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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.

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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 Any student who has not met prerequisites for a course may be administratively withdrawn from that course at the discretion of the instructor.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.
 

Chemistry
  

  • CHEM 1050 - Chemistry for Citizens

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: High school chemistry recommended.
    Description
    Modern chemical concepts and chemical processes with their impact on a technological society; the background for informed decisions. This course can be used as a prerequisite for CHEM 1211K (or CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L). Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 1151 - Survey Of Chemistry I

    3 Credit Hours
    Corequisites: CHEM 1151L.
    Description
    This is the first course in a two course sequence designed for physical education, business, humanities, social science, and allied health (Nursing or Dental Hygiene) majors planning to pursue baccalaureate degrees. Topics to be covered include elements, compounds, measurements, nomenclature, atomic bonding, states of matter, and molecular geometry. Laboratory exercises complement/supplement the lecture material.

  

  • CHEM 1151K - Survey of Chemistry I

    4 Credit Hours
    Includes a lab fee.

    Description
    First course in a two course sequence designed for physical education, business, humanities, social sciences, and allied health (Nursing or Dental Hygiene) majors planning to pursue baccalaureate degrees. Topics to be covered include elements, compounds, measurements, nomenclature, atomic bonding, states of matter, and molecular geometry. Laboratory exercises compliment/supplement the lecture material. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 1151L - Survey Of Chemistry I Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Corequisites: CHEM 1151.
    Includes a lab fee.

    Description
    Laboratory based application of topics covered in the lecture.

  

  • CHEM 1152 - Survey Of Chemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1151L each with a C or higher.
    Corequisites: CHEM 1152L.
    Description
    Co-requisite: CHEM 1152L This is the second course in a two course sequence designed for physical education, business, humanities, social science, and allied health (Nursing or Dental Hygiene) majors planning to pursue baccalaureate degrees. Topics include general, organic, and biochemistry.

  

  • CHEM 1152K - Survey of Chemistry II

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1151K or CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1151L with a grade of C or higher.
    Includes a lab fee.

    Description
    Second course in a two course sequence designed for physical education, business, humanities, social sciences, and allied health (Nursing or Dental Hygiene) majors planning to pursue baccalaureate degrees. Topics include general, organic, and biochemistry. Three lecture hours and one laboratory session.

  

  • CHEM 1152L - Survey of Chemistry II Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Corequisites: CHEM 1152.
    Includes a lab fee.

    Description
    Laboratory based application of topics covered in the lecture.

  

  • CHEM 1201 - Chemistry I Concept Development

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1151  and CHEM 1151L  each with a ‘C’ or higher.
    Recommended for students who have completed a standard high school chemistry course.

    Description
    Elaborates key chemical concepts and illustrates problem-solving techniques for college chemistry for natural science majors. One lecture hour a week. This course does not count toward a degree.

  

  • CHEM 1211 - Principles of Chemistry I

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MATH 1113  or MATH 1112  with a C or higher, or taken concurrently.
    Description
    This is the first course in a two-semester sequence covering the fundamental principles and applications of chemistry for science majors. Topics include composition of matter, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, periodic relations, nomenclature, thermochemistry, electronic structure, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, and properties of gases. Note: MATH 1113  is a prerequisite for CHEM 1212/CHEM 1212K. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 1211K - Principles of Chemistry I

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MATH 1111 or higher with a C or higher.
    Corequisites: Alternatively, students may take MATH 1111  concurrently if they have met one of the following pre-conditions: 1) Score of 1 or higher on either the Chemistry, Calculus, or Physics AP exam; or 2) completed CHEM 1050  or CHEM 1151K  (or CHEM 1151/CHEM 1151L) or equivalent with a C or higher; or 3) placement into MATH 1111  or higher based on math placement test; or 4) IB Chemistry with department approval.
    Includes a lab fee.

    Description
    This is the first course in a two-semester sequence covering the fundamental principles and applications of chemistry for science majors. Topics include composition of matter, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, periodic relations, nomenclature, thermochemistry, electronic structure, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, and properties of gases. Three lecture hours and one laboratory session a week.

  

  • CHEM 1211L - Principles of Chemistry I Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Corequisites: CHEM 1211.
    Description
    Laboratory based application of topics covered in the lecture.

  

  • CHEM 1212 - Principles of Chemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1211K  and MATH 1113, or CHEM 1211, CHEM 1211L, and MATH 1113  each with a ‘C’ or better.
    Corequisites: CHEM 1212L.
    Description
    This is the second course in a two-semester sequence covering the fundamental principles and applications of chemistry for science majors. Topics to be covered include properties of solids and liquids, solutions, chemical kinetics, acid/base reactions, oxidation/reduction reactions, chemical equilibrium, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry.

