Two lect. and 3 hours of lab per week. Instruction and experience in using instrumental methods of chemical analysis. Builds on material learned in CHEM 4171. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHEM 4171 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to Chemistry (CHEM) or Biochemistry (BCHM) majors only.
Lec. Understanding of materials from chemistry perspective including metals, oxides, semiconductors and polymers. Basic description of chemical preparation of materials. Overview of fundamental properties of materials including structural, chemical, mechanical, thermal, electrical, and optical properties. Description of behavior of materials and various applications in modern technology. Discussion of materials characterization methods. CHEM 4251 and 5251 are the same course. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 3331 or 3371, and CHEM 4431, 4521, or 4531 (all minimum grade grade C-).
Overview of the preparation and functioning mechanism of novel organic materials that have recently been developed, including conductive polymers, 2-D macrocyclic structures, 3-D molecular cages, molecular machines/muscles/switches, fullerene derivatives and carbon nanotube composites. This course will emphasize the use of organic and physical chemistry as tools to develop novel materials and probe their structure-property relationship. CHEM 4261 and 5261 are the same course. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 3331 or 3371, and CHEM 4431, 4521, or 4531 (all minimum grade grade C-).
Chemical principles of conversion of solar energy into electricity and fuels in molecular and semiconductor-based systems. Overview of solid-state electronic structure of materials and interfaces, light-matter interactions, principles of harvesting photoexcited currents and useful chemical species. Description of processes utilized in established and emerging solar energy technologies. CHEM 4271 and 5271 are the same course. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 3331 or 3371, and CHEM 4431, 4521, or 4531 (all minimum grade grade C-).
Introduces thermodynamics, kinetics and spectroscopy, emphasizing macromolecule and biochemical applications. Includes thermodynamics, chemical and physical equilibriums, solution chemistry, rates of chemical and biochemical reactions, chemical bonds and principles and selected examples of spectroscopies applied to biological systems. Formerly CHEM 4411. Same as CHEM 5400. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses CHEM 3311 or CHEM 3351 and PHYS 1110 or PHYS 2010 and MATH 2300 or APPM 1360 (all minimum grade C-). Requires corequisite course of PHYS 1120 or PHYS 2020. Restricted to Chemistry (CHEM) or Biochemistry (BCHM) majors only.
Lect. Principles of physical chemistry (second semester) for students in the biological sciences. Topics include quantum mechanics, chemical bonds, principles of spectroscopy, statistical mechanics,and transport processes with application to biological systems. Mathematical background (integral and differential calculus including partial differentiation) required. Credit not granted for this course and CHEM 4531. Same as CHEM 5431. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 4411 or 4511 and MATH 2400 or APPM 2350 and PHYS 1120 or 2020 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to Chemistry (CHEM) or Biochemistry (BCHM) majors only.
Lect. Chemical thermodynamics and kinetics. Includes study of laws of thermodynamics, thermochemistry, entropy, free energy, chemical potential, chemical equilibriums, and the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions. Department enforced prereq or coreq., PHYS 1120 (minimum grade C-). Credit not granted for this course and CHEM 4411/5411. Requisites: Requires prerequisite of courses CHEM 3311 or 3351 and MATH 2400 or APPM 2350 and PHYS 1110 or 2020 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to Chemistry (CHEM) or Biochemistry (BCHM) majors only.
Lec. Covers kinetic theory of gases; chemical equilibrium; electrochemistry; chemical kinetics; quantum mechanics and atomic structure; chemical bonding; spectroscopy; statistical mechanics; the solid state; the liquid state; and surface chemistry. Prereq.,CHEN 1211 and CHEM 1221, CHEM 1113/1114 (formerly 1111) and 1133/1134 (formerly 1131), 1351 or 1371, MATH 2400 or APPM 2350, and PHYS 1110 (min grade C- required in all) or instructor consent. Prereq. or coreq., PHYS 1120. Requisites: Restricted to College of Engineering majors only.
Lect. Introduces the quantum theory of atoms, molecules and chemical bonding, and statistical thermodynamics. Includes principles of quantum mechanics and their application to atomic structure, molecular spectroscopy, symmetry properties, and the determination of molecular structure. Also includes principles of statistical mechanics and their applications to properties of gases, liquids, and solids. Credit not granted for this course and CHEM 4431 or 5431. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 4511 or 4411 and PHYS 1120 or 2020, and MATH 2400 or APPM 2350 (all minimum grade C-). Restricted to Chemistry (CHEM) or Biochemistry (BCHM) majors only.
Explores computational methods to understand chemical systems. Topics include: atomic and molecular electronic structure calculations, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations and thermodynamic calculations. Not recommended for students with grades below B- in prerequisite courses. Same as CHEM 5555. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHEM 4431 or CHEM 4521 or CHEM 4531 (minimum grade C-).
