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Corequisites

A corequisite identifies another course or courses that should be taken concurrently with the listed course. A student who enrolls in a listed course with corequisites must also enroll in those corequisite courses. A student who has previously completed a corequisite course may not need to repeat it; he or she should consult with an academic adviser before registering to determine specific requirements.

Course Credit Hours

The total semester hours of credit for each course are shown in parentheses immediately following the course title.

Prerequisites

A prerequisite identifies a course or other requirements that a student must have completed successfully before enrolling in the listed course. Any student who has not met prerequisites for a course may be administratively withdrawn from that course at the discretion of the instructor. It is the policy of some university departments to withdraw automatically any student who enrolls in a course without first meeting its prerequisites.
 

Biology
  

  • BIOL 8510 - Concepts in Microbiology

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: consent of the instructor.
    Description
    Lectures and discussions dealing with contemporary topics in microbiology. Two lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 8550 - Introduction to Graduate Studies in Biology

    2 Credit Hours
    Description
    Analysis, discussion, and review of basic skills, techniques, requirements for compliance in biology, organizational requirements, and requirements for responsible conduct in research (RCR), including ethics, publication, attribution of work, conflict of interest, and human and animal welfare. Course also entails taking and passing the Federal on-line RCR review (CITI). Two lectures hour a week.

  

  • BIOL 8610 - Physiology and Genetics of Prokaryotes

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Chem 4600 or equivalent, and consent of the instructor.
    Description
    Physiology and molecular biology of the microbial world, with an emphasis on a molecular genetic approach to an understanding of the bacterial cell. Topics include macromolecular synthesis, molecular and cell to cell interactions, recombinant DNA techniques, together with microbial metabolism and the regulation of gene expression. Four lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 8615 - Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880 and BIOL 4564/6564 or CHEM 4600 or BIOL 4800/6800, or equivalents.
    Description
    This advanced class focuses first on the physiology and molecular biology of bacterial cells (prokaryotes) and then on the flow and complex regulation of genetic information in eukaryotic cells. Topics will include DNA replication, recombination, mutation, gene expression regulation at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels, and technical and ethical issues related to gene therapy. The class discusses relevant genetic, molecular biology, and biochemical techniques.

  

  • BIOL 8620 - Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 8610  or consent of the instructor; Chem 4600 or equivalent.
    Description
    Principles of cell biology as relevant to eukaryotic molecular genetics, and chromosome structure and gene regulation. Advanced topics include gene manipulation in higher plants and animals, gene therapy, and genome sequencing. Four lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 8630 - Advanced Bioinformatics

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 6640 or equivalent and knowledge of a computer programming language, or permission of instructor.
    Description
    Same as CHEM 8630, CSC 8630, and NEUR 8350. Advanced topics in bioinformatics, computer and internet tools, and their applications. Computer skills for the analysis and extraction of functional information from biological databases for sequence and structure of nucleic acids and proteins. Students will complete a computer-based bioinformatics project.

  

  • BIOL 8675 - Molecular Virology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880, BIOL 3890, BIOL 4575, and CHEM 4600, or equivalents.
    Description
    Molecular biology of viruses, their replication and genetics, and interaction of viruses and the host cell. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • BIOL 8696 - Advanced Biotechniques Lab

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    Topics include gene cloning and expression, genomic sequencing and analysis, protein purification by AKTA FPLC, PCR and real-time quantitative PCR, transcriptome analysis by DNA microarrays, immunoblot, and proteomics. One lecture and six laboratory hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 8700 - Biology Seminar

    2 Credit Hours
    Description
    Current research topics in biology.

  

  • BIOL 8710 - Concepts in Molecular Genetics

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    Lectures and discussions dealing with contemporary topics in molecular genetics. Two lecture hours a week.

  

  • BIOL 8800 - Research

    1 to 25 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Permission of the department.
    Description
    Mentored research experience for Doctoral and Research Concentration Master ‘s Students. Repeatable course.

  

  • BIOL 8888 - Non-Thesis Master’s Research

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 8800 and permission of the department
    Description
    Capstone project paper for Non-Thesis students in the M.S. Biology Research Concentration. Mentored critical review and analysis of a laboratory project.