  

  • CHEM 1212K - Principles of Chemistry II

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MATH 1113 or higher taken concurrently or completed with a C or higher, and CHEM 1211K (or CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L) taken previously with a C or higher.
    Includes a lab fee.

    Description
    This is the second course in a two-semester sequence covering the fundamental principles and applications of chemistry for science majors. Topics include composition and properties of solids and liquids, solutions, chemical kinetics, acid/base reactions, oxidation/reduction reactions, chemical equilibrium, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. Three lecture hours and one laboratory session a week.

  

  • CHEM 1212L - Principles of Chemistry II Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Corequisites: CHEM 1212.
    Description
    Laboratory based application of topics covered in the lecture.

  

  • CHEM 2100 - Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory I

    2 Credit Hours
    Pre/Corequisites: CHEM 2400.
    Includes a lab fee.

    Description
    The equivalent of two laboratory sessions a week. Organic chemistry laboratory to accompany CHEM 2400. This laboratory covers the scope of both 2400L and 2410L. There is emphasis on methods for the preparation, isolation, purification, molecular spectroscopy and characterization of organic compounds, and product analysis. This course is designed for students majoring in science, engineering, pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, and pre-pharmacy.

  

  • CHEM 2400 - Organic Chemistry I

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1212K or CHEM 1212 and CHEM 1212L with a C or better.
    Description
    This is the first of a two-semester sequence of organic chemistry. Topics include IUPAC nomenclature, reactions, methods of preparation and physical and chemical properties of the common classes of carbon compounds, with an emphasis on modern electronic and mechanistic theories. This course is designed for students majoring in science, engineering, pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, and pre-pharmacy. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 2400L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Corequisites: CHEM 2400 .
    Description
    This is a first semester organic chemistry laboratory to accompany CHEM 2400 . There is emphasis on methods for the preparation, isolation, purification, and characterization of organic compounds. This course is designed for students majoring in science, engineering, pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, and pre-pharmacy.

  

  • CHEM 2410 - Organic Chemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2400 with a grade of C or higher.
    Description
    This is the second in a two-semester sequence of organic chemistry. Topics include an in-depth study of molecular spectroscopy, reaction mechanisms, functional group transformations, and the synthesis of moderately complex molecules by multi-step strategies. This course is designed for students majoring in science, engineering, pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, and pre-pharmacy.

  

  • CHEM 2410L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Corequisites: CHEM 2410 .
    Description
    This is a second semester organic chemistry laboratory to accompany CHEM 2410 . There is emphasis on organic synthesis and product analysis. This course is designed for students majoring in science, engineering, pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, and pre-pharmacy.

  

  • CHEM 2950 - 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 lower undergraduate level.  Specific topics selected by the student in consultation with the supervisor. 

  

  • CHEM 3015 - Quantitative Chemical Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1212K or equivalent with grade of C or higher, MATH 2212 or equivalent with grade of C or higher.
    Description
    Significant figures and statistics; chemical equilibrium and titration; acid-base systems, metal ion-ligand complexation/chelation, and introduction to Instrumental Analysis. The lab section provides training of manual and semi-automatic methods of data collection and chemical analysis.

  

  • CHEM 3110 - Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory II

    2 Credit Hours
    Pre/Corequisites: CHEM 2410.
    Includes a lab fee.

    Description
    The equivalent of two laboratory sessions a week. Modern quantitative and physical laboratory methods applied to the synthesis, separation, purification, identification, and the physical and chemical properties of organic compounds.

  

  • CHEM 3200 - College to Career and Research in Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1212K (or CHEM 1212 and CHEM 1212L) with a C or higher.
    Description
    In this course, students will explore potential career paths for chemistry / biochemistry majors. Students will develop job searching strategies, prepare strong personal statement and technical resume for use in applications, create individual academic and career development plans, and develop information literacy and communication skills. The course will include research presentations by faculty in several areas of chemistry, to facilitate joining a research lab.

  

  • CHEM 3400 - Structure and Reactivity of Biomolecules

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a C or better.
    Description
    This is an intermediate lecture in organic chemistry. There is emphasis on an in-depth study of reaction mechanisms, functional group transformations, and the synthesis of moderately complex molecules by multi-step strategies, including carbonyl chemistry. Includes mechanistic biochemical concepts including amino acids, peptides, and carbohydrates. This course is designed for students majoring in science, engineering, pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, and pre-pharmacy. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 3600 - Introduction to Academic Peer Leadership

    1 Credit Hours
    Description
    The objective of this course is to train students to be peer leaders. Peer leaders will learn to lead a group of students by focusing on communication, group dynamics, motivation, learning styles and other issues to help participants actively engage students with course material. Students in the course will examine the practical and theoretical aspects of workshop leadership.