One 3-hour lab per week. Instruction in experimental techniques of modern physical chemistry. Experiments illustrate the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Illustrates the material discussed in CHEM 4511. Credit not granted for this course and CHEM 4561. Requisites: Requires prerequisite or corequisite course of CHEM 4411 or 4511 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to Chemistry (CHEM) or Biochemistry (BCHM) majors only.
One lect. and one 3-hour laboratory every two weeks. a continuation of CHEM 4581, but may be taken concurrently with CHEM 4531 or CHEM 4431. Experiments illustrate the principles of quantum chemistry and spectroscopy discussed in CHEM 4531. Credit not granted for this course and CHEM 4561. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 4411 or CHEM 4511 and CHEM 4581 (all minimum grade C-). Requires prerequisite or corequisite course of CHEM 4431 or 4531 (minimum grade C-) Restricted to Chemistry (CHEM) or Biochemistry (BCHM) majors only.
Lec. One-semester survey of the main themes of modern biochemistry: biomolecular structure/function, metabolism, biosynthesis, DNA from genome to proteome, and cellular signaling. For biology and engineering majors and others wanting a survey of biochemistry. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHEM 3311 or 3351 (minimum grade C-).
Lec. Develops essential skills for performing genomic analyses, with focus on developing practical research tools. Introduces human genome and microbiome projects, Python/Sql scripting, accessing and understanding genomic data, sequence alignment and search, evolutionary models, expression data, biological networks, and macromolecular structure. Department enforced prereqs., MCDB 3500, CSCI 3104, or CHEM 4711. Department enforced coreq., CSCI 2270. Same as CHEM 5621. Credit not granted for this course and CSCI 4317 or MCDB 4621.
Covers chemistry of aqueous solutions; energetics in biology; structure of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and membranes; protein evolution; macromolecular interactions; enzyme kinetics, mechanism and regulation. Will be taught from a strong chemical perspective and mastery of basic concepts of organic and physical chemistry will be required. Formerly CHEM 4711. Same as CHEM 5700. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHEM 3331 or 3371 (minimum grade C-).
Covers energy metabolism and anabolic/catabolic pathways; metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, and nucleic acids; photosynthesis; special topics on human diseases with pathologies and metabolic pathways. Same as CHEM 5720. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of CHEM 4700 or CHEM 4711 (minimum grade C-).
Covers metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, and nucleic acids; photosynthesis; biosynthesis and function of macromolecules including DNA, RNA, and proteins; biochemistry of subcellular systems; and special topics. Continuation of CHEM 4711. Same as CHEM 5731. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHEM 4700 (formerly CHEM 4711
Lec. Covers current topics in modern biochemical research through lectures, reading recent research articles, critical thinking, and class discussion. Topics include protein and nucleic acid structure and function, biomolecular interactions, enzyme function, and cellular signaling and regulation. Same as CHEM 5751. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 4711 and 4731 (all minimum grade C-).
Two 5-hour periods per week. The first hour of each period is lecture, the remainder is laboratory. Introduction to modern biochemical techniques. Topics include enzymology, spectrophotometry, electrophoresis affinity chromatography, radioisotopes, recombinant DNA, and molecular cloning. Recommended prereq., CHEM 4731 or MCDB 3500. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHEM 4700 or CHEM 4711 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to Chemistry (CHEM) or Biochemistry (BCHM) majors only.
Lec. Explores examples of antibodies, peptides, proteins, RNA, DNA, carbohydrates and lipids. The course uses the primary literature and requires student participation. Recommended prereq., undergraduate molecular biology. Same as CHEM 5791. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 3331 or 3371, and CHEM 4731 or 5731 (minimum grade C-).
Lect. Inorganic chemistry based on principles of bonding, structure, reaction mechanisms, and modern synthetic methods. Chemistry and general properties of representative and transition elements and their compounds. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of CHEM 4011 and 4531 (all minimum grade B-) or restricted to graduate students only.
Lectures in physical inorganic chemistry with an emphasis on topics for understanding modern solar energy conversion to electricity and fuels. Includes a description of bonding and properties of coordination compounds in terms of the ligand field and molecular orbital theories. The primary research literature will be used to motivate exploration of relevant themes including spectroscopy, electron transfer, energy transfer, bioenergetic conversion, and small-molecule activation. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHEM 4011 (minimum grade C-) and restricted to graduate students only.
Application of basic chemical principles to understanding the processes that determine the chemical composition of oceans, lakes, rivers, soils, and sediments. Topics include air-water exchange; acid-base, redox, coordination, precipitation and dissolution, ion exchange and sorption reactions; nutrient chemistry; and the use of simple equilibrium and kinetic models for describing the chemistry of inorganic and organic species in air-water-soil systems. Same as CHEM 4141. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Lect. Basic kinetics and photochemistry of atmospheric species. Stratospheric chemistry with emphasis on processes controlling ozone abundance. Tropospheric chemistry focusing on photochemical smog, acid deposition, oxidative capacity of the atmosphere,and global climate change. Same as ATOC 5151. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