  

  • BIOL 8900 - Topics in Microbiology

    1 Credit Hours
    Description
    May be repeated if topics vary.

  

  • BIOL 8970 - Topics in Molecular Biological Sciences

    1 Credit Hours
    Description
    May be repeated if topics vary.

  

  • BIOL 8999 - Thesis Research

    1 to 25 Credit Hours
    Description
  

  • BIOL 9991 - Doctoral Research Proposal

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    Students write and defend a research proposal as a prerequisite for admission to candidacy. Students receive a grade (A-F) based on their written and oral presentations. Restricted to doctoral students in specific disciplines based on programmatic considerations.

  

  • BIOL 9992 - Doctoral Research Proposal

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    Students write and defend a research proposal as a prerequisite for admission to candidacy. Students are evaluated on their written and oral presentations on a S/U basis. Restricted to doctoral students in specific disciplines based on programmatic considerations.

  

  • BIOL 9999 - Doctoral Dissertation Research

    1 to 25 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: consent of the instructor.
    Description

Biomedical Sciences
  

  • BMSC 4970 - Selected Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BMSC 4100 with a grade of C or higher and consent of instructor.
    Description
    Detailed examination of a selected area in biomedical sciences and enterprise. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.

  

  • BMSC 6010 - Experimental Approaches in Biomedical Research

    2 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course will discuss the technologies used in biomedical sciences to comprehend bench side science and their relevance in clinical and industrial sectors. This course will introduce the commonly practiced techniques in biomedical science research laboratories, will discuss State of the Art techniques and will highlight the techniques with clinical and industrial applications.

  

  • BMSC 6020 - Biomedical Enterprise Internship Seminar I

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Official enrollment in the graduate-level Biomedical Enterprise concentration or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Students will have internship opportunities that range from start-up companies, established small businesses, and large enterprises with branch facilities in the region, to governmental research or regulatory agencies, to law firms with emphases such as patent, intellectual property, and/or health law. Students will be required to participate in an online internship seminar course that will help monitor their experiences and productivity.

  

  • BMSC 6030 - Biomedical Enterprise Internship Seminar II

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Official enrollment in the graduate-level Biomedical Enterprise concentration or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Students will continue their internship opportunities that range from start-up companies, established small businesses, and large enterprises with branch facilities in the region, to governmental research or regulatory agencies, to law firms with emphases such as patent, intellectual property, and/or health law. Students will be required to participate in an online internship seminar course that will help monitor their experiences and productivity.

  

  • BMSC 6040 - Biomedical Enterprise Capstone

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BMSC 6020  and BMSC 6030  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    The objective of the capstone project is to challenge students to demonstrate their abilities to solve current practical and/or academic problems by using knowledge and skills from multiple disciplines. The key skill sets of critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration must be assessed through the final project, and the result must be reasonable and be intellectually defensible.

  

  • BMSC 6100 - Disease Models in Biomedical Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course will explore in vivo research models to understand the pathogenesis of human diseases. The course will provide a review of how to validate a model for the biomedical research along with the proper use of controls to ensure that the common pitfalls could be avoided and, experiments are performed to the highest standard possible within the necessary ethical and regulatory framework.

  

  • BMSC 6900 - Directed Lab Studies

    1 to 9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Official enrollment in the graduate-level Biomedical Enterprise concentration.
    Description
    Students learn scientific communication skills, experimental strategies and procedures through laboratory group meetings and individual discussion with faculty laboratory director/principle investigator.

  

  • BMSC 6950 - Biomedical Enterprise Career Seminar

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BMSC 8050  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Elective for the Master of Interdisciplinary Biomedical Enterprise concentration. Speakers from the biomedical field will discuss advances in biomedical sciences, career options, and job strategies.

  

  • BMSC 8000 - Translational Immunology

    4 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course will introduce students to immunology concepts and how they relate to homeostasis and disease, including clinical practices and outcomes. Topics include introduction to elements of the immune systems; principles of innate and adaptive immunity; immune cell activation, effector function and memory formation; inherited and acquired immune disorders; and autoimmune diseases, transplatation and cancer immunology.

  

  • BMSC 8010 - Host-Microbial Interactions in Health & Disease

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BMSC 7090 or equivalent, or consent from instructor.
    Description
    The objective of this course is to help students understand the complex relationship between the diverse groups of bacteria that colonize human interfaces with the outside world and explore mechanisms by which pathogenic bacteria can disturb such relationships to cause disease. The contents covered include: techniques to study complex microbiota, host and microbial determinants that maintain health, pathogenic strategies to surmount barriers and disturb equilibrium, why/how such pathogens cause clinical manifestations of disease, and survey of pathogenic processes by pathogens of intestinal and respiratory tracts.

