochemistry.