Courses
Course descriptions and schedules offered below are a helpful guide to find courses offered by the department.
This listing is not meant to replace the official course catalog maintained by the University Registrar.
BIOCHEM 6701
Advanced Biochemistry: Molecular Biology
An advanced treatment of the biochemical principles of gene and genome function.
Prereq: 5615 and MolGen 4500, or equivs. Concur: 6761 or BioPhrm 6761, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for BioPhrm 6701, Micrbio 6080, 6010, or MolGen 5701. Cross-listed in BioPhrm.
BIOCHEM 6761
Advanced Biochemistry: Macromolecular Structure and Function
An advanced treatment of the physical and chemical properties, biological function, and structural biology of proteins and nucleic acids.
Prereq: 5615 (615), Chem 2520 (253), 2550 (255), and 4210 (521), or equiv; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 761 and 766, or Chem 761 and 766, or BioPhrm 6761 (761 and 766). Cross-listed in BioPhrm.
BIOCHEM 6762
Advanced Biochemistry: Enzymes
An advanced treatment of enzymology and enzyme mechanisms.
Prereq: 5615 (615), and Chem 2520 (253) or 2550 (255), and 4210 (521), or equiv; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 762, Chem 762, or MolBioc 6762 (762). Cross-listed in MolBioc.
BIOCHEM 6763
Advanced Biochemistry: Membranes and Lipids
An advanced treatment of membranes structure, function, and lipids.
Prereq: 5615 (615), Chem 2520 (253), 2550 (255), and 4210 (521), or equiv; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 763, Chem 763, or MolBioc 6763 (763). Cross-listed in MolBioc.
BIOCHEM 6765.02
Advanced Biochemistry: Physical Biochemistry
An advanced treatment of physical biochemistry including topics in spectroscopy.
Prereq: 5615 (615), Chem 2520 (253), 2550 (255), and 4210 (521), or equiv; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 6765.01 (765), Chem 765, or Molbioch 765.
BIOCHEM 7766.01
Advanced Biochemistry: Nucleic Acids
Advanced understanding of the structure and function of nucleic acids, their interactions with other biological molecules, and of the techniques for detailed mechanistic investigation of nucleic acid structure and function.
Prereq: 6701 or 6761, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 7766.02.
BIOCHEM 7770.01
Advanced Biochemistry: Protein Engineering
Current research on genetic and protein engineering of proteins for biotechnological and theoretical studies.
Prereq: 6761 (761), Chem 6761 (761), or MolBioC 6761 (761), or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 7770.02 (770).
BIOCHEM 7800.01
Advanced Biochemistry: Biomolecular NMR
Application of NMR spectroscopy to the study of biological macromolecules. Proton and heteronuclear NMR, introduction to product operators, multidimensional spectra, proteins, nucleic acids, ligand complexes, structure determination, dynamics.
Prereq: Grad standing in Biochemistry, Biophysics or Chemistry, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 8900.01 or 8900.02.
BIOCHEM 8990
Advanced Topics in Biochemistry
Advanced treatment of areas of current interest in biochemistry; topics will be announced each semester.
Prereq: 5615 (615) or equiv, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 16 cr hrs or 4 completions.
CHEM 6110
Survey of Instrumental Methods
Introduction to instrumental analytical methods, including optical spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, surface spectrometry, microprobe methods, and separation science concepts relevant to chemical analysis. Not available for undergraduate credit.
CHEM 6120
Analytical Data Treatment - Statistical and Numerical Analysis
Principles and practice of data acquisition, processing, and analysis in chemical research.
Prereq: 4870 (587) or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 720.
CHEM 6310
Fundamentals of Coordination Chemistry
Fundamental concepts of coordination chemistry, including properties, coordination number & isomerism, complex stability & the chelate effect, ligand substitution reactions, electron transfer, coordination chemistry & catalysis, magnetic phenomena.
CHEM 6320
Synthetic Principles in Inorganic Chemistry
Synthesis, structure, and application of electron counting rules to organometallic clusters. Synthesis and structure of main group and transition metal hydrides. Applications in catalysis.
Prereq: 3510 or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 753.
CHEM 6330
Group Theory and Bonding
Introduction to groups and group representations, application to pi-bonding in organic molecules, molecular orbital theory, bonding in transition metal complexes, molecular vibrations, and electronic spectroscopy.