  

  • BMSC 8030 - Project Management & Compliance

    2 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course will give a comprehensive knowledge of managing a biomedical research project including the managment of research data, managing the people involved in generating data and publishing the research data as an outcome of the project. Students will also learn to identify the impact of being a biomedical researcher on society and associated conflict of interests.

  

  • BMSC 8050 - Business Aspects of Translational Medicine

    2 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course will utilize guest speaker presentations to teach students how to translate a biomedical research discovery into a commercial product by utilizing the multidisciplinary curriculum in clinical, health and business. Topics include market and industry analyses, development and intergration of business and commercialization strategies in the setting of biomedical sciences/translational medicine.

  

  • BMSC 8060 - Effective Science Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course is designed to help students develop strong oral presentation skills using powerpoint slides. Preparing and delivering effective scientific presentations is an important skill for all graduate students in the biological science.

  

  • BMSC 8070 - Viral Immunology

    2 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course consists of lectures, student paper presentation and discussions concerning one of the fastest growin fields in modern biology - Viral Immunology. Course topics will include: virology principles, viral pathogenesis, virus-host interaction, host defense to viral pathogens and critical immunological methods.

  

  • BMSC 8080 - Advanced Immunotechnology

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Any one of the following courses: BIOL 3880/BIOL 7880 , BIOL 3800/BIOL 7800 , CHEM 4600/CHEM 6600 , BIOL 4575/BIOL 6575 , BIOL 4278/BIOL 6278  or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    This course consists of weekly lectures and student paper presentations concerning the principles of immunology and the related technology and application. Course topics will include: immune system, antibody engineering, immune manipulation, and more.

  

  • BMSC 8090 - Progress in Virology Research

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800/BIOL 7800 , BIOL 4278/BIOL 6278 , CHEM 4600/CHEM 6600  or equivalent, and consent of instructor - original research project required.
    Description
    This course consists of weekly seminars in current topics in virology, placing particular emphasis on discussing the structural organization and pathogenesis of clinically significant RNA viruses (i.e. members of the paramyxo-, pneumo-, orthomyxo-, filo-, and flavivirus families) and evaluating current approaches towards prevention and management of human infection by these pathogens.

  

  • BMSC 8100 - Molecular Medicine of Disease

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4600, BIOL 2800 and BIOL 3800 or by permission of instructor.
    Description
    This course will utilize discussion-oriented lectures to provide a solid introduction to graduate-level cell biology with an emphasis on how key pathways contribute to human disease. Topics will include key concepts in cell biology with each concept linked to specific diseases caused by dysregulation of the relevant pathways.

  

  • BMSC 8500 - Systems Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Grade of C or higher in MATH 6010 , MATH 6275  or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Cross-listed with MATH 8500 .  This course provides an introduction to systems biology from a mathematical modeling point of view. Biological topics will include: gene systems, protein systems, metabolic systems and signaling systems. Mathematical tools will include: basic modeling concepts, approximation, static networks, linear vs. nonlinear systems and how to linearize nonlinear systems, and parameter estimation and optimization. Specific case studies will include: integrative analysis of genome, protein and metabolite data, systems biology in medicine and drug development, and synthetic biology.

  

  • BMSC 8675 - Molecular Virology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3880, BIOL 3890, BIOL 4575, and CHEM 4600, or equivalents.
    Description
    This course will survey students’ current understanding of selected eukaryotic viruses, most of which are human pathogens, on the molecular level. The course material will mainly focus on the biochemistry, molecular biology and host interactions of selected viruses, but the clinical diseases caused by these viruses, as well as, antiviral strategies to combat them will also be discussed. Four lecture hours a week.

  

  • BMSC 8710 - Advanced Topics in Biomedical Science

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Lectures and discussions dealing with contemporary topics in biomedical science. Two lecture hours a week. May be repeated for credit if topic is different.

  

  • BMSC 8800 - Ph.D.Research.

    1 to 25 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Official enrollment in the Translational Biomedical Sciences doctoral program.
    Description
    Doctoral students who have not yet passed their qualifying examinations must register for this course to satisfy continuous registration requirements. Repeatable course.