  

  • CHEM 3690 - Honors Readings

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Good standing with the Honors College and consent of instructor.
    Description
    Discussion and readings on selected topics.

  

  • CHEM 3950 - Intermediate 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 4000 - Fundamentals of Chemical Analysis-CTW

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with grade of C or higher, MATH 2202 or MATH 2212 with a C or higher.
    Includes a lab fee.

    Description
    Chemical equilibria of acid-base systems, metal ion complexes and solubility, and their relationship to chemical analysis; use of manual and semi-automatic methods of data collection. Serves as the required Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) courses for chemistry majors and may not be transferred in. Two lecture and four laboratory hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 4005 - Instrumental Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 3015 or equivalent with grade of C or higher, and Physics 2212K or equivalent with grade of C or higher.
    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 4010 - Instrumental Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4000 with a C or higher. Second semester Physics is recommended.
    Includes a lab fee.

    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 4015 - Analytical Separations

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4000 with a C or higher, or equivalent.
    Includes a lab fee.

    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 4050 - Introduction to Fourier-Transform NMR Spectroscopy

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Either CHEM 3950, CHEM 4160, CHEM 4170, or CHEM 4950 with a C or higher or taken concurrently.
    Description
    Introduction to techniques of Fourier-Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

  

  • CHEM 4100 - Chemical Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a C or higher or equivalent, and consent of instructor.
    Description
    Introduction to the chemical literature. Emphasis on literature searching via database services.

  

  • CHEM 4110 - Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1212K, PHYS 2212K, and MATH 2202 (or MATH 2212) with a C or higher.
    Description
    Principles of thermodynamics, transport and kinetics and how they serve as a basis for interpreting and interrelating the properties of matter. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 4120 - Quantum Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1212K, PHYS 2212K, and MATH 2202 (or MATH 2212) with a C or higher.
    Description
    Principles of quantum and statistical mechanics, and how they serve as a basis for interpreting and interrelating the properties of matter.

  

  • CHEM 4150 - Introduction to Biophysical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MATH 2202 or MATH 2212 with a C or higher or equivalent. CHEM 4600 is recommended.
    Description
    Applied physical chemistry to biological systems. Elements of thermodynamics, kinetics, hydrodynamics, and spectroscopy are used to characterize biomacromolecules and their interactions with ligands. Acceptable for credit toward a BS degree in Chemistry in the Biochemistry concentration.

  

  • CHEM 4160 - Research in Chemistry I - CTW

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a C or higher and consent of the instructor.
    Description
    This course focuses on advanced laboratory problems and includes independent student research. Laboratory and prior selection of special problems to be arranged. Critical Thinking Through Writing (CTW) course. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

  

  • CHEM 4170 - Research in Chemistry II

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4160 with grade of C or higher, and consent of the instructor.
    Description
    Laboratory to be arranged. Advanced laboratory problems; independent research. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

  

  • CHEM 4190 - Absorption and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4000 with a C or higher.
    Includes a lab fee.

    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 4210 - Inorganic Chemistry I

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a C or higher.
    Description
    Periodic relationship of the elements and their compounds, including those less commonly encountered. Bonding, reaction and mechanisms, complexes, and stereochemistry are among the topics discussed.

  

  • CHEM 4221 - Inorganic Chemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4210 with a C or higher.
    Description
    This course is a continuation of CHEM 4210. 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 4230 - Metals in Biology and Medicine

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 3400 or equivalent with a C or higher.
    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 4240 - Chemical Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2400 with a C or higher.
    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 4330 - Advanced Synthesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a C or higher and CHEM 3110 with a B or higher.
    Includes a lab fee.

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

  

  • CHEM 4400 - Mechanistic Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a C or higher.
    Description
    Focus on multi-step mechanisms of chemical reactions in Organic Chemistry. This course teaches advanced topics in the description of the structures of organic molecules, interpretation of reactivities enabled by the structure and characterization of intermediates in organic reactions, and investigation of the reaction mechanisms.

  

  • CHEM 4410 - Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a C or higher.
    Description
    Strategies for designing pharmaceutical agents to inhibit enzymes. This is a writing intensive course.

  

  • CHEM 4420 - Drug Discovery: Theory and Practice

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4600 with a C or higher, or consent of the instructor.
    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. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 4430 - Advanced Synthesis and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a B or higher and consent of instructor.
    Description
    This course focuses on advanced synthetic methodologies and reactions mechanisms. This course will focus on synthetic transformations of importance in modern organic synthesis. Reactions and reagents will also be discussed from the perspective of multistep synthesis.

  

  • CHEM 4450 - Molecular Modeling Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 and CHEM 4110 with a C or higher, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Molecular mechanics/dynamics methods to solve structural problems in organic, bioorganic, and biophysical chemistry.