Prereq: 3510 or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 851.
CHEM 6340
Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry
Exploration of techniques for measuring structure and properties of small inorganic molecules and assemblies, including elemental composition, structural characterization, and physical properties.
Prereq: 3510 or equiv, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 752.
CHEM 6410
Basic Organic Reaction Mechanisms
Fundamental aspects of organic reaction mechanisms, including substitution & elimination reactions, alkene addition reactions, aromatic substitution, radical reactions, carbonyl chemistry, & pericyclic reactions. Not available for undergrad credit.
CHEM 6420
Stereochemistry and Conformational Analysis
Fundamental principles of stereochemistry, including stereoisomerism, enantiomer resolution, conformational analysis of C-C and C-heteroatom bonds, cyclic stereochemistry, the stereochemistry of dynamic processes, and stereoelectronic effects.
Prereq: 2520 (253), 2620 (253), 2920H, or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 730.
CHEM 6430
Introduction to Organic Synthesis
Principles and reactions in the synthesis of organic molecules, acidity and basicity, chemistry of carbonyl groups, oxidation and reduction, electrophilic and nucleophilic reagents, functional group interconversions, and protecting group chemistry.
Prereq: 2520, 2620, 2920H, or equiv. Not open to students with credit for both 832 and 833.
CHEM 6440
Introduction to Physical Organic Chemistry
Fundamental principles and concepts in physical organic chemistry, including structure and bonding, strain and stability, solvation and non-covalent interactions, acid-base chemistry, and methods for studying reaction mechanisms.
Prereq: 2520 (253), 2620 (253), 2920H, or equiv, and 4210 (521), 4310 (531), or equiv; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for both 731 and 831.
CHEM 6510
Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy
Introduction to the fundamentals of quantum mechanics with applications to chemical dynamics and spectroscopy.
CHEM 6520
Thermodynamics
Fundamental aspects of chemical thermodynamics, including spontaneous change, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd laws of thermodynamics, free energy, and thermochemical calculations.
Prereq: 4310 (532) or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 775.
CHEM 6530
Kinetics
Description of the rate of chemical reactions, including rate equations, mechanism, and transition state theory.
Prereq: 4310 (532) or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 775.
CHEM 6540
Introduction to Electronic Structure
Introduction to electronic structure of atoms and molecules, and quantum-chemical calculations, including self-consistent field methods, molecular orbital theory, density functional theory, and other methods for describing electron correlation.
Prereq: 4310 or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 866.
CHEM 6550
Atmospheric Chemistry
Chemistry of the lower atmosphere, including air pollution and climate change, chemistry and kinetics of atmospheric oxidants, heterogeneous chemical mechanisms, tropospheric and stratospheric gas and particulate phases relative to ozone depletion. 231 or 251 recommended.
Prereq: 1220 (123), 1620, 1920H, or equiv, and 4200, 4300, or equiv. Not open to students with credit for 641.
CHEM 6780
Faculty Research Presentations
Presentation of faculty research programs and projects to incoming doctoral students. Not available for undergraduate credit.
This course is graded S/U.
CHEM 6781
Laboratory Safety
Principles of safety in the chemical laboratory.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 685. This course is graded S/U.
CHEM 6782
Ethics in Scientific Research
An examination of the ethical principles operative in modern scientific research.
This course is graded S/U.
CHEM 6790
Scientific Writing
A successful researcher is someone who knows both how to do their science, and also how to effectively communicate their findings through the written and spoken word. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the processes involved in professional or scholarly publication.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Micrbio 6790. Cross-listed in Microbio.
CHEM 7120
Electrochemistry
Electrochemical methods for trace analysis of species, including current/voltage relationships based on activation and diffusion control, electrode kinetics, and reaction mechanisms.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 821.
CHEM 7130
Fundamentals and Techniques of Separation Science
Introductory course in analytical separation science: principles of chromatographic and electrophoretic processes.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 822.
CHEM 7140
Analytical Spectroscopy
Principles for measurement of interactions of electromagnetic radiation with matter, including classical & quantum mechanical principles, group theory, and principles and applications of atomic and molecular spectroscopy.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 823.