  

  • BMSC 8810 - Dissertation Research

    1 to 25 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Official enrollment in the Translational Biomedical Sciences doctoral program.
    Description
    Doctoral candidates must register for this course to satisfy continuous registration requirements. Repeatable Course


Birth Through Five
  

  • BRFV 7200 - Introduction to Administration and Organization of Programs for Young Children

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Students will develop knowledge and skills in planning, implementation, and maintenance of an effective early childhood program. Laws, rules, regulations, accreditation and program evaluation will be addressed. Managing a facility, financial resources, and personnel will be emphasized. Program administrator competencies of national accrediting agencies will be addressed.

  

  • BRFV 7250 - Professional and Ethical Practice: Birth - Five

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Students will become familiar with standards, organizations, and publications relevant to the fields of early childhood education and early childhood/special education and will learn to adhere to codes of ethical behavior for those fields.

  

  • BRFV 7360 - Child Guidance Birth to Five

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course focuses on supporting the positive social and emotional development of young children. Guidance practices that foster and motivate children’s learning in individual and group settings will be reviewed. Theories and research on physical, cognitive, social, and emotional aspects of development and ways of collaborating with parents are investigated. Issues of learner diversity and culture and their applications to child development are also examined.


Business Administration
  

  • BA 6999 - Responsible Conduct in Research

    0 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course is Part 2 of the Scholarship and Research Integrity (SARI) program at GSU, developed in response to the America Competes Act requirements. The SARI program is designed to offer students enrolled in undergraduate research, graduate degree programs, and post doctoral programs comprehensive training in the responsible conduct of research in a manner that is tailored to address the issues faced by students in their respective programs. The SARI program includes two parts: Part 1, CITI online-training, and Part 2, a 5 hours discussion-based course in responsible conduct of research. This course fulfills the latter requirement and covers universal and discipline-specific material regarding how research should be conducted responsibly and ethically. May be repeated once for a maximum of six credit hours.

  

  • BA 9000 - Doctoral Research

    1 to 18 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Doctoral standing.
    Description
    Doctoral students who have not yet passed the preliminary examination and are not registered for nine or more semester hours of course work on their program of study must register for this course to satisfy the continuous registration requirement. A grade of S or U will be assigned based on attendance and participation in departmental research activities.

  

  • BA 9200 - Seminar in University Teaching

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    The seminar is concerned with problems relating to teaching and research in business administration. Various teaching methods including lecture, case and incident methods, sociodrama techniques, and tutorial procedures are examined. The problems of particular subject fields, of different levels of classes of students, and of the function of the examination process are considered.

  

  • BA 9260 - Theory Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Students understand how to develop theory and surface a theoretical contribution. They understand the distinction between identifying a business problem and a scientific problem, and the approaches to achieve rigor and relevance.A. They learn about the elements of a theory and the approaches to build theory. They understand the distinction between process and variance models, and the importance of achieving correspondence between theoretical arguments and model specification. They develop an understanding about how to leverage context and time in building theory, and about multi-dimensional constructs and multi-level models. Cumulatively, they develop the skills and understanding to formulate a research question, synthesize the literature, build a theory, and specify a model.

  

  • BA 9300 - Qualitative Research Methods in Business

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course helps develop knowledge and skills in the application and use of qualitative research techniques. The course provides a survey of the methodological literature on qualitative research methods paired with appropriate article-length exemplars in the disparate businesss disciplines. This course covers a variety of different research strategies including case study, ethnography, grounded theory, and action research. In addition, students acquire skills in developing a research design, and qualitative date collection and analysis techniques, and authoring research manuscripts.

  

  • BA 9320 - Managerial Decision Making

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course introduces students to the subject of managerial decision-making. Decision-making is obviously a very important part of what managers do. Research into managerial decision-making is highly relevant to a wide variety of business school disciplines including: accounting, marketing, managerial sciences, information systems, risk management and insurance, and real estate. Drawing on relevant theories and academic journal articles, the student is introduced to bounded rationality, cognitive biases, bounded awareness and ethicality, framing effects, escalation of commitment, whistle blowing, negotiator cognition, and emotional influences on decision making.

  

  • BA 9500 - Dissertation Research

    1 to 18 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: completion of preliminary examination.
    Description
    Doctoral students who have passed the preliminary examination must register for this course each term (excluding summer term) until graduation to satisfy the continuous registration requirement. A grade of IP (indicating that satisfactory progress was made on the dissertation) or U (indicating lack of satisfactory progress) is assigned each term. At the end of the term during which the dissertation is completed/defended, a grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory) is assigned to the student.


