UHD 2000/2001 Catalog UHD Catalog Home | Course Descriptions | Chemistry (CHEM) Table of Contents | Previous Section | Next Section | Index | How to Use the Online Catalog 1105 79 Introductory Chemistry Laboratory I (1-0-3) Prerequisite: Credit or enrollment in CHEM 1305 Laboratory fee required: $12. Appropriate laboratory experiments for the student who will not be a professional physical scientist. The experiments support the principles of chemistry developed in the lecture portion of the course and illustrate some of the basic approaches to chemical problems. (CHEM 1105) 1106 Introductory Chemistry Laboratory II (1-0-3) Prerequisites: CHEM 1105 and credit or enrollment in CHEM 1306 Laboratory fee required: $12. Appropriate laboratory experiments in applications of fundamental principles of organic chemistry and biochemistry for the student who will not be a professional physical scientist. The experiments support the principles of chemistry developed in the lecture portion of the course. (CHEM 1107) 1107 General Chemistry Laboratory I (1-0-3) Prerequisite: Credit or enrollment in CHEM 1307 Laboratory fee required: $12. Experiments which illustrate basic laboratory techniques and procedures, physical and chemical properties, stoichoimetry, solutions, and thermochemistry. (CHEM 1111) 1108 General Chemistry Laboratory II (1-0-3) Prerequisites: CHEM 1107 and credit or enrollment in CHEM 1308 Laboratory fee required: $12. Emphasis on reactions in aqueous solutions, gas laws, equilibrium, kinetics and qualitative analysis, with an introduction to instrumental analysis. (CHEM 1112) 1305 Introductory Chemistry I (3-3-0) Prerequisite: Credit or enrollment in MATH 1301 or MATH 1310. The composition, properties and interaction of substances necessary to produce new materials. Topics include stoichiometry, atomic structure, chemical bonds, states of matter, electrolyte solutions and chemical reactions. (CHEM 1305) 1306 80 Introductory Chemistry II (3-3-0) Prerequisite: CHEM 1305. The chemistry of the main classes of organic and biochemical compounds, with emphasis on their importance in health and foods. Topics include structure, nomenclature, physical properties, chemical properties and stereochemistry. (CHEM 1307) 1307 General Chemistry I (3-3-0) Prerequisites: Credit or enrollment in MATH 1301, and CHEM 1107, and one year of high school chemistry or CHEM 1305. Fundamentals of general chemistry. Descriptive material is correlated with the basic chemical principles and their applications. Modern concepts of atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, the solid, liquid and gaseous states and the kinetic molecular theory of matter are analyzed. Emphasis on stoichiometric calculations of mass and molar relationships, energy relations and intermolecular forces. Credit for both CHEM 1305 and CHEM 1307 may not be applied toward a degree. (CHEM 1311) 1308 General Chemistry II (3-3-0) Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in CHEM 1307 and credit or enrollment in CHEM 1108. A continuation of CHEM 1307. Topics include chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, homogeneous, gas laws, heterogeneous and ionic equilibrium, modern concepts of acids and bases, electrochemistry, coordination chemistry, nuclear chemistry and selected topics. (CHEM 1312) 3110 Quantitative and Instrumental Analysis Laboratory(1-0-3) Prerequisite: Credit or enrollment in CHEM 3310 Laboratory fee required: $12. Quantitative methods of analysis including gravimetric, volumetric and instrumental. Instrumental methods will include absorption and emission spectroscopy, gas and liquid chromatography and electrochemical analysis. 3130 Physical Chemistry Laboratory I (1-0-3) Prerequisite: Credit for or enrollment in CHEM 3330 Laboratory fee required: $12. Advanced experiments in physical chemistry including studies in thermodynamics, colligative properties of solutions, surface tension of surfactant containing solutions, solution viscosities, electrochemistry and the physical chemistry of polymeric materials. In addition to providing support for CHEM 3330, this course is designed to acquaint the student with the experimental approaches and laboratory techniques used in industrial research and development activities. 3132 Physical Chemistry Laboratory II (1-0-3) Prerequisite: Credit for or enrollment in CHEM 3332 Laboratory fee required: $12. A continuation of CHEM 3130. 3201 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (2-0-6) Prerequisites: CHEM 1308/1108 and credit or enrollment in CHEM 3301 Laboratory fee required: $24. Experiments illustrating basic techniques, synthesis, interpretation of spectra, use of molecular models and scientific literature. 3202 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (2-0-6) Prerequisites: CHEM 3301/3201 and credit or enrollment in CHEM 3302 Laboratory fee required: $24. Experiments illustrating multistep synthesis, semimicro techniques, instrumental analysis, investigation of reaction mechanisms and qualitative analysis. 3300 Undergraduate Research (3-0-9) Prerequisites: Approval by Natural Science advisor and a minimum GPA of 2.5, and permission of instructor. Independent investigation of a specific topic or problem in chemistry research under the direction of a selected faculty member. 