  

  • CHEM 4470 - Fundamentals of Photophysics, Photochemistry, and Photobiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: MATH 2202 (or MATH 2212), PHYS 2212K (or PHYS 2212 and PHYS 2212L), and CHEM 2400, each with a C or higher. Chemistry (CHEM 4120 is recommended.
    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 4490 - Special Topics in Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with grade of C or higher, or equivalent.
    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, and structure-activity relationships. May be repeated if topics are different.

  

  • CHEM 4590 - Special Topics in Physical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4110 or CHEM 4120 with a C or higher or equivalent.
    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 4600 - Biochemistry I

    5 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with grade of C or higher.
    Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 3400 is recommended.
    Description
    Five lecture hours a week. Introduction to biochemical phenomena: proteins, enzymes, vitamins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, DNA, RNA, and metabolism.

  

  • CHEM 4610 - Biochemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4600 with grade of C or higher.
    Description
    In-depth coverage of biochemical phenomena: proteins, enzymes, vitamins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, DNA, RNA, and metabolism. Three lecture hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 4630 - Enzymology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a C or higher. CHEM 4600 and CHEM 4110 recommended.
    Description
    Same as BIOL 4630. Introduction to enzyme catalysis, with emphasis on the general concepts of enzyme kinetics and the common tools for studying enzymes.

  

  • CHEM 4670 - Principles and Techniques of Practical Biochemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4600 with a C or higher or equivalent.
    Description
    Same as BIOL 4670. 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 4680 - Introduction to Glycoscience

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a C or higher; CHEM 3400 is also recommended.
    Description
    The course discusses the structure and functions of carbohydrates as well as their involvement and roles in diseases. Topics covered include background information on glycobiology, discussions of structure and biosynthesis of glycans, glycan-binding proteins and their involvement in biological events, glycans in physiology and disease, and analytical tools and applications of glycans.

  

  • CHEM 4690 - Special Topics in Biochemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2410 with a C or higher or equivalent.
    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 4850 - Bioanalytical Chemistry I

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4000 with a C or higher, or consent of instructor. CHEM 4190 recommended.
    Description
    Basic concepts of analytical chemistry as applied to biologically-oriented problems.

  

  • CHEM 4860 - Bioanalytical Chemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4850 with grade of C or higher, or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Basic principles underlying instrumentation, automation, and laboratory computers used in solving bioanalysis problems.

  

  • CHEM 4870 - Honors Thesis I

    1 to 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Good standing with the Honors College and consent of instructor.
    Description
    Readings or research preparatory to honors thesis or project. Signature Experience course.

  

  • CHEM 4871 - Electrochemical Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4110 with grade of C or higher, or equivalent.
    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.

  

  • CHEM 4875 - Writing in Chemistry

    1 to 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor.
    Description
    Writing on modern topics in chemistry. May be taken more than once, but for a total of no more than 6 credits.

  

  • CHEM 4880 - Honors Thesis II

    1 to 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 4160 or CHEM 4170 with a C or higher, good standing with the Honors College, and consent of instructor.
    Description
    Writing or production of honors thesis or project. Students must follow Undergraduate Honors Thesis Guideline and Requirements. Signature Experience course.

  

  • CHEM 4900 - Advanced Research Methods

    2 Credit Hours
    Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 4160, CHEM 4170, CHEM 4870, CHEM 4880, or CHEM 4950 required.
    Description
    Student learning of interdisciplinary experimental strategies and laboratory procedures in chemistry. Two lecture hours a week.

  

  • CHEM 4905 - Theme-Based Chemistry Laboratory

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: BIOL 3810 with grade of C or higher.
    Description
    Students will work in small groups to develop specific biological or chemical hypotheses, design and carry out experiments to test these hypotheses, and analyze the results they obtain. Topics will vary.

  

  • CHEM 4940 - Seminar in Chemistry

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Consent of department.
    Description
    Discussion of current research areas in chemistry.

  

  • CHEM 4950 - Advanced Chemical Research

    1 to 5 Credit Hours
    Prerequisites: Prior approval of a written program or the proposed work.
    Description
    Research spanning more than one semester. This course may include a Signature Experience component. No more than five credit hours.

  

  • CHEM 4995 - Directed Readings BIS-CTW

    3 to 4 Credit Hours
    Description
    Directed Readings designed for Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies students. This course may satisfy the junior and/or senior-level Critical Thinking Through Writing requirements. This course may include a Signature Experience component.

  

  • CHEM 4997 - Student Research and Teaching Support

    0 Credit Hours
    Description
    Individual or group student research and/or instructional training. Student engaging in these activities in designated laboratory spaces are not required to register for this course, but they will enroll in linked credit-bearing courses.