Business Administration - BUSA
  

  • BUSA 6090 - Principles of Entrepreneurship

    3 Credit Hours
    Requirements: Requirements: Must meet RCB upper division course requirements minimum GPA of 2.8 and 45 credit hours.

    Description
    The purpose of this course is to familiarize the non-business student with the terminology, key principles, concepts, and methods of contemporary entrepreneurship and supporting business disciplines. The course is not intended to replace more in-depth studies in these disciplines, but rather to jump-start such studies for students with little or no background in business. For practicality, the course is designed around a process-driven perspective of entrepreneurship - 1) discover profitable opportunities, 2) evaluate the viability of an opportunity, 3) develop strategies to exploit an opportunity, and 4) plan for successful execution. This course prepares non-business students to take other available courses at the Robinson College of Business and well as its entrepreneurship courses.

  

  • BUSA 7090 - Survey of Business Principles for Non-Bus

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Cross listed with BUSA 3090. BUSA7090 is designed to familiarize the non-business graduate student quickly with key business principles, concepts and terminology. This is a survey course that touches on key areas of business management including marketing, operations, accounting, finance, strategy, ethics, economics and entrepreneurship. The course is not intended to replace more in-depth studies of each of these business disciplines but rather to jump start such studies. The course is specifically designed for non-business students interested in starting their own entrepreneurial ventures. This course will prepare such students to take additional entrepreneurship courses and to participate in various entrepreneurship activities within the university.


Business Communication
  

  • BCOM 7255 - Communication Skills for Business

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Communication Skills for Business helps improve the proficiency and fluency of graduate students who write and speack English as a secondary language (or English speaking students who need remedial work) to develop their written, conversational and presentation skills. The course focuses on the elements of written and spoken communication that are vital in a graduate business program and the US workplace. Students will acquire the necessary skills to complete correct and effective business documents in English and to demonstrate cultural awareness and spoken expertise in conversations and presentations. Students will take this course based on TOEFL, GMAT, and/or GRE scores and an interview assessment or upon recommendation of the student’s professor.

  

  • BCOM 8250 - Effective Executive Communication

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Managers face a wide range of demanding communication tasks every day. They must communicate vision, negotiate for resources, lead meetings, provide performance feedback, and manage new communication technologies, all in an increasingly international workplace. This course prepares students to communicate effectively as managers. Students practice the strategies and techniques in a wide range of written and spoken performance situations. They work individually and in groups on cases and make several presentations during the course.


Center Processing Innovation
  

  • CPI 8389 - Directed Reading in Electronic Commerce

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor, good academic.
    Description
  

  • CPI 9389 - Directed Readings in Process Innovation

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course will be taught at a level equivalent to a doctoral seminar and thus limited to doctoral students in Process Innovation and related disciplines. Students may take this course multiple times for course credit as different topics are offered.


Ceramics
  

  • CER 6050 - Ceramics

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor.
    Lab Fee: $80.00

    Description
    For students not majoring in Ceramics. Handbuilding and/or wheelthrowing. May be repeated for a maximum of fifteen credit hours.

  

  • CER 6750 - Digital and Photographic Imaging on clay

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Development of digital and photographic imagery and its application to 3D clay forms.

  

  • CER 6920 - Contemporary Ceramic History

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Exploration of ceramics from the Arts and Crafts Movement of the nineteenth century through contemporary trends.

  

  • CER 8000 - Advanced Studio Problems

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    For M.F.A. Ceramics major. Construction and surface application. Emphasis on individual interests, goals, and professional development. May be repeated for a maximum of six credit hours.

  

  • CER 8100 - Directed Study Seminar

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    For M.F.A. Ceramics majors. Conceptual development in studio/seminar format using a variety of traditional and experimental approaches to ceramics. May be repeated for a maximum of twelve credit hours.

  

  • CER 8400 - Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar

    3 to 9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: M.F.A. status.
    Description
    For M.F.A. students from all Art and Design majors. Readings, discussions, and engagement with advanced studio topics, led by studio faculty, to improve studio practice.

  

  • CER 8500 - Studio Practice

    3 to 9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
    Description
    For MFA Ceramics students. Discipline specific graduate course driven by studio production and critiques. May be repeated for a maximum of twenty-four credit hours.

