Organic Chemistry Concentration

Core Courses (9 Hours)

• CHEM 6400 - Mechanistic Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6410 - Bioorganic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6430 - Advanced Synthesis & Mechanism in Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6650 - Nucleic Acid Synthesis and Drug Design 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6330 - Advanced Synthesis 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8400 - Medicinal Chemistry 3 Credit Hours or approved substitutes

Area Electives (6 Hours)

• CHEM 6600 - Biochemistry I 5 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6610 - Biochemistry II 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8510 - Biophysical Chemistry 4 Credit Hours or approved substitutes

Interdisciplinary Electives in Biology (6 Hours)

or approved substitutes

Topics, Electives and Seminar (6-19 Hours)

• BIOL 8970 - Topics in Molecular Biological Sciences 1 Credit Hours

• or

• CHEM 8970 - Topics in Molecular Biological Sciences 1 to 2 Credit Hours

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• BIOL 8700 - Biology Seminar 2 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6050 - Introduction to Fourier-Transform NMR Spectroscopy 2 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6450 - Molecular Modeling Methods 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8800 - Seminar in Chemistry 1 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8900 - Directed Study in Chemistry 1 to 5 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8910 - Directed Research in Chemistry 1 to 25 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8970 - Topics in Molecular Biological Sciences  1 to 2 Hours or approved substitutes

Research (40 Hours)

(at least 20 hours must be CHEM 9999)

• CHEM 8900 - Directed Study in Chemistry 1 to 5 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8910 - Directed Research in Chemistry 1 to 25 Credit Hours

• or

• CHEM 9999 - Dissertation Research 1 to 25 Credit Hours