3301 Organic Chemistry I (3-3-0) Prerequisites: CHEM 1308/1108 and credit or enrollment in CHEM 3201. Fundamentals of organic chemistry. Topics include: molecular orbital theory, stereochemistry, conformational analysis, reaction mechanisms, spectroscopy, nomenclature, physical properties, preparation and reactions of alkanes, alkyl halides, organometallics, alcohols and ethers. 3302 Organic Chemistry II (3-3-0) Prerequisites: CHEM 3301/3201 and credit or enrollment in CHEM 3202. A continuation of CHEM 3301, with emphasis on alkenes, alkynes, aromatic compounds, aldehydes, ketones, acids and derivatives, amines, amino acids, proteins, and carbohydrates. 3310 Quantitative and Instrumental Analysis (3-3-0) Prerequisites: CHEM 1308 and CHEM 1108 and credit or enrollment in CHEM 3110. A study of chemical equilibrium, reliability of measurements and the theory of applications of gravimetric, volumetric and instrumental methods of analysis. 3320 Environmental Chemistry (3-3-0) Prerequisites: BIOL 1302 and BIOL 1102; and CHEM 1308 and CHEM 1108. Chemistry and analysis of clean and polluted air and water. Environmental standards of the American Public Health Association and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 3330 81 Physical Chemistry I (3-3-0) Prerequisites: CHEM 3301, MATH 2402 and one year of general physics. Applications of the first and second laws of thermodynamics to gases, liquids, solutions and phase equilibria; applications of the third law to systems at equilibrium; chemical rate processes; elementary kinetic theory; and Statistical thermodynamics with applications. 3332 Physical Chemistry II (3-3-0) Prerequisite: CHEM 3330. A study of the principles and theories for describing atomic and molecular structure and the experimental methods used for determining structure. 4140 General Biochemistry Lab I (1-0-3) Prerequisite: Credit or enrollment in CHEM 4340 Laboratory fee required: $12. Experiments in biochemistry to accompany CHEM 4340. 4260 Environmental Laboratory and Field Studies (2-0-6) Prerequisites: credit for BIOL 1302/1102, CHEM 1308/1108, GEOL 1306/1106 and credit or enrollment in BIOL 4360, CHEM 3320 or GEOL 3303. Intensive laboratory and field investigations to illustrate principles and current concepts presented in BIOL 4360, CHEM 3320 and GEOL 3303 by sampling, measuring and analyzing biological, chemical and physical factors of select environments, with emphasis on the activities of humans and their effects on the ecosystem. 4310 Advanced Chemical Analysis (3-1-6) Prerequisites: CHEM 3310/3110. Laboratory fee required: $24. Principles and applications of advanced instrumental methods of chemical analysis including UV-VIS, FT-IR, NMR, HPLC, GC/MS, and polarography. Major emphasis will be placed on the analysis of organic compounds. 4340 General Biochemistry I (3-3-0) Prerequisites: BIOL 1102 and BIOL 1302 and CHEM 3201 and CHEM 3301. Chemistry of the constituents of living matter, including carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and proteins and their metabolism. 4342 General Biochemistry II (3-3-0) Prerequisite: CHEM 4340/4140. A continuation of CHEM 4340 with primary emphasis on the integration and control of the metabolism of cellular constituents. (Pending Coordinating Board approval) 4360 Industrial Chemical Processes (3-3-0) Prerequisites: CHEM 3302/3202. A survey of the chemistry and industrial processes used to obtain the seven major organic compounds that are used as starting materials in the chemical industry. Also included is the synthesis of related derivatives of these base chemicals, their properties and industrial applications. 4362 Inorganic Reactions and Processes (3-3-0) Prerequisites: Credit or enrollment in CHEM 3330, and/or CHEM 3310. The course involves a review of important theoretical concepts, a survey of the descriptive chemistry of the elements and a detailed study of the technology involved in the production and use of the most industrially significant inorganic materials. 4364 Polymer Chemistry (3-3-0) Prerequisites: CHEM 3302/3202. A study of the chemistry and technology of polymeric materials including methods of polymerization, characterization and applications of polymers with an emphasis on structure-property relationships. 4380 Field Experience Prerequisites: At least 60 semester credit hours and approval of department chair. Selected students are placed in jobs in their local community which are related to and reinforce their academic training. Positions are full time, salaried and last the duration of a semester. May be repeated once for additional credit. Recommended for students not already employed in their area of study. 4399 Senior Honors Thesis Prerequisites: Senior standing and enrollment in the Honors Program in the Natural Sciences. A research project supervised by a member of the natural sciences faculty or a scientist at an affiliated research institution or laboratory. The completed research project must be presented in both written and oral form to the science faculty. No more than six hours credit for this course may be applied toward a degree.