  

  • CER 8980 - Special Problems

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and school director.
    Description
    Independent Study. Contract outlining course content is required. May be repeated for a maximum of twenty-four credit hours.

  

  • CER 8999 - Thesis Research

    3 to 12 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of thesis advisor.
    Description
    Preparation of thesis and graduate exhibition.


Chemistry
  

  • CHEM 3950 - Chemical Research

    1 to 5 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Prior approval by the supervisor of a proposed plan of study.
    Description
    Supervised chemical laboratory research at the undergraduate level. Specific topics selected in consultation with the research instructor. Signature Experience course.

  

  • CHEM 4690 - Special Topics in Biochemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Prior approval by the supervisor of a proposed plan of study.
    Description
    Advanced topics in biochemistry as may fit the needs and interests of the students and faculty. May be repeated if topics are different.

  

  • CHEM 6000 - Fundamentals of Chemical Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Chemical equilibria of acid-base systems, metal ion complexes and solubility, and their relationship to chemical analysis, using manual and semiautomatic methods of data collection. Two lecture and four laboratory hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 6005 - Instrumental Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Extensive data analysis, report writing and revisions in addition to the laboratory contacts. Contents: signal/noise and electronics; chemical separation; spectroscopic analysis; electrochemistry; mass spectrometry and others. The lab section requires operation of research instruments, multiple team projects, comprehensive data analysis and scientific report writing.

  

  • CHEM 6010 - Instrumental Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Corequisites: CHEM 6110.
    Description
    Modern methods, e.g., signal-to-noise, electronics, and chemical separations (e.g., gas, liquid, thin layer, and column chromatography), spectroscopic analysis, electrochemistry, mass spectrometry, and other techniques. Two lecture and Two lecture and three laboratory hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 6015 - Analytical Separations

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Principles and theory of various modes of liquid-based separation methods (e.g., HPLC, CE) interfaced to mass-spectrometry. Two lecture and Two lecture and three laboratory hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 6050 - Introduction to Fourier-Transform NMR Spectroscopy

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: demonstrated research need and approval of the departmental chair.
    Description
    Introduction to techniques of Fourier-Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

  

  • CHEM 6110 - Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Principles of thermodynamics, transport, and kinetics, and how they serve as a basis for interpreting and interrelating the properties of matter.

  

  • CHEM 6120 - Quantum Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Principles of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, and how they serve as a basis for interpreting and interrelating the properties of matter.

  

  • CHEM 6150 - Introduction to Biophysical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Applied physical chemistry to biological systems. Elements of thermodynamics, kinetics, hydrodynamics, and spectroscopy are used to characterize biomacromolecules and their interactions with ligands.

  

  • CHEM 6190 - Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Modern spectroscopic techniques (e.g., fluorescence, absorbance, FT-NMR, FT-IR spectroscopy). Two lecture and Two lecture and three laboratory hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 6210 - Inorganic Chemistry I

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Periodic relationship of the elements and their compounds, including those less commonly encountered. Bonding, reaction mechanisms, complexes, and stereo-chemistry are among the topics discussed.

  

  • CHEM 6221 - Inorganic Chemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course is a continuation of CHEM 6210. Course topics focus on the chemical reactivities of inorganic compounds, e.g., of acids and bases, redox active compounds, d-block and f-block coordination complexes and organometallic species. Special lectures featuring green chemistry, nanotechnology, bioinorganic chemistry, and metal ions in oxidative stress will also be presented.

  

  • CHEM 6230 - Metals in Biology and Medicine

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Metal ions play critical roles in enzymes. They are involved in important biosynthetic pathways and many diseases. This course is an overview of the roles of metals in biology and medicine. Emphasis is on the mechanism of metal-dependent enzymes and topics include oxygen activation by metal ions, production of reactive oxygen species in biology, metal uptake and toxicity, metal-assisted amino acid radical productions, and metals in medicine.

  

  • CHEM 6240 - Chemical Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Comprehensive survey of the field of chemical biology. Topics such as natural product biosynthesis, biological activities of the natural products, chemical tools to study biology, and engineering biological process to enable new chemistry will be covered.

  

  • CHEM 6330 - Advanced Synthesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Synthesis and characterization of inorganic and organic compounds by modern methodology. Two lecture and four laboratory hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 6400 - Mechanistic Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Focus on multi-step mechanisms of chemical reactions in Organic Chemistry.