CHEM 7150
Mass Spectrometry
Advanced course on modern mass spectrometric methods and applications to chemical and biological sciences.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 825.
CHEM 7160
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Introduction to NMR spectroscopy for structural studies including nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the context of chemical and biochemical structural studies.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 824.
CHEM 7170
Surface and Interface Science
Introduction to basic concepts, instrumentation, and techniques for the chemical and physical analysis of surfaces and interfaces.
CHEM 7320
Organometallic Chemistry
Chemistry of organometallic compounds, main group elements (Li, Mg, Al, Sn, Pb), comparisons of Zn, Hg, & Mg, multiple bonding, transition metals, classification of ligands, pi-bonding, metallocenes, carbenes, carbynes, H2, and agostic complexes.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 751.
CHEM 7330
Solid State Chemistry
Structures of extended solids, including defects and phase diagrams and phase transitions.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 754.
CHEM 7340
Diffraction Methods
Exploration of techniques and application for determination of solid state structures, including X-ray absorption and diffraction methods, neutron diffraction methods, single crystal structure determination, and powder diffraction.
CHEM 7360
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Study of the role of metals in biological systems, including iron and copper proteins, other metals including Zn, Co, Ni, Mg, and Ca, metal ion homeostatis, metals and nucleic acids, and cellular toxicity and medical applications of heavy metals.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 752.
CHEM 7380
Inorganic Materials
Study of the electronic and magnetic properties of extended solids, including organic and metal-organic arrays.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 754.
CHEM 7450
Metals in Organic Synthesis
This course presents the elementary reactions of organotransition metal complexes and their applications as catalysts in organic synthesis. Discussed reactions include: olefin functionalization, carbonylative reactions, C-H functionalization, C-C and C-X cross coupling, photoredox catalysis, allylic substitution, alkene metathesis.
CHEM 7460
Advanced Organic Reaction Mechanisms
Advanced study of physical aspects of reactions of organic compounds, including addition and elimination reactions, substitution reactions, photochemical reactions, and quantum mechanical approaches to chemical bonding.
Prereq or concur: 7440. Not open to students with credit for 831.
CHEM 7470
Computational Chemistry
A practical and theoretical treatment of advanced computational chemistry, from molecular mechanics to electronic structure methods and with an examination of the application of computational methods for providing guidance to experimental studies.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 944.
CHEM 7520
Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Advanced study of the quantum mechanics of atoms and molecules, including quantum postulates and operators, time evolution, perturbation theory and variational methods, calculation of matrix elements, representations, and multiplet theory.
CHEM 7540
Chemical Dynamics
Advanced chemical dynamics in the gas and condensed phase, including the fundamental theory of chemical reactions, molecular energy transfer, and electron and proton transfer reactions.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 876.
CHEM 7550
Statistical Thermodynamics
Treatment of equilibrium & non-equilibrium stat mech, including fundamentals, statistical basis of thermodynamics, partition functions, thermal behavior of atoms & molecules, free energy, time-dependent stat mech, and linear response theory.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 880.
CHEM 7580
Lasers, Optics, and Optical Instrumentation
Fundamentals of lasers, optics, and optical instrumentation used in modern experimental research in chemistry and physics including: lasing and gain, pulse generation, geometric and Gaussian optics, spatial modes, and detection.
CHEM 7620
Towards a More Inclusive Higher-Education Environment: Post Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of narrative inquiry and QuantCrit methods, aiming to bridge the gap between qualitative narratives and quantitative analysis in chemistry education.
CHEM 7630
Problem-Posing Model of Chemistry Education
The goal of this course is to understand the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of the problem-posing model of education. Students will make interconnections with current socio-scientific issues pertaining to the nature of science and chemistry education research and will discuss, reflect, expand upon, and make sense of the processes by which chemistry is taught and learned.
CHEM 8499
Advanced Topics in Organic Chemistry
Advanced, specialized topics in Organic Chemistry.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 30 cr hrs or 10 completions.
CHEM 8699
Advanced Topics in Chemical Education
Advanced, specialized topics in Chemical Education.
Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 30 cr hrs or 10 completions.
CHEM 8891
Analytical Chemistry Seminar
Seminar in Analytical Chemistry.
Repeatable to a maximum of 14 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.