Several changes in the chemistry curriculum that are effective starting Fall 2006 are not given in the latest version of the printed General Catalog (2006-08). These are summarized below.
The B.S. program has three new emphases in areas of applied chemistry: Chemical Physics, Environmental Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. These emphases are slightly less intense in chemistry, and draw on significant course materials from areas that are relevant to the particular emphasis but outside of a classical chemistry degree. The general B.S. degree, which is accredited by the American Chemical Society, and the A.B. degree are unchanged.
The Department has added three new courses (CHE 100, 130A and 130B), cancelled two courses (CHE 120 and 140), and slightly changed the content and/or prerequisites of three courses (CHE 105, 115 and 135). The new catalog descriptions of these courses are listed below, with the changes in existing courses underlined.
100. Environmental Water Chemistry (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 2C. Practical aspects of water chemistry in the environment,including thermodynamic relations, coordination chemistry, solubility calculations, redox reactions and rate laws. Computer modeling of the evolution
in water chemistry from contact with minerals and gases.—II. Casey
(new course)
105. Analytical and Physical Chemical Methods (4)
Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 110A (may be taken concurrently) or courses 107A-107B. Fundamental theory and laboratory
techniques in analytical and physical chemistry. Errors and data analysis methods. Basic electrical circuits in instruments. Advanced solution equilibria.
Potentiometric analysis. Chromatographic separations.
UV-visible spectroscopy. Lasers.—I, III.
(change in existing course)
115. Instrumental Analysis (4)
Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 105 and 110B (may be taken concurrently) or 107A-107B. Intermediate theory and laboratory techniques in analytical and physical chemistry. Advanced data analysis methods and goodness-of-fit
criteria. Fouriertransform spectroscopic methods and instrumentation. Mass spectrometry. Electrochemistry. Liquid chromatography. GE credit: Wrt.—I, II.
(change in existing course)
120. Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Advanced Methods (3)
(cancelled course)
130A. Pharmaceutical Chemistry (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 118C or 128C. Examination of the design principles and experimental methods used in pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry.—II.
(new course)
130B. Pharmaceutical Chemistry (3)
Lecture—2 hours; lecture/laboratory—1 hours. Prerequisite: course 130A. Continuation of course 130A with emphasis on case studies of various drugs and the use of computational methods in drug design.—III.
(new course)
135. Advanced Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory (3)
Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 118C or 129C. Separation, purification, identification and biological evaluation of organic compounds using modern methods of synthesis, computational chemistry and instrumentation. Emphasis
on pharmaceutical and medicinal substances.—III.
(change in existing course)
140. Synthetic Methods (4)
(cancelled course)