  

  • CHEM 6410 - Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Strategies for designing pharmaceutical agents to inhibit enzymes. This is a writing intensive course.

  

  • CHEM 6420 - Drug Discovery: Theory and Practice

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Study of the principles of drug design, drug design methods, and tools commonly used in the pharmaceutical industry, and general strategies and common pitfalls in drug discovery.

  

  • CHEM 6430 - Advanced Synthesis & Mechanism in Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course focuses on advanced synthetic methodologies and reactions mechanisms.

  

  • CHEM 6440 - Practicum in Biotechnology

    5 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and the Biotechnology Committee.
    Description
    Laboratory training and experience related to Biotechnology. Both technique and project-based rotations will be offered. May be repeated up to three times if projects or rotations change.

  

  • CHEM 6450 - Molecular Modeling Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Molecular mechanics/dynamics methods to solve structural problems in organic, bioorganic, and biophysical chemistry. May be repeated if topics are different.

  

  • CHEM 6470 - Fundamentals of Photophysics, Photochemistry, and Photobiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    This course will discuss events occurring in molecular systems following the absorption of light. Students will be introduced to background concepts, electronic and nuclear changes accompanying light absorption (photophysics and photochemistry), and light-induced processes in biological systems such as proteins and DNA (photobiology).

  

  • CHEM 6490 - Special Topics in Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Advanced topics in organic chemistry as may fit the needs and interests of the students and faculty. Such topics might be stereoisomerism, heterocycles, alkaloids, organic mechanisms, structure-activity relationships. May be repeated if topics are different.

  

  • CHEM 6590 - Special Topics in Physical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Advanced topics in physical chemistry as may fit the needs and interests of the students and faculty. Such topics might be chemical kinetics, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, molecular spectra, phase equilibrium. May be repeated if topics are different.

  

  • CHEM 6600 - Biochemistry I

    5 Credit Hours
    Description
    Five lecture hours a week. Introduction to biochemical phenomena: proteins, enzymes, vitamins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, DNA, RNA, and metabolism.

  

  • CHEM 6610 - Biochemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Introduction to biochemical phenomena: proteins, enzymes, vitamins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, DNA, RNA, and metabolism. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 6630 - Enzymology

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Same as BIOL 6630. Introduction to enzyme catalysis, with emphasis on the general concepts of enzyme kinetics and the common tools for studying enzymes.

  

  • CHEM 6640 - Fundamentals of Bioinformatics

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3800 with grade of C or higher, or equivalent, or written approval of instructor.
    Description
    Same as BIOL 6640 and CSC 6640. A “hands-on” approach to bioinformatics using PCs, the internet, and computer graphics to analyze, correlate, and extract information from biological databases, emphasizing sequence and structure databases for proteins and nucleic acids, and introducing the computing skills necessary for bioinformatics. Topics include: sequences and three- dimensional structures of proteins and nucleic acids, the major databases, algorithms for sequence comparison, data mining, and prediction of structure and function. Four lecture hours per week.

  

  • CHEM 6650 - Nucleic Acid Synthesis and Drug Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
    Description
    Lectures on nucleic acid synthesis, mechanism, therapeutics, and detection. Course may be repeated.

  

  • CHEM 6670 - Principles and Techniques of Practical Biochemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Crosslisted with Biol 4670/BIOL 6670. A comprehensive and integrated review of principles and modern techniques in biochemical research laboratories. Topics include principles of biochemical investigations, molecular biology and basic techniques, molecular cloning and gene analysis, protein structure, purification and characterization, biomolecular interactions, enzyme analysis, spectroscopic techniques, mass spectrometric techniques, centrifugation, electrophoretic, and chromatographic techniques.

  

  • CHEM 6690 - Special Topics in Biochemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Permission of the department.
    Description
    Advanced topics in biochemistry as may fit the needs and interests of the students and faculty. May be repeated if topics vary.

  

  • CHEM 6850 - Bioanalytical Chemistry I

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Basic concepts of analytical chemistry as applied to biologically-oriented problems.

  

  • CHEM 6860 - Bioanalytical Chemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Basic principles underlying instrumentation, automation, and laboratory computers used in solving bioanalysis problems.

  

  • CHEM 6871 - Electrochemical Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Description
    Fundamentals of electrochemistry and application to chemical problems. Special emphasis on electrode reaction mechanisms and interpretation of electrochemical results for organic, inorganic, and biological systems. Three lecture hours a week